ForkFlight
For 40-plus years I dreamed of flying. In June of 2017 that dream became a reality with my hard-fought PPL and purchase (half ownership) of a Cessna Cardinal 177B.
Then came the question: where to fly this beautiful machine with my wife, Morgan? Hunting online, I found a few cafés at scattered airports here and there. The $100 hamburger was fine, but Morgan and I are looking for more. Not fancy, but simply memorable. Together, our goal is to find adventure, new friends and amazing meals at places we would never have found without the gift of our shiny red Cardinal. Maybe it’ll be a mind-blowing rack of ribs, smoked salmon, flambe cheese saganaki or just the best damn burger ever. Who knows what we’ll find.
Most important, flying is simply too amazing a thing to experience alone. The goal is not simply to punch holes in the sky. The goal is for Morgan and I to embark on this adventure together.
Join along!
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A Forkflight hop for lunch at the Jackson County Airport in the Cardinal 177b!
Airspeed in the landing pattern in a Cardinal 177b
Forest fire smoke, stone washed jeans and a flight to Elkhart, Indiana in the Cardinal 177b!
A bee in the cockpit, flight to Gladwin in the Cardinal 177 and the aftermath of a dam burst!
A Lake Michigan flight in the Cardinal 177 and hangar picnic with our friend, Joy!
Cessna 177 flight to Marshall, Michigan, a bit of flight training and dinner at Schuler's
A change of plans and a flight to Holland, Michigan in our Cessna Cardinal 177B
Tear drops, instrument nozzles and lunch flight to Gladwin, Michigan in our Cessna Cardinal 177B
Lunch flight to Holland, Michigan in our Cessna 177.
A little Dad time and a flaming golf cart in Cadillac, Michigan
Pattern practice at Ionia, Michigan in the Cardinal 177
Lowell, Michigan from the air
Lunch flight to Muskegon in the Cessna 177 and a bee in the cockpit!
Grand Rapids, Michigan aerial from the Cardinal 177.
A picnic, ugly landing and pickled asparagus flight to Bellaire, Michigan in the Cessna 177B!
Solo flight to Grand Ledge, Michigan in the Cessna 177b.
A Pandemic Picnic flying to Ann Arbor in the Cessna 177B!
Pattern work in the Cessna Cardinal 177B
Solo ForkFlight to former Wurtsmith AFB in the Cessna 177B
VR Cessna 177 Forkflight to Grand Ledge and dinner at Bell's Pizza in East Lansing, Michigan!
VR Cessna 177 Forkflight to Oscoda, Michigan and dinner at Zeytin's Restaurant
VR ForkFlight in the Cessna 177 to Grand Haven plus dinner at The Smyrna Bar
Takeoff and landing practice in the Cessna 177 in Ionia
Virtual IFR Training Flight Using Occulus Rift, XPlane and PilotEdge
Power off 180 landing in Cessna 177... and came up short. ;)
A quick Cessna Cardinal 177 flight to Fallasburg, Michigan.
Ionia to Detroit for lunch in the Cardinal 177
Fall photo flight to Grand Ledge, Michigan in the Cardinal 177
Flight to Owosso with lunch, wind and a haunted pilot!