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During my time of learning about drones and how to fly, I struggled with deciding what type of drone to buy. I knew I wanted a camera drone, but nothing too expensive as I was just learning how to fly. I settled on a middle of the road, beginner level, adult drone with a camera… Read more

I haven’t blogged in a few weeks because I was deep down the drone rabbit hole. I have been toiling away behind the scenes trying to improve my drone flying skills and I think I’m starting to make some progress. I started by practicing flying indoors for a few weeks at work using a smaller,… Read more

Last year I started working at a local air and space museum and I learned a lot about early aviation accomplishments in the process. One thing that really captured my attention was how many women were on the forefront of these early, daring feats. I always thought of the women of that time as being… Read more

Happy Friday and Happy Summer I decided that on Fridays I will write a blog post about anything happening on Long Island over the weekend that somehow relates to either aviation, science, technology or education. This week’s event is one of my favorite kinds, free and natural! It’s the full solstice strawberry moon. I’ve always… Read more

The drone craze had not yet hit when I was first working in aviation, and by the time it did hit I was too busy figuring out how to be a good teacher to bother messing around with drones at that point. However, now that I am an aviation educator, that is right in my… Read more

Ever since I can remember there has been an air show held on Memorial Day Weekend at Jones Beach on Long Island, NY(where I grew up and live now). I never attended. That is, until last year. Even though, I had worked in aviation for over 15 years, loved airplanes and the ocean, I still… Read more