by John Chvatal | Sep 3, 2018 | G+ Aviation Archive
This evening was a gorgeous evening for going flying. Dead calm and with almost no thermals. Don and I went up for about a hour and among other destinations, we cruised around Lake Minnetonka and landed on the strip near Waconia. I got a little stick time including...
by John Chvatal | Jan 23, 2018 | G+ Aviation Archive
Yesterday and today, I spent about 3 hours digging out from the snowstorm that dumped over a foot of snow. Locally, I estimate we got closer to 14″. Though we have some drifts over 3′ in depth. For Minnesota, that is quite a bit of snow to come out of one...
by John Chvatal | Oct 30, 2017 | G+ Aviation Archive
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by John Chvatal | Dec 2, 2016 | G+ Aviation Archive
<img class=”alignnone” src=”https://johnchvatal.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/haveblue_1.jpg” alt=”” /> This Day in Aviation History December 1st, 1977 First flight of the Lockheed Have Blue. Lockheed Have Blue was the code...
by John Chvatal | Oct 11, 2016 | G+ Aviation Archive
Last week, the wonderful Jessica Ambats made a post announcing her first aviation sticker pack available for iOS! It piqued my interest so I was able to arrange a special giveaway of three sticker packs! There are a couple of things you must do to be entered: 1)....
by John Chvatal | Aug 19, 2016 | G+ Aviation Archive
<strong>This Day in Aviation History</strong> August 19th, 1939 Franklin Delano Roosevelt establishes #NationalAviationDay The holiday was established in 1939 by Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who issued a presidential proclamation which designated the...
by John Chvatal | Jun 27, 2016 | G+ Aviation Archive
<strong>Taking Gazing Skyward TV to New Heights</strong> Today is the day I reveal what I have been working on over the past couple of months. Please take a few minutes to read this blog post. Please leave your thoughts in the comments below! #avgeek ...