Awesome local pianist Brian Kinler - look for him!

Brian is an amazing jazz/rag/cajun etc. pianist! Look for him to play at Vitello's and elsewhere in west LA!

Brian's MySpace page by a fan friend

Intellectually stimulating weekend!

Wow, I feel smarter after this weekend, a nice change! 8-)

1) It was excellent to bust out 2 instrument approaches AND a hold in Justice's Frasca 142 sim w/ CFI Sean. A Simulator is SO DANG intense, I and many other pilots have a love/hate relationship with it. A sim wants CONSTANT pilot input, it is calibrated thusly, MUCH harder to fly than a plane in real life. The bonus is, once you get in the real plane, it is much easier! Finally by the end of 1.3 hours I was doing nice small changes and holding heading and altitude and doing manuevers well, and had a big grin rather than a grimace!
2) Enjoyed attending the dual physics lectures at UCLA Hillel w/ K. These got me back in physics information mode, after no colloquia at our USC campus for the past few months, since it is summer.

Draft promo reel of our actor niece Stacie Knock's work!

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Stacie Knock

Garden Dinner

First Carrot

Starting to get the hang...

I'm starting to (re)get the hang of the Skylane, I think. Last landing on Sat. was pretty good. That lovely engine makes the nose dang heavy, though. I quite like BR's lose an inch mantra for managing the manifold pressure. He totally knows his stuff, and now that I'm used to his style I'm learning! {I'd link to the plane pic but the club site is down....its a 182Q with newer avionics}

First Fruit of the Season!