Jthamilton
Line Up and Wait
After passing some additional inspections I flew my new 2002 turbo 182 t home from phoenix yesterday. It performed flawlessly and I got to know it pretty well on the 6.6 hour flight home. Started at Deer valley in Phoenix and ended the trip in Tulsa after 805 nautical.
Flew for first time with oxygen which really turned out no big deal. Only bummer was the headwind the entire way. Fueled up in Amarillo and met some good people the short 30 minutes I was there.
The gentleman who flies the red bull helicopter was there fueling up and we spoke some, very nice guy! Does incredible things in that helicopter and my son enjoys watching him. I mentioned that it seemed like he had to end his show at Oshkosh prematurely on Thursday and asked what happened, turned out the heavy rains wednesday caused circuit breakers on one of the engines to trip from all the moisture.
Just flying halfway across America seeing all the scenery then how natural it was again to strike up conversation with folks at a small airport in Texas brought back all the good things I remembered about flying when stopped 8 years ago.
I haven't got to take my son up yet since getting home last night but I'm pretty confident it's the best thing I've spent any money on in a long time. He will love it when I take him to pick out his own personal small ladder so he can wash those leading edges off.
Best part is my son will be copilot on all the future hamburger/barbecue flights or short trips to see cool airplane museums like in Liberal, KS. Or mans trip to midland, tx.
Darn good money spent!
Flew for first time with oxygen which really turned out no big deal. Only bummer was the headwind the entire way. Fueled up in Amarillo and met some good people the short 30 minutes I was there.
The gentleman who flies the red bull helicopter was there fueling up and we spoke some, very nice guy! Does incredible things in that helicopter and my son enjoys watching him. I mentioned that it seemed like he had to end his show at Oshkosh prematurely on Thursday and asked what happened, turned out the heavy rains wednesday caused circuit breakers on one of the engines to trip from all the moisture.
Just flying halfway across America seeing all the scenery then how natural it was again to strike up conversation with folks at a small airport in Texas brought back all the good things I remembered about flying when stopped 8 years ago.
I haven't got to take my son up yet since getting home last night but I'm pretty confident it's the best thing I've spent any money on in a long time. He will love it when I take him to pick out his own personal small ladder so he can wash those leading edges off.
Best part is my son will be copilot on all the future hamburger/barbecue flights or short trips to see cool airplane museums like in Liberal, KS. Or mans trip to midland, tx.
Darn good money spent!