Tuesday, December 26, 2006

Flying - Good Landing (2nd try)

We've had some lousy weather for flying lately! It was a bit windy Monday morning so we thought we'd fly in the afternoon when the winds usually drop down. The wind finally died down about 7:00pm, so I took off with my passenger, Tim Strong, the son of the owner of the paddock we use as our air strip. It was a bit rough up, but not too bad, but coming in to land, it really started blowing and gusting again! I approached quite high and quite fast, (this approach helps maintain control) but the wind was blowing me all over the place, so at about 50 feet, I aborted and "went around". Another high and fast approach and I pulled off a good landing into a 25 knot cross wind! I was glad to be on the ground, and my passenger, Tim, thoroughly enjoyed it. I thank the Lord for another safe flight!

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