Recently I made a few changes to the website, that I had been meaning to do since day one, but I was either too lazy, or stumbled in figuring out how to make it work. Previously, all my hours were added up by hand. I kept track by putting the hours in the title. The index page was also manually built, and I frequently got far behind in my updates to the index.

So now, I have the hours totaling automatically. This is done both as a total value, and by individual category. I was also able to get the index page to be dynamically created. The end result is that when I now create a new post, all my total hour calculations are made and updated for me, and the post is added automatically to the index page. Its pretty transparent to anyone reading the site, but for me, its a HUGE timesaver!

Be sure to support the Pilot’s Bill of Rights 2, by asking your Senators and Representatives for support.

Getting my hangar mate’s plane in and out of the hangar is very difficult with the slight incline, door rails, and raised concrete floor. Looking around at nearby hangars I decided that asphalt repair was the best option (as opposed to wood) for fixing the problem.  Here are the results… and the plane is much easier to get in and out now!