By Scott Stoll
Published: June 19, 2009
Updated: 5 months ago

Learning how to fly

My latest interview as radio correspondent is from Puget Ocean in Washington and featuring a story about landing a plane during a simulated power failure. My instructor was a stunt pilot and gave me one golden rule: “Anything you do, I can fix. But please, don’t turn the plane upside down. It’s not designed for that.” I got to take, fly anywhere and land… or try to!

Our Cessna airplane and snowy mountains of Canada's Pacific Northwest — Our Cessna airplane waiting to fly through the beautiful snowy mountains of Canada’s Pacific Northwest

Scott's first flying lesson. Inside the cockpit. — Scott’s first flying lesson. Inside the cockpit getting familiar with the controls.

A cool blue glacier as seen from our airplane tour.

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My claim to fame is that I rode a bicycle around the world and wrote some books. More about me.

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A sign for Glacier Air tours Squamish, British Columbia

Learning how to fly

A story about my first flying lesson. My instructor was a stunt pilot and gave me one golden rule: “Don’t turn the plane upside down. It’s not designed for that.”

The Morning Blend

I recently had an interview on a local morning TV show. It was an adventure all by itself. Getting a behind the scenes look at a live TV show. I have a new appreciation for the hosts and producers who were busy bees behind the scenes. Also, I appreciated that during the commercial breaks, Allison

A DVD of the Bollywood movie “Chura Liyaa Hai Tumne."

My Bollywood debut as a backup dancer

My debut video as a backup dancer in a Bollywood blockbuster movie. This is the catchy song “Mohabbat Hai Mirchi” from the movie “Chura Liyaa Hai Tumne.”