SC3CM
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No reason to post this other than I got a kick out of the process rather than it being a complete pain which I had expected and I have no real technical knowledge to share so you're stuck reading this!
For a couple of reasons, I needed to get my flight logs into some sort of electronic format to make it easier to deal with. Entering the time took a couple of weeks off and on, but it was a great walk down memory lane. If you haven't looked back through for a while, take a minute and you might jog some good memories and a laugh or two! Here are a few from mine:
First solo (everyone remembers theirs) I ended up about 7 or 8 miles south of KBJC so a few corporate jets could land. I had been expecting to turn base so was probably flying at 70kts or so. I held that until I turned final, and then flew final at probably 65. Never thought to tell the tower I was a student, or on my first solo. My very pregnant young wife watched me fly off over the horizon and didn't get nervous until my rookie CFI started pacing frantically.
First long cross country was a few years later, re-located to New England. It was bumpy, probably light with occasional moderate, but I couldn't reach the radios and had a death grip on the yoke so I just got to the CT coast and turned left until I saw Providence, then flew to KTAN. I was shocked to hear the ASOS tell me the wind was only 10kts. When I landed I was soaked with sweat and looked like I had gotten out of the shower. The instructor took this opportunity to show me the heat selector lever hidden on the other side of the right yoke!
First flight in my 'own' airplane.
Finding it noteworthy to put "11 kts x-wind component!!!" in the remarks section.
This is embarassing now, but I felt it so significant I actually wrote on the inside cover of my logbook, the shortest runway I had landed on. 4B9, Simsbury CT at what now seems long at 2200'! But hey, it was in a Saratoga... and I've improved significantly since then :lol:
First flight alone with my 3 year old daughter without my wife. I learned she could not hold it from KBTV to KOWD at Cherokee 180 speed, landed in KAFN (Jaffrey NH, fantastic ice cream/food stop in the summer) and am sure scarred some other people pulling into the parking spot next to us in their Archer as my daughter successfully managed not to ruin a pristine 1972 interior, but destroyed the ramp area!
Each of my 4 Oshkosh arrivals.
First tailwheel flight.
First funeral flyover with a bunch of airplanes for a local friend of aviation.
Flying the Super Cruiser back from Seattle area to Boston area.
First off airport landing.
First SC.org flyin.
Until I had the Cub I never really hung around the airport. We would pass through, chat with people etc..., but I never hung out there. Now I can go and spend a good deal of time, get a flight in, but realy it just slowed everything down and I feel like I am enjoying aviation for more than just the time in the air. I think people who fly and don't have this sort of connection to the "airport" are really missing out! I didn't get to fly this weekend, but had some great mental flying at least.
Rene
For a couple of reasons, I needed to get my flight logs into some sort of electronic format to make it easier to deal with. Entering the time took a couple of weeks off and on, but it was a great walk down memory lane. If you haven't looked back through for a while, take a minute and you might jog some good memories and a laugh or two! Here are a few from mine:
First solo (everyone remembers theirs) I ended up about 7 or 8 miles south of KBJC so a few corporate jets could land. I had been expecting to turn base so was probably flying at 70kts or so. I held that until I turned final, and then flew final at probably 65. Never thought to tell the tower I was a student, or on my first solo. My very pregnant young wife watched me fly off over the horizon and didn't get nervous until my rookie CFI started pacing frantically.
First long cross country was a few years later, re-located to New England. It was bumpy, probably light with occasional moderate, but I couldn't reach the radios and had a death grip on the yoke so I just got to the CT coast and turned left until I saw Providence, then flew to KTAN. I was shocked to hear the ASOS tell me the wind was only 10kts. When I landed I was soaked with sweat and looked like I had gotten out of the shower. The instructor took this opportunity to show me the heat selector lever hidden on the other side of the right yoke!
First flight in my 'own' airplane.
Finding it noteworthy to put "11 kts x-wind component!!!" in the remarks section.
This is embarassing now, but I felt it so significant I actually wrote on the inside cover of my logbook, the shortest runway I had landed on. 4B9, Simsbury CT at what now seems long at 2200'! But hey, it was in a Saratoga... and I've improved significantly since then :lol:
First flight alone with my 3 year old daughter without my wife. I learned she could not hold it from KBTV to KOWD at Cherokee 180 speed, landed in KAFN (Jaffrey NH, fantastic ice cream/food stop in the summer) and am sure scarred some other people pulling into the parking spot next to us in their Archer as my daughter successfully managed not to ruin a pristine 1972 interior, but destroyed the ramp area!
Each of my 4 Oshkosh arrivals.
First tailwheel flight.
First funeral flyover with a bunch of airplanes for a local friend of aviation.
Flying the Super Cruiser back from Seattle area to Boston area.
First off airport landing.
First SC.org flyin.
Until I had the Cub I never really hung around the airport. We would pass through, chat with people etc..., but I never hung out there. Now I can go and spend a good deal of time, get a flight in, but realy it just slowed everything down and I feel like I am enjoying aviation for more than just the time in the air. I think people who fly and don't have this sort of connection to the "airport" are really missing out! I didn't get to fly this weekend, but had some great mental flying at least.
Rene
