tonycondon
Gastons CRO (Chief Dinner Reservation Officer)
I had a nice flight in my Cherokee II on Saturday. It's been a while (last october) since I flew it but getting back in was no sweat. I've gotten so comfortable in it, particularly last season where I spent about 50 hours in it, that it just feels like a natural extension of my being. From the moment we lifted off it was like going back home.
Had an enjoyable ~1 hour soaring flight late in the afternoon. I gaggled with one of my students in the club Ka-6. We both had so much fun chasing each others tails around a thermal. we set out for a few miles to try to do a short cross country but never found another thermal. A marginal glide back to the airport ensued and she wisely picked a good field and once she got low enough committed to landing in it. I was ahead of her and higher and was still working towards the airport. Once I saw her airbakes out I knew she was landing so circled to watch it. It was a rough landing but she was OK. I figured I got her into the pickle I might as well join her so I radioed our position to ground (airport was only 3 miles away) and down i went. Field had powerlines on the approach and a barbed wire fence at the end but was adequate in length. I made a nice low energy approach over the wires with sufficient clearance then slipped it in and rolled to a stop about 100 yards from her. We had a lot of fun!
Had an enjoyable ~1 hour soaring flight late in the afternoon. I gaggled with one of my students in the club Ka-6. We both had so much fun chasing each others tails around a thermal. we set out for a few miles to try to do a short cross country but never found another thermal. A marginal glide back to the airport ensued and she wisely picked a good field and once she got low enough committed to landing in it. I was ahead of her and higher and was still working towards the airport. Once I saw her airbakes out I knew she was landing so circled to watch it. It was a rough landing but she was OK. I figured I got her into the pickle I might as well join her so I radioed our position to ground (airport was only 3 miles away) and down i went. Field had powerlines on the approach and a barbed wire fence at the end but was adequate in length. I made a nice low energy approach over the wires with sufficient clearance then slipped it in and rolled to a stop about 100 yards from her. We had a lot of fun!
