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Tommorow has to do with yet another attempt at logging my first passenger. I've got a reservation from 12:30 untill 2:30, and hopefully the weather plays nice. It's looking, well, just OK. The best prospect for a long while at least, according to the once again dismal forecast.
I actually almost threw my hands up in the air and cancelled again earlier today. While I was sitting and eating lunch, I came across the weather forecast in the paper, and it showed what was sure to be a complete washout for tommorow.
Huh?
I thought that was strange, since the forecast I had read earlier in the day was looking completely different.
It's then that I realized I was reading last
Tuesdays paper, instead of this Tuesdays. Somehow I hadn't read it last week, and it was still sitting in my work vehicle...and I managed to pick it up and treat it as if it was todays paper.
Apparently I need to stop collecting newspapers in my work vehicle, and take them out to bring home and recycle more often. Duh!
Another look at the real forecast on my Blackberry resulted in a more suitable outlook - cloudy with sunny breaks. I'll take it, as long as the winds and ceiling don't become an issue, and there's no wild streamers coming off the lakes.
So, continuing...What's the "Lake" all about?
I was contacted a few days ago through my blog by a fellow pilot (Richard) who flies out of Oshawa. He offered to let me tag along for the trip back from CYQA (Muskoka Airport) to Oshawa, as he was going to be heading up there to retrieve his Lake LA-4 180 (See picture above) after it's annual.
The LA-4 is not only a unique airplane that I'd love to fly in, but the YQA to YOO hop is one I've been looking forward to doing, so I jumped all over the opportunity.
The LA-4 is a standout amongst the usual Cessna and Piper bugsmashers at Oshawa airport, so it's easy to pick out. After Richard sent the above picture earlier today, I can recall seeing this plane overhead Oshawa quite a few times before. To get to actually fly in it would be great!
Thankfully Richards schedule appears flexible, as this week is bad for me (Beyond tommorow, for which plans, albeit cancellable, already exist) and the weather outlook is not great as well for the near future.
Additionally, the dealership that the aircraft is located at is not open weekends, so it's going to have to be a weekday pickup.
So, plans for next week are officially in play, providing the weather clears up and Richard is still willing to let me tag along.
Between the adventure that Richard has offered, and the likelyhood of a get-together and flight in the Piper Lance that Paul has suggested we should aim for, I stand the chance to get a great deal of exposure to aircraft that I would likely otherwise not get a chance to get anywhere near.
..and of course, I look forward to meeting both of them.
On another subject, for any Canadian pilots who may be reading here, Richard actually had an article published in the current issue of the Canadian Owners & Pilots Association (COPA) magazine. The article chronicled his first solo cross country flight - the same flight that I did myself a few weeks ago.
His, however, was quite alot more exciting then mine, to say the least. Actually, it was a downright adventure...due to no fault of his own. :-)
I'd republish the story here, but without the agreement of COPA I may end up in trouble for doing so, but for any other Canadian pilots out there with the current COPA magazine nearby, check out his article.
I read it myself about three weeks ago. I was surprised to see an article from a fellow Oshawa student, so that simple fact made it all the more interesting for me to read. When Richard emailed me earlier today and mentioned that he had recently been published, that little light bulb in my head lit up, and I made the connection between who I had been chatting with in email, and the author of the article!
Blogging is one thing, but getting your story published in the COPA magazine is another - congrats Richard!
So... By this time tommorow night I will hopefully have logged my first passenger, and will have another milestone to blog about.
And one last note - another congratulations goes out to Aaron over at Bad Attitude Pilot - he Solo'd over the past weekend. Check out his story - any former student can always relate to a student suffering from perma-grin after doing their solo. :-)
Tommorow has to do with yet another attempt at logging my first passenger. I've got a reservation from 12:30 untill 2:30, and hopefully the weather plays nice. It's looking, well, just OK. The best prospect for a long while at least, according to the once again dismal forecast.
I actually almost threw my hands up in the air and cancelled again earlier today. While I was sitting and eating lunch, I came across the weather forecast in the paper, and it showed what was sure to be a complete washout for tommorow.
Huh?
I thought that was strange, since the forecast I had read earlier in the day was looking completely different.
It's then that I realized I was reading last
Tuesdays paper, instead of this Tuesdays. Somehow I hadn't read it last week, and it was still sitting in my work vehicle...and I managed to pick it up and treat it as if it was todays paper.
Apparently I need to stop collecting newspapers in my work vehicle, and take them out to bring home and recycle more often. Duh!
Another look at the real forecast on my Blackberry resulted in a more suitable outlook - cloudy with sunny breaks. I'll take it, as long as the winds and ceiling don't become an issue, and there's no wild streamers coming off the lakes.
So, continuing...What's the "Lake" all about?
I was contacted a few days ago through my blog by a fellow pilot (Richard) who flies out of Oshawa. He offered to let me tag along for the trip back from CYQA (Muskoka Airport) to Oshawa, as he was going to be heading up there to retrieve his Lake LA-4 180 (See picture above) after it's annual.
The LA-4 is not only a unique airplane that I'd love to fly in, but the YQA to YOO hop is one I've been looking forward to doing, so I jumped all over the opportunity.
The LA-4 is a standout amongst the usual Cessna and Piper bugsmashers at Oshawa airport, so it's easy to pick out. After Richard sent the above picture earlier today, I can recall seeing this plane overhead Oshawa quite a few times before. To get to actually fly in it would be great!
Thankfully Richards schedule appears flexible, as this week is bad for me (Beyond tommorow, for which plans, albeit cancellable, already exist) and the weather outlook is not great as well for the near future.
Additionally, the dealership that the aircraft is located at is not open weekends, so it's going to have to be a weekday pickup.
So, plans for next week are officially in play, providing the weather clears up and Richard is still willing to let me tag along.
Between the adventure that Richard has offered, and the likelyhood of a get-together and flight in the Piper Lance that Paul has suggested we should aim for, I stand the chance to get a great deal of exposure to aircraft that I would likely otherwise not get a chance to get anywhere near.
..and of course, I look forward to meeting both of them.
On another subject, for any Canadian pilots who may be reading here, Richard actually had an article published in the current issue of the Canadian Owners & Pilots Association (COPA) magazine. The article chronicled his first solo cross country flight - the same flight that I did myself a few weeks ago.
His, however, was quite alot more exciting then mine, to say the least. Actually, it was a downright adventure...due to no fault of his own. :-)
I'd republish the story here, but without the agreement of COPA I may end up in trouble for doing so, but for any other Canadian pilots out there with the current COPA magazine nearby, check out his article.
I read it myself about three weeks ago. I was surprised to see an article from a fellow Oshawa student, so that simple fact made it all the more interesting for me to read. When Richard emailed me earlier today and mentioned that he had recently been published, that little light bulb in my head lit up, and I made the connection between who I had been chatting with in email, and the author of the article!
Blogging is one thing, but getting your story published in the COPA magazine is another - congrats Richard!
So... By this time tommorow night I will hopefully have logged my first passenger, and will have another milestone to blog about.
And one last note - another congratulations goes out to Aaron over at Bad Attitude Pilot - he Solo'd over the past weekend. Check out his story - any former student can always relate to a student suffering from perma-grin after doing their solo. :-)
