killbilly
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There's a lot of griping and bickering going on in various threads about the economy, medical stuff, politics, etc...
This is a post about flying.
I'm still a sub-100 hour PPL, but I found myself with nothing to do yesterday, a little money in my flight account, and beautiful weather.
Took off from AUS and headed to Taylor to pick up some gas, and then sat there on the ramp for a few minutes looking at the sectional. Decided to just pick out an airport I'd never been to. Checked weather, took off for LXY (Mexia-Limestone County.) Took it up to 7500' (highest I'd been) and once I got through some bumps got glass-smooth air, trimmed er' out.
And relaxed.
Reflected that I am very lucky to be able to fly. And even though I should be saving money to study for my IR, well...sometimes you just gotta go up. I feel like it's a rare enough treat to go up that I couldn't imagine doing it day in and day out.
It's still sorta magical for me, and I want to prolong that as long as I can.
Central texas is pretty...lots of farms, rivers, and it was nice to just throttle back and cruise. Had a headwind which kept me down to about 90kts GS, but I wasn't in any hurry. Flew a long, gentle descent into LXY, landed, and was greeted by a very sweet mutt as I opened the door on the plane. She woofed quietly and escorted me to the FBO, where I chatted with the guy there for a bit, drank a Dr. Pepper, and watched the beginning of a lovely sunset. Eyeballed a beautiful 182 and wished it was mine. Patted the pup on the head, thanked the FBO guy, and went back to the plane.
Heading back to AUS, I took it up to 8500' (now my highest alt) and watched the sun go down. Had a lot less time, though. Picked up a tailwind and was showing a GS of 125kts at one point. It was a quick return.
AUS approach brought me in, cleared me #2 and I took advantage of the long runway to bring it in just as straight and gentle as possible. Stall horn right at the same time as the mains. Nice.
3.0 logged, access to a nice plane, and a complete psychic reset.
Doesn't get much better.
This is a post about flying.
I'm still a sub-100 hour PPL, but I found myself with nothing to do yesterday, a little money in my flight account, and beautiful weather.
Took off from AUS and headed to Taylor to pick up some gas, and then sat there on the ramp for a few minutes looking at the sectional. Decided to just pick out an airport I'd never been to. Checked weather, took off for LXY (Mexia-Limestone County.) Took it up to 7500' (highest I'd been) and once I got through some bumps got glass-smooth air, trimmed er' out.
And relaxed.
Reflected that I am very lucky to be able to fly. And even though I should be saving money to study for my IR, well...sometimes you just gotta go up. I feel like it's a rare enough treat to go up that I couldn't imagine doing it day in and day out.
It's still sorta magical for me, and I want to prolong that as long as I can.
Central texas is pretty...lots of farms, rivers, and it was nice to just throttle back and cruise. Had a headwind which kept me down to about 90kts GS, but I wasn't in any hurry. Flew a long, gentle descent into LXY, landed, and was greeted by a very sweet mutt as I opened the door on the plane. She woofed quietly and escorted me to the FBO, where I chatted with the guy there for a bit, drank a Dr. Pepper, and watched the beginning of a lovely sunset. Eyeballed a beautiful 182 and wished it was mine. Patted the pup on the head, thanked the FBO guy, and went back to the plane.
Heading back to AUS, I took it up to 8500' (now my highest alt) and watched the sun go down. Had a lot less time, though. Picked up a tailwind and was showing a GS of 125kts at one point. It was a quick return.
AUS approach brought me in, cleared me #2 and I took advantage of the long runway to bring it in just as straight and gentle as possible. Stall horn right at the same time as the mains. Nice.
3.0 logged, access to a nice plane, and a complete psychic reset.
Doesn't get much better.