Through all my hours of flying I have landed at several airports in several states. For information about the airport from AIRNAV click on the three letter/number airport identifier. For personal comments about a particular airport, click on the airport/city name after the identifier. Have fun.

I began my flight training at the Columbia, Maury County Airport. Throughout my training my instructor and I utilized many airports. I have also rented aircraft and flown to/from other airports in the state over the years. Tennessee's sometimes dramatic weather climate and ever changing landscape has always made for a fun and challenging flying experience.

I flew my first solo cross country to Muscle Shoals (Northwest Alabama Regional) back in June 1996. It was a great flight, and after cooling off in the terminal, I flew back to TN.

I landed at Tupelo airport for my long solo cross country for the private pilot certificate. It was a long hot flight, and after landing there I went on to Dyersburgh, TN where I refueled and headed home. I laned back at the airport to find that there was a tornado warning. Good timing huh? I learned that its a good idea to check the weather while refueling. You never know how much the weather predictions are off! :)

Indiana is one BIG emergency landing spot. Its flat, has few obstacles, and all the airports share the same field elevation +/- 50ft. There are so many places to land it would be confusing trying to pick a spot. Anyway, I flew into Crawfordsville, IN for fuel on the way to Michigan from Columbia, TN. That is the longest cross country flight I have ever completed solo (after I earned my pilot certificate).

My favorite spot to land is Sandusky (SKY). They have a shuttle service that runs to and from Cedar Point Theme Park just miles away. I logged nearly 30 hours of cross country time from Battle Creek, MI to Sandusky, OH. I would fly out early in the morning, get there before the park opened, and leave after it closed. The flight cost less than a hotel would have for the night, and flying is definately more fun than sleeping.

I flew into Allegheny County Airport near Pittsburgh from Battle Creek, MI. Talk about a long trip. I just had to stop in Sandusky, OH for some rollercoaster action on the way. The FBO on the field, United Air Group, provided excellent line services while I was there.

I did a lot of flying out of Marshall, Battle Creek, and Kalamazoo between fall of 1999 and summer of 2001. I was working on my cross country time and instrument rating while I was living in Battle Creek (flew at all 3 locations). I learned how to fly in the snow during the 2000/2001 winter season when we had at least three feet of snow on the ground at one time. Taking off with ten foot snow banks on each side of the runway with about two or three inches of hard packed snow on the runway surface was very challenging. On one particular flight from Battle Creek to Kalamazoo, I landed at Kalamazoo and got stuck in a snow drift as I turned off the runway. The wind created a small snow drift on the taxiway which my right wheel got stuck in. I had to shut the plane down and ask for assistance to get pushed out. :)