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March 17, 2015 Nick Leghorn

What’s In My Flight Bag

NOTE: This article is OUT OF DATE! The updated version can be found here: What’s In My Flight Bag: 2019

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March 16, 2015 Nick Leghorn

Review: 5.11 Rush 12 Back Pack

I rent my wings, which means that I need to truck all my aviation related junk to and from the

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March 13, 2015 Nick Leghorn

How To Refuel an Airplane

As soon as I left flight school and started renting airplanes on my own, I realized that there was a

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March 11, 2015 Nick Leghorn

Three Reasons New Pilots Should Join the Civil Air Patrol

When I was doing my flight training at Stinson Municipal Airport in San Antonio, I would constantly see a couple

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March 3, 2015 Nick Leghorn

FlightPro Internal Scuffle Intensifies, Lawsuit Filed, Future In Doubt

A few weeks back, FlightPro stopped updating their charts. The app had been launched to much fanfare, and between 10,000

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March 3, 2015 Nick Leghorn

Garmin (Finally) Links flyGarmin and Garmin Pilot Accounts

In the early hours this morning, Garmin released a new version of the Garmin Pilot app. There were the usual

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February 26, 2015 Nick Leghorn

Private Pilot Certificate: How Much Does It Cost?

I’ve seen a couple posts recently over on Reddit asking about the costs involved with a private pilot certificate. Its a

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February 21, 2015 Nick Leghorn

Flying Through the New York City Hudson River SFRA

I grew up in the New York City area. I’ve been to the city many times, and even held a few

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February 15, 2015 Nick Leghorn

Review: Garmin Pilot for Android

NOTE: This review features Garmin Pilot prior to version 4.3. I have been tracking the updates as they happen and

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February 14, 2015 Nick Leghorn

An Unexpected Visitor On The Ramp

I’m getting ready to start the flight portion of my instrument training, and while I’m waiting for the weather to

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About the Author


Nick Leghorn is an instrument rated private pilot, writer, and tech nerd living in Austin, Texas.

He also maintains Thirty-One Whiskey (named in honor of his first plane) where he writes about whiskey, cigars, woodworking, and other miscellaneous hobbies.

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