Category Archives: Weather

Lake Worth Rising

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Rick Matus

The Dallas-Fort Worth area has received 4.27 inches of rain in the last 24 hours. That is a record 24-hour rainfall for the month of January, and it has caused record flooding as well. Lake Worth has been a few … Continue reading →

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Flight Review

Posted on July 12, 2011 by Rick Matus

I have a flight review today. They are required every two years, but I have not had one in 5 or 6 years. What gives? You can meet the requirement for a flight review by taking a check ride for … Continue reading →

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Flying pictures from this weekend

Posted on April 24, 2011 by Rick Matus

Flew from Fort Worth to Brownsville this weekend and went to South Padre Island for sightseeing. There was a pretty good south wind – about 40kts at 3,000 feet – so the trip down took about 4 hours while the … Continue reading →

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IFR – I Follow Railroads

Posted on March 30, 2011 by Rick Matus

Ok, not really. IFR, as the really old joke says is  I Follow Railroads. It really means Instrument Flight Rules, or, I can’t see anything outside my window, how am  I going to fly this airplane? By instruments of course. … Continue reading →

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To Fly or Not to Fly

Posted on February 5, 2011 by Rick Matus

The skies are clear and temperatures are supposed to get above freezing today, so I thought I might go flying. But right now (8:30am) it is 23 degrees F, and it looks like the runways are still covered in snow … Continue reading →

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Snow play

Posted on February 4, 2011 by Rick Matus

I have two dogs: a labrador retriever and a dachshund.  The labrador retriever loves cold weather and snow. The dachshund hates it. When I let them outside on these cold days, the lab stays outside and runs around the yard. … Continue reading →

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