Out of Hibernation

Time for these flights: 3.0
Total Time: 96.4
Landings: 310

(This post is two flights)

Nature served me up a great day for flying, thankfully, it coincided with my PIC currency date. My wife joined for a simple flight over to Ann Arbor, to make two of the required three landings. The pattern was chocked full of other pilots out enjoying the sunshine and blue skies, Tower asked me to make an "S" turn on final for spacing (a first for me). On the next trip around the pattern, I got an extended downwind re-extended to fit a fast twin engine airplane in front of us. Back to Mettetal to complete the third required landing. Currency, check!

The winter weather has delayed my joining a flying club, and so I am still learning the little "details" of 95T that give it *ahem* character. Comm 1 is labeled Comm 2 and Comm 2 is labeled Comm 1.

On my most recent flight, a friend from work joined for some pattern work and a local sightseeing flight. Initially, I had planned a cross country to Smith Field in Indiana(just north of Fort Wayne). The weather forecast seemed great the night before, a check of the area forecast the morning of started to tell a different story, and I was glad to have scrubbed when I saw METARs talking about 3 miles visibility, clouds at 500 ft, and freezing fog.

It was fun to treat my passenger like a student and explain everything that was happening and why. I even tried to get him to do a radio call, which he declined. He was a good sport, running through checklists, spotting traffic, and seemed to be having as much fun as me.

My passenger tally is currently at 7, and I hope to increase that number now that I am out of hibernation.