It feels great to be back in the saddle again! After a full month (vacations and a 3-week long annual for the plane), I was back in N464CD yesterday. Heather, Bo (my CFI), Ellen Winkler (our interior designer) and I flew up to Bar Harbor yesterday to check on the construction progress. Flying is not exactly like riding a bike – meaning I felt rusty. This video was shot by Heather from the back seat as I landed in Claremont, NH to pick up Ellen. Heather was using her Flip video, and it certainly wasn’t this bumpy – it’s hard enough to hold the camera steady on the ground – but in an airplane, it’s tough!
During the landing you can see what I am seeing, heading at the numbers on Runway 29 at Claremont, and you can hear the stall warning going off (it’s supposed to!) just before we touch down. I haven’t quite figured out how to patch in our communications – so you can’t hear us talking. Interestingly, I think you can hear me adding a little power on the final, because I needed a bit more altitude.
Bo tried to convince me that the month-long break had been good for my learning curve, allowing me to absorb what we had been working on. And I guess I buy it. My landings yesterday were ok – not bad, not great – but ok.
In 5 weeks, we’re heading to Maine for the summer, and I have been hoping to have made some really significant progress before leaving toward my license. We’ll see. Still kind of hard for me to imagine flying from Keene to Bar Harbor without Bo.
May 13, 2010 at 11:22 am |
Glad to hear that you sound happily back in your seat. I suppose if I got back on my bike again I would also feel back at home or something.
Anyway—we are looking forward to riding with you and flying from Bar Harbor to Keene. I want to see your house in Keene which I haven’t seen since the redoing.
Keep enjoying–you too Heather with the filming.
Love, Mom and Dad