Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Does that only count as one?

Part of getting back into the swing of things is going flying again. After not having flown since February I needed to go up in the Caravan and get re acquainted with my trusty steed. Hmmm, I seem to have horses on the brain considering the title of the last post. Regardless of horses and blog titles it was time to shake out the cobwebs, knock off the rust and whatever other metaphor you can think of and go flying. It was a typically hazy day for August and the horizon was completely obscured. The pilots will already know what I am whining about because with no horizon it becomes a bit of a challenge to work through some of the manoeuvres that are much, much, much easier to do when you can see outside. After completing the various tasks such as steep turns, stalls and slow flight we returned to the airport to practice different types of landings, and I don't mean crash landings either! The first landing was spectacular, in fact it was so good I did it three times in a row. Sort of like when you skip a pebble across a pond, which takes a significant amount of skill to master, which made me feel better that I was able to bounce three times on my very first landing! After that I seemed to lose that hard earned skill and didn't manage to bounce again. I asked if I could count that first landing as three, but apparently that's not allowed for some technical reason that I am not yet fully willing to accept. So now I am again qualified to start flying around Angola on my own, once I have my Angolan licence that is, which is another story, which I believe is in the previous post. That was a shameless hint to get you to read said post.

Next post, "Things are going down the tubes!" ...more shamelessness...

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Hey! Thanks for the update! I thought I'd post since blogs are no fun if ain't nobody posting!!!
So want to count the 3 bounces as one....impressive----no wonder they won't give you a licence! (LOL!).
I guess there must be a reason God wants you to stay grounded--Eh! (said that just to remind you of Canada!)
Also, can you tell us if the Ebola virus is a risk where you are, or where you would fly to?
It's all the news here....last thing is that a Canadian vaccine has been offered to WHO even though it hasn't been tested on people, yet. But I think I may risk the vaccine over risking the virus!
Thanks again for your arbour work here!!!
Cheers!
Claudette and Cliff

Unknown said...

Hey! Thanks for the update! I thought I'd post since blogs are no fun if ain't nobody posting!!!
So want to count the 3 bounces as one....impressive----no wonder they won't give you a licence! (LOL!).
I guess there must be a reason God wants you to stay grounded--Eh! (said that just to remind you of Canada!)
Also, can you tell us if the Ebola virus is a risk where you are, or where you would fly to?
It's all the news here....last thing is that a Canadian vaccine has been offered to WHO even though it hasn't been tested on people, yet. But I think I may risk the vaccine over risking the virus!
Thanks again for your arbour work here!!!
Cheers!
Claudette and Cliff