Ormond Beach

... about to genuflect, and he was 'all about me for the day', because the others on their 'qualifier' were stranded outside Ormond until late last night, as the wind had picked up very considerably. And today, Thursday, Russell and myself managed to get ...

Howya, Hello again from Ormond Beach. Pretty eventful week, in some respects. Firstly, the original instructor Danny, left on Monday, and had the pleasure of me as his last passenger before he moved to pastures new, namely the position of first ...

... , the chief instructor, said I could head off with the others for the afternoon. Where to.......? To a town south of Ormond Beach called Titusville (it is NOT pronounced like that!!!!), to see the space shuttle Endeavour take-off from Cape Canaveral. ...

... and landing, taking off again and so on. On Wednesday, I had my first 'Cross Country', which involved planning a flight from Ormond, to an airport to the north called Flagler, then west towards an airfield called Pierson, which is literally that, a ...

We had reservations only for the one night at Gamble Rogers so on to Tomoka in Ormond Beach we went.  Arriving Friday, March 13th we explored the park.   This state campground is in jungle with old growth.  The ...

... were also high on Tuesday, a few of us rented a car for the day and went to Daytona, the 'mall', Walmart, and basically escaped Ormond and the airport for a few hours. The remaining two weeks will have me trying to get in as many hours as I can. I ...

Hello everyone, End of week two, eventhough it seems much longer. Four exams down, including a repeat of one. You get three attempts at each exam and to date, I only 'failed' one, and repeated it and passed the following day. I say 'failed' (in ...

Hello everyone, Hope this finds you all well, and hello from a 32degree Ormond Beach Florida. Arrived here on Friday evening, and immediately stumbled upon on of the biggest events on the local calendar, namely the Daytona 400, which is this huge car ...

... (read previous entries), him mocking my flying, and me mocking his: "Kevin, that landing was atrocious!" lol. Back to Ormond, finalised my paperwork, and into Daytona for a few bevvies, before heading out to dinner later this evening. The video in ...

... means get the plane ready for departure. Before we left the ramp, he says, 'departure to the north, Dave,' which surprised me. So leaving Ormond to the north, he says, 'Dave, I want you to sit back, relax, and remember why you want to fly'. So I did. ...