Tuesday, May 30, 2006
Pilot In Command
Dana said he wanted to see more pictures of me flying as pilot-in-command, so here they are. Tom took these as I flew in to Griffith to pick him up for our weekend flight to Iowa.
A good view of 15L as I flew the downwind leg for runway 26.
On short final. It's always good to stay higher than the trees.
Beginning the flare. On runway 26 the threshold is displaced about 1400', so although it looks like I'm a long way from the end of the runway, I'm actually just about over the displaced threshold. The PAPI lights for 26 are in the foreground.
Settling down to the runway . . . after the first bounce.
Back taxiing. There was a small flock of geese on the other side of the runway, and later two deer wandered past. Fortunately they all stayed out of my way. As I departed Westosha at the beginning of this trip I saw a big tom turkey displaying to a bunch of hens on the grass runway--that was fun to see. It seems that big birds are always attracted to airports...
I must say I do look better in a bigger bird.
A good view of 15L as I flew the downwind leg for runway 26.
On short final. It's always good to stay higher than the trees.
Beginning the flare. On runway 26 the threshold is displaced about 1400', so although it looks like I'm a long way from the end of the runway, I'm actually just about over the displaced threshold. The PAPI lights for 26 are in the foreground.
Settling down to the runway . . . after the first bounce.
Back taxiing. There was a small flock of geese on the other side of the runway, and later two deer wandered past. Fortunately they all stayed out of my way. As I departed Westosha at the beginning of this trip I saw a big tom turkey displaying to a bunch of hens on the grass runway--that was fun to see. It seems that big birds are always attracted to airports...
I must say I do look better in a bigger bird.
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