Out to lunch

Today was an early flight – 7:00am – to see if I could get back in to the office by 9:00am. Turns out that was no problem – with a 300′ ceiling and less than 1/4 mile visibility, I was in the office by 6:30am. I monitored the ASOS (pretty much every 15 minutes, I’m ashamed to say), and the conditions started getting better. Richard was available, the plane was available, so at 11:00 we headed out. The ceiling was still pretty low, so we just stayed in the pattern and worked on the usual – landings. Repetition is really the key here, and I am indeed getting better. We made one a full stop, and did a partial power takeoff. The idea is to see what the plane would be like with either partial power, or in the case where you might takeoff downwind. A bit more ground roll, and a bit lower climb rate, but nothing major.

Back in the pattern, I suggested that we fly over to Whiteman (WHP) for lunch – my treat. Richard said OK, so we headed over. Got in the pattern, got shuffled around a bit, and then got it down. Taxied over to transient parking and shut it down. Hopped out and ate! Cool! A quick half-preflight, run up, and we were back in the air. A few trips around the pattern, and then back home.

1.7 hours/23.4 total