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1999-03-27 01:01
in Flying, Nflying
This is a way after the fact recounting of my first flight in a small plane, which made me think at the time that flying was pretty cool (driving to Mammoth is a bitch, and going for a day trip is a not gonna happen).
It took several years for me to get my stuff together (well, other than money) and learn to fly, but the seed was set that day.
![landed in MMH after a bumpy flight, beautiful view landed in MMH after a bumpy flight, beautiful view](/blogimg/07/thumb640_107_planes.jpg)
landed in MMH after a bumpy flight, beautiful view
![on the way back, we left just before sunset on the way back, we left just before sunset](/blogimg/09/thumb640_109_planes.jpg)
on the way back, we left just before sunset
![](/blogimg/25/thumb640_225_flight.jpg)
Years later, I was able to get checked out in the plane I was a passenger in: 26WG which is now at Shoreline Flying Club. Unfortunately, it's not a very good plane, it had a gear up landing soon after I got checked out in it, because it just didn't have a reliable rectractable gear system.
I never flew that plane again, but I since did fly to Mammoth for day or weekend skiing trips :) |