Swayne Martin

LATEST ARTICLES ( 153 )

• Share Your Story: Ace Abbott, Author, F-4 Phantom and 727 Pilot

  

  Welcome to the second "Share Your Story" post. Pilots from around the world write in to the blog featuring their flight experiences, promoting their blogs,... Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2013 CAREER, TRAVEL

• Flight Report: American Eagle ERJ/EMB-145 RIC to ORD

  

  We took a trip over the last summer out to California. We visited Lake Tahoe, Yosemite National Park, and San Francisco. Both directions were flown on American... Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2013 CAREER, TRAVEL

• Flying to Williamsburg/Jamestown KJGG For Lunch (Cessna 172)

  

  I was fortunate enough be contacted by a friend of mine who is in 8th Grade, at the same school, to go flying today. His father is an MD80 Captain with... Read more

  Posted on 30 March 2013 CAREER, TRAVEL

• Share Your Story: Jamie Engler, 17, Massachusetts

  

  A big thanks to Jamie for writing in with the first "Share Your Story" post! Many more are coming soon. Details for participation in the "Share Your Story"... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2013 CAREER, TRAVEL

• Flight Report: Air France A380-800 [F-HPJG] IAD to CDG

  

  Just 1 day after having arrived home from California, I was packing again. This time, it was for a visit to France. I was flying out to meet my friend and his... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2013 CAREER, TRAVEL

• Flight Report: Delta 777-200LR [N702DN] LAX to ATL

  

  One of the highlights of my recent spring break trip to Los Angeles was to be the return flight onboard Delta 777-200LR N702DN "The Spirit of Atlanta. Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2013 CAREER, TRAVEL

• An Open Blog: Share Your Stories

  

  Share your story, promote your blog or website, acquire new twitter followers, put yourself out there. I am making this blog a semi-open blog. Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2013 CAREER, TRAVEL

• Return: Flying to ATL+RIC from Los Angeles LAX on Delta

  

  Waking up yesterday morning at 4:00am, my brother, dad, and I were pretty tired, but not at all ready to go back home to Virginia! We had such a great trip in... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2013 CAREER, TRAVEL

• Spring Break in Southern California

  

  This spring break has been one which I'll never forget! My brother and I flew out to LAX last Monday to meet with our dad who was already there. Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2013 TRAVEL, VACATION

• Flying Over Southern California with Colin Summers

  

  I woke up today with the nicest email from blog reader and twitter follower Colin Summers. Because of my blog and twitter, he found out that I was in LA for... Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2013 CAREER, TRAVEL

• Trip: Flying to Los Angeles LAX on US Airways

  

  My brother and I got a great surprise from our dad this year. About a month ago, there was a mention that we might be going to LA for spring break, but nothing... Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2013 CAREER, TRAVEL

• My New Youtube Channel

  I decided to create a new youtube channel (one which coincides with my blog and twitter) to feature my flight training and other aerial adventures. Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2013 CAREER, TRAVEL

• Second Solo Flight

  

  I had a great time flying solo for the second time yesterday. Family was in town for my Eagle Scout Ceremony, and really wanted to see me fly solo. Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2013 CAREER, TRAVEL

• Montego Bay's Airport --Like St. Maarten

  

  Over spring break 2012, my family travelled to Montego Bay, Jamaica. We had a great time and of course did something aviation along the way! Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2013 CAREER, TRAVEL

• First Solo Flight

  

  Video highlighting my first solo flight today: Finally, after two failed attempts due to poor weather, I woke up this morning excited and ready to go. Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2013 CAREER, TRAVEL

• Planning My First Solo

  

  On Wednesday I became eligible for solo flight because I turned 16. Last weekend, as I wrote about in my last post, I had a good lesson and learned a whole lot. Read more

  Posted on 16 February 2013 CAREER, TRAVEL

• Pre-Solo (5th) Flight Lesson

  

  Took another lesson today and really enjoyed it. Learned a whole lot... We flew today in N14HV (Tecnam Sierra) and did: Turns around a pointS-turns More... Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2013 CAREER, TRAVEL

• Motivation - What If You Could Do Anything

  If you are an aspiring pilot (or an aspiring anything else), watch this video. It has become a central theme for how I want to live my life, I'm sure many of yo... Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2013 CAREER, TRAVEL

• Studying for the FAA Knowledge Exam

  

  After talking to my instructor when I was first starting out, we decided it would be best to get the FAA Written out of the way at the beginning of my... Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2013 CAREER, TRAVEL

• Do You Really Want to Be an Airline Pilot?- from Airline Pilot Chatter

  

  Today, Brad Tate from the blog Airline Pilot Chatter wrote a nice and thorough post about becoming an airline pilot. He writes about what expectations he had... Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2013 CAREER, TRAVEL