| 2005/05/14 Piece of junk with wings vs cadillac with leather :) | |
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2005-05-14 21:24
by Merlin
in Flying, Nflying
The piece of crap Cesna 150 I was supposed to fly today was again not working (it's the smallest crappiest cesna you can fly, I was just curious enough to try it once, but I haven't managed to get it in working condition yet :)
Anyway, as a result I ended up flying a cessna 172SP which was only a few years old (as opposed to about 30 :) Man, that was light and day: it had leather seats, all kinds of nice instruments, was very stable in flight and was fast. It was also nice not to have to add my weight, the instructors, our backpacks and decide how much fule we could add to the plane while it still being able to take off :) In return, the plane definitely felt a lot less nimble but that made it more stable even if it also felt heavier to pilot. But for my first flight in a real plane, that was quite fun. |