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Webster's dictionary defines Resilience is "an ability to recover from or adjust easily to misfortune or change." Life often includes...
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Eric Cooter
- Jul 30, 2021
- 1 min
Our Most Recent Aviation Adventure
Training Flight with Joseph Alsay My dear friend and clergy colleague Joseph Alsay had never flowing in a small aircraft. I took him up...
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Eric Cooter
- May 21, 2018
- 2 min
“Keep Your Dream Alive”
What I soon learned was that flight instructors are just like every other professional educator-we love what we do and we teach with...
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Eric Cooter
- Mar 15, 2018
- 1 min
CFI – Certified Flight Instructor: 10/1/2000
Peace, Eric+ #Flying
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Eric Cooter
- Mar 5, 2018
- 1 min
“Flying down memory lane.”
For my checkout with Paul, we flew an old C172M model, which felt underpowered and sluggish compared to the Cessna 182’s and C172SP’s I...
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Eric Cooter
- Feb 16, 2018
- 2 min
“Show me the Money” – Commercial Pilot Training
According to Federal Aviation Regulation Part 61.133, a person who holds a commercial pilot certificate may act as pilot in command of an...
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Eric Cooter
- Feb 9, 2018
- 2 min
“Snoozin’ and Cruisin’”: Crossing Florida in a Cessna 172
The morning of the flight, I asked my daughter Erica, “Honey, would you like to see the East Coast of Florida today?” She was only 9...
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Eric Cooter
- Feb 8, 2018
- 1 min
“Flying Blind” – Instrument Rating (Circa 2000)
So, we made the decision, left our jobs, sold our home and moved to Southwest Florida. Terri returned to store management when we...
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Eric Cooter
- Feb 1, 2018
- 1 min
“Coming home” – USAF Aux./Civil Air Patrol (1999)
Although, this experience of working with cadets, teaching, and flying deepened my love of aviation, and did eventually led me to become...
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Eric Cooter
- Jan 26, 2018
- 1 min
Bitten by the Aviation Bug Again (1997)
“So Eric, what would it take for you to be able to get back in the air,” Terri asked. “I guess I need to find an instructor that would be...
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Eric Cooter
- Jan 23, 2018
- 1 min
An Aviation Hiatus
The costs associated with aviation can become excessive, and unless you use aviation for personal or business travel, or you begin...
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Eric Cooter
- Jan 19, 2018
- 2 min
Check ride Prep and the Big Day
Evelyn assigned Noble a kind, patient flight instructor to conduct my preparation for the FAA check ride. Noble spent a few hours with me...
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Eric Cooter
- Jan 15, 2018
- 2 min
Cross County Flight Training
Soon after my first solo flight, Evelyn Johnson my instructor began preparing me to begin the next phase of training, which was...
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Eric Cooter
- Jan 6, 2018
- 3 min
16th Birthday – First Solo Flight
So, here I was at the airport on my 16th birthday, on a drizzly day about to pre-flight the airplane anticipating the possibility of...
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Eric Cooter
- Jan 5, 2018
- 2 min
Pre-Solo Medical Exam and “Color Blind”
Before the student can make this flight, he or she not only has to complete hours of practical flight and ground training, pass a...
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Eric Cooter
- Dec 29, 2017
- 1 min
“Pre-Solo Training”
When teaching me this maneuver, Evelyn would pull the throttle to idle, and say, “Fly the plane (Best Glide speed), find a field, follow...
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Eric Cooter
- Dec 16, 2017
- 4 min
My First Flight Lesson (circa 1980)
“As we approach that airplane Eric, look at it from a distance for any obvious dents, missing parts, low tires, or anything that seems...
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Eric Cooter
- Dec 11, 2017
- 2 min
“Stick and Rudder” – my first flight lesson
Evelyn (my father’s flight instructor) and my Dad walked back into the airport office, sat down at a nearby table, and “de-briefed the...
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Eric Cooter
- Dec 7, 2017
- 2 min
Airplanes: “Bitten by the bug”
My dad’s passion for aviation emerged, while growing up during World War II. Dad was intrigued by all of the amazing aircraft being...
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