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Mon, 22 May 2006

It's been a long time...

I called up Northway just now, and scheduled myself for an hour of ground followed by an hour of flying time. I had a brief but interesting conversation with Jim, the owner, who is usually there answering the phone and running things.

Last year (see the previous journal entry in this subject) I had what might be termed a terrible time flying. I was so aggravated and annoyed that I seriously wondered when I would have any interest in flying again.

I mentioned some of this to Jim, and he was actually troubled enough by my report to go dig through the old invoice to see who I had flown with (the only place I have it written down is in my logbook, since I apparently decided last year not to name names). It's always kind of nice to have a business show concern for your happiness.

So, I signed myself up for an hour of ground instruction with young Jared (seen on the right there) followed by an hour of flight time in the Cherokee. I picked the Cherokee since it's my favorite plane, and the idea of re-introducing myself to flying in a foreign or uncomfortable plane is not very appealing. I figure if I'm going to do this at all, it'd better be as appealing as possible.

We'll see how it turns out. Hopefully next weekend will be nice and I won't have to also contend with bad weather.

Posted at 15:50 permanent link category: /aviation

Categories: all aviation gadgets misc motorcycle theater

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