RV8Squaz
Well Known Member
Sort of.
Let me explain myself. While I fly my airplane often, about 140 hours year, I don't usually fly it every day. This week I had the pleasure of flying my airplane every single day.
Monday
I flew a Contact sortie. I took an old UPT buddy of mine for an aerobatic ride. We must have done 3 or 4 of everything: loops, rolls, Immelman, split-s, cloverleaf, barrel rolls, hammerheads, Cuban eights, and spins. Then off to Milledgeville (MLJ) for bbq and back to Falcon Field (FFC) for patternwork.
Tuesday
Formation sortie with a buddy of mine, a former T-38. instructor. I was a T-37, T-1, and T-6 instructor back in the day. I lead out, flew a full profile to include wing work, echelon turns, cross-unders, close trail, extended trail, and pitchouts and rejoins. I lead back to a formation approach and landing. Taxi back and swapped leads at the hammerhead and repeated the profile.
Wednesday
Instrument sortie. I flew to Pine Mountain PIM, and did radar vectors for the VOR-A cirlcle to land. I flew the missed approach procedure and entered holding. On the way back to FFC I went direct to the procedure turn fix, flew the PT to the ILS and again executed the missed approach and entered holding.
Thursday
Night sortie. Flew to Coweta County (CCO) to drop off a friend before sunset. After SS I took off and flew to Fulton County-Brown Field (FTY), did 3 stop & go's, then flew back to FFC and did three more.
Friday
Formation out & back sortie. Flew with another buddy of mine. We flew a similar profile as Tuesday's sortie, except we dialed up the intensity and instead of landing back at FFC, we flew north to Pickens County airport JZP for more BBQ.
Saturday
Just flew back and forth shuttling my family to 91GA a small 1800' grass strip for some fun and games, R/C flying, rides, skeet shooting, 4 wheelin', dirtbike riding, and grilling.
Sunday
Flew a 0.7 practicing some aerobatics, the Humpty-Bump, loops, slow-roll, and half Cuban 8's in an aerobatic box.
So Monday through Friday was a throwback to my UPT days. The entire week was so much fun. I logged a total of 9.1 hours this week. I'm looking forward to another week like this soon. But next weekend I'm going cross-country. I guess I better break out an AF Form 70 and my whiz wheel!![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Let me explain myself. While I fly my airplane often, about 140 hours year, I don't usually fly it every day. This week I had the pleasure of flying my airplane every single day.
Monday
I flew a Contact sortie. I took an old UPT buddy of mine for an aerobatic ride. We must have done 3 or 4 of everything: loops, rolls, Immelman, split-s, cloverleaf, barrel rolls, hammerheads, Cuban eights, and spins. Then off to Milledgeville (MLJ) for bbq and back to Falcon Field (FFC) for patternwork.
Tuesday
Formation sortie with a buddy of mine, a former T-38. instructor. I was a T-37, T-1, and T-6 instructor back in the day. I lead out, flew a full profile to include wing work, echelon turns, cross-unders, close trail, extended trail, and pitchouts and rejoins. I lead back to a formation approach and landing. Taxi back and swapped leads at the hammerhead and repeated the profile.
Wednesday
Instrument sortie. I flew to Pine Mountain PIM, and did radar vectors for the VOR-A cirlcle to land. I flew the missed approach procedure and entered holding. On the way back to FFC I went direct to the procedure turn fix, flew the PT to the ILS and again executed the missed approach and entered holding.
Thursday
Night sortie. Flew to Coweta County (CCO) to drop off a friend before sunset. After SS I took off and flew to Fulton County-Brown Field (FTY), did 3 stop & go's, then flew back to FFC and did three more.
Friday
Formation out & back sortie. Flew with another buddy of mine. We flew a similar profile as Tuesday's sortie, except we dialed up the intensity and instead of landing back at FFC, we flew north to Pickens County airport JZP for more BBQ.
Saturday
Just flew back and forth shuttling my family to 91GA a small 1800' grass strip for some fun and games, R/C flying, rides, skeet shooting, 4 wheelin', dirtbike riding, and grilling.
Sunday
Flew a 0.7 practicing some aerobatics, the Humpty-Bump, loops, slow-roll, and half Cuban 8's in an aerobatic box.
So Monday through Friday was a throwback to my UPT days. The entire week was so much fun. I logged a total of 9.1 hours this week. I'm looking forward to another week like this soon. But next weekend I'm going cross-country. I guess I better break out an AF Form 70 and my whiz wheel!