I Definately Learned about flying from that

I'd love to see those pics. When I get my digital, I will post some of the area around DC. I think I'm still cleared to fly in and out of the DC three and you get a pretty nice shot of the landmarks in the DC area out of one of them.

Of course, I'll check first, so y'all don't see my ugly mug on the tube as a guy who got forced down by a couple of F-16s because he didn't have clearance!
 
jergar999,

Not to change the subject here but...what's the story behind the Merlin in your avatar? I've seen the pic before and have always wondered.
 
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1st few I got the "autorough" feeling but I got over it.

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Don't you just love that!!!

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Yeah its great
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I honestly would rather ditch out there in that clear, warm, turqoise water than that gator infested, mangrove tree containing, muddy as all hell swamp known as the everglades
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. That place eats up planes and they never really find all of the wreckage
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Just where I wanted to be the other night
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P.S tonyw ....working on getting my pics up
 
Last summer I made an afternoon flight with my girlfriend and roommate over to Lake Lanier which is only around 25 nm from my airport. Coming back we could see several pop-up thunderstorms in the general area of my home field. I felt the pressure to return the rental aircraft on time but, sure enough, as we were nearing home the ceiling started to lower and rain started to fall. It shocked me when I started to see water come over the windshield and I don't think I've ever been more scared of rain. Turning around was not something I debated in my head. As soon as it started raining I automatically turned the plane around and headed back to an airport by Lake Lanier to sit the thunderstorm out. Sure enough when I checked the weather in the FBO there was a moderate cell right over my home airport. What helped me make that almost automated decision to turn around was the fact I had recently read "The Killing Zone" by Paul Craig. I vowed to not make the same mistakes that other private pilots had made and to not become a statistic. I highly recommend the book to anyone by the way.
 
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