I’m going to try something new, where instead of telling you the plans we had and how weather affected them, I will just tell you WHAT WE DID. Let’s see how this goes!
We got to the airport midday and pulled the 172 out of the hangar, with some help. Even though Steven got endorsed on the 182 this week, it isn’t on his insurance yet (nor can he book it in the system yet).
We left the airport and headed west. There was a scattered cloud layer at 2,100 AGL that was easy to get up and through.
A short 15 minutes after we left, we were at our destination—the Richardson Farm Corn Maze!
It’s Back to the Future themed this year, and I had told Steven I wanted to see it from above, because we also did this last year (on the exact same date, with Val!) and it was a lot of fun.
After that we headed north, and Steven asked me if I wanted to fly! Yes, please! That was a nice surprise! So I worked on keeping the plane straight and level and using the rudder. I even did my first ever turns (so fun!) and my first time adjusting the power to descend. I felt very cool.
Then Steven took controls back (well, he had his hand on the yoke and feet on the rudder the whole time) and we flew back!
We only had the engine running an hour, but I had so much fun! I was excited that turning the plane was so intuitive (after he explained the rudder and turn coordinator).
Well there ya go. Probably the shortest flying post I’ve ever written!
It feels wrong. Ha ha.
