Ethel has had the opportunity to fly Tom's plane in the past month. So now it was my turn. So Tom is away (in FL) so Barb and Ethel will play!!! Tom showed us how to get the plane out of the hanger on April 7th before he and Bobbe left for Florida. The winds have been horrible so I haven't gotten a chance to fly until this past Saturday, the 14th.
Ethel and I got the plane out of the hanger and were ready to go. I have to say we felt like two kids in a candy store!!! I had a great time getting use to the power and the weight of the 210 h.p. engine. It is similar to the 172 I rent but much different because of the constant speed prop. So after taking off and working on some slow flight in the practice area we got back into the pattern and I practiced take-offs and landings for 1.7 hrs. The winds were non existence or very light and the traffic wasn't too crazy for a Saturday morning at PTW. We didn't have any issues putting the plane back in the hanger and I was off running errands.
I got a phone call in the middle of the afternoon on Saturday. It was Tom in FL. He asked me how my flight was in the morning. I laughed so hard I almost cried. How did Tom Smith know that we were flying the plane that morning. Well I now know that everytime I fly out of PTW I fly over Tom and Bobbe's son's home. So Saturday morning we were spotted flying 86XP and Tom got a call asking him who was flying his plane. Small world.....
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