Alright, its been a while since I have posted anything on this blog and I am sure some of you.... my mom or grandma or Bess.... are wondering what exciting things have happened in my life lately. The truth is, quite a bit and not much. I suppose it depends on what your definition of "exciting" is.
I had a little adventure today. My sister Mary is in Boulder visiting me for the weekend. I am drawing closer to the fateful day when I shall solo in my airplane and decided that since I am still practicing some maneuvers, now would be a good time to take Mary up and show her the finer side of single engine flight.
It started out pretty smoothly. We sat on the tarmac and did the pre-flight and made the tower call. Then came the rough stuff: the flying. I knew small planes can be a bit bumpy and so I gave her a small paper bag this morning, chuckling as I told her she might get queasy. She laughed at me and took the bag good-naturedly. Neither of us knew how handy the bag would be.
We made our way to the Longmont area where I practiced some ground-reference maneuvers and if this wasn't enough of a ride for Mare, we headed back to Metro airport for some touch and goes. Proof that I need to keep working on making my landings and take-offs smoother lives in a little paper bag. I hope someday she will go up with me again.... perhaps next time, I will feed her something a little lighter for lunch.
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