Casey Stewart
Well Known Member
A few months back, my dad approached me and asked me if I wanted to spend a weekend in California. I was about to say "sure" when he told me that the weekend would be full of formation flying.
I was ecstatic to go and on last Thursday, we took off. The weather was pretty poor and required some scud running down to Eugene, OR. After popping up to 13,500 for a while and sucking the oxygen, we descended into Calaveras County for an overnight with family.
As we climbed towards Merced the next morning, there was a funny smell in the cockpit. We never did figure it out but it didnt return during the clinic. Landing in Merced was interesting with 25kt winds. Ground speeds were A LOT slower than we were used to on final approach!
After lunch was the flight for my dad to be cleared to fly solo. I rode with Spike, with my dad as two and Goose as Three.
My dad "Grumpy"
Goose
We recovered at Madera and checked into the hotel. That night we had the ground school with a hilarious visit from Carnack and presentations by Spike and Slick.
Part 2 to follow
I was ecstatic to go and on last Thursday, we took off. The weather was pretty poor and required some scud running down to Eugene, OR. After popping up to 13,500 for a while and sucking the oxygen, we descended into Calaveras County for an overnight with family.
As we climbed towards Merced the next morning, there was a funny smell in the cockpit. We never did figure it out but it didnt return during the clinic. Landing in Merced was interesting with 25kt winds. Ground speeds were A LOT slower than we were used to on final approach!
After lunch was the flight for my dad to be cleared to fly solo. I rode with Spike, with my dad as two and Goose as Three.
My dad "Grumpy"
Goose
We recovered at Madera and checked into the hotel. That night we had the ground school with a hilarious visit from Carnack and presentations by Spike and Slick.
Part 2 to follow