The Badger Pilot

05/24/2026

The newly-opened-to-the-public Port Washington/Didier Field (35W) is down there somewhere! Unfortunately, the fog rolling in from Lake Michigan kept us away this evening.

05/21/2026

I dreamed last night I landed at O’hare and had the following conversation with the tower:

Tower: Cherokee 95402, best forward speed until a mile final
Me: I can give you 110 all the way down
(After landing)
Tower: Cherokee 402, excellent job, that’s the best flying by a single piston I’ve ever seen. You’re welcome at O’hare any time.
Me: Don’t get too excited, you haven’t seen me try to taxi yet

05/20/2026

The 2026 Notice for this year’s AirVenture has arrived!

05/11/2026

🥞✈️ Pancakes + airplanes = a pretty great Saturday morning.

Fly in or drive in for the EAA VAA Chapter 11 Fly-in & Pancake Breakfast at Aero Capitol Airport on May 16th!

Great food, cool aircraft, and family fun all morning long. Check out the flyer for all the details and come hungry! ✈️🥞

05/04/2026

Well, there’s your problem! At least I got to teach how to change a landing light on a Cherokee (she pretty much figured it out on her own)

05/01/2026

Right seat transition starts now! Doing my commercial training from the right seat so I can move straight to CFI afterward. Thanks to for being such a patient instructor as I struggle to learn a new sight picture.

04/25/2026

Instrument current again!

04/07/2026

It was way too long since I last flew (84 days). So glad to be back! Now it’s time to get instrument and night current again!

04/03/2026

Osprey departing Battle Creek Airport

04/02/2026

Needless to say, I’m quite happy with my score. Next stop, the AGI and IGI knowledge exams!

04/01/2026

This episode was a ton of fun! Go check it out!

In a very special episode, we join the Mist Approach podcast, a Pacific Northwest Regional Aviation Podcast.

This was such a great episode to record, and we had so much fun recording it!

Check out the links below, and enjoy!

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/flying-midwest-podcast/id1601680150?i=1000758629497

https://open.spotify.com/episode/6USTR8r2bCjOqteFEI0QjY?si=6g1Qra1xSPqtb6YMpe9wtg&pi=lDLMKr8BSuqrK&t=2687