Today we made another stop on the controlled airspace Whistle Stop Tour… today it was Dayton International’s turn in the barrel. Interestingly Dayton’s approach control is now out of Columbus, which I have to admit makes me sad, but it didn’t make it any harder to get in there. Oddly enough we ended up right […]
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As I used to say when I was merely building an airplane, lather, rinse, repeat. Today Pete wanted to go back to Lunken to soldify what I’d learned last trip and build my confidence talking to the tower. He also wanted to do a full stop and taxi to the terminal so we could get some work […]
Read MoreIt was pretty, sunny, and cool day today as we got an early start. We had a lunchtime fly-in at the airport, so we launched at 10 so we could grab some lunch when we got back. Pete decided we’d go to Cincinnati Lunken airport on the Ohio river for some practice at a different […]
Read MoreIt was supposed to storm today, and it did sprinkle a bit on us, but we went nearly an hour without issue. It was kind of nice, the overcast and building clouds off to the west were holding the temperature down. Since we expected weather we just stayed in the pattern, and with the weather […]
Read MoreMore of the same today, except it was quite a bit cooler today, and not quite so bumpy and breezy, and I actually did pretty well. I even hit my own wing tip vortices doing left and right steep turns. Not shabby.
Read MoreWow, was it hot and bumpy today, with a good enough crosswind to keep me working hard. I was all over the place today, and the bumps wore me out mentally pretty fast. I wasn’t terrible, but I wasn’t good, and I was whipped pretty early. It was a busy weekend and I have to […]
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