Yesterday was a nearly perfect flight. I’m trying to get a few more hours in Two Sierra before we fly up to Fresno tomorrow. So I had a 10am flight schedule. Rudy had a cold, so he stayed home from school after picking up his homework. In the morning he worked on his math in the studio while I planned a little flight.
We drove to the airport and met Nick in the office at Proteus. He said the autopilot still wasn’t fixed. I said I’d just take the plane up for a little navigation work anyway. Rudy’s nose was buried in his Animorphs book, but he helped carry one of the car seats out to the plane. I strapped Dexter’s chair in and confirmed that they would both fit. I asked Rudy if he wanted to sit in the back or up front. He said he would probably be “reading most of the time,” so it made more sense to be in back.
I walked around and did the pre-flight. I climbed in and got everything set. Rudy was looking at his book already. He had on his headset. I picked up the information for the airport and called ground control for taxi clearance. We taxied to the run up, I wound up the engine to do the usual checks, and then we taxied over to wait at the start of Two One. Continue reading →
Flying Summers Brothers 