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I got checked out in the club's 172-S Skyhawks and had a great afternoon and evening buzzing around playing with the moving map GPS and autopilot. The extra horsepower was nice too.




I ended up flying from Westosha to Kenosha to Poplar Grove (Belvidere) to Waukesha and back to Kenosha. At Kenosha Kurt and I went out and buzzed around for a while and then I headed back to Westosha.


This is a view to the west just after I departed Waukesha Airport. There is a big quarry in the foreground and the airport just beyond it.


You may just be able to see the downtown skyline of Milwaukee in this view to the east taken just after I departed Waukesha.


Here is a view of all the toys in the instrument panel.


Aside from some drizzle and some mild gusts, it was perfectly smooth and warm, a beautiful day to be out flying!

I believe:

• We don't have to change friends if we understand that friends change.
• No matter how good a friend is, they're going to hurt you every once in a while and you must forgive them for that.
• True friendship continues to grow, even over the longest distance. Same goes for true love.
• You can do something in an instant that will give you heartache for life.
• It's taking me a long time to become the person I want to be.
• You should always leave loved ones with loving words. It may be the last time you see them.
• You can keep going long after you think you can't.
• We are responsible for what we do, no matter how we feel.
• Either you control your attitude or it controls you.
• Regardless of how hot and steamy a relationship is at first, the passion fades and there had better be something else to take its place.
• Heroes are the people who do what has to be done when it needs to be done, regardless of the consequences.
• Money is a lousy way of keeping score.
• My best friend and I can do anything or nothing and have the best time.
• Sometimes the people you expect to kick you when you're down, will be the ones to help you get back up.
• Sometimes when I'm angry I have the right to be angry, but that doesn't give me the right to be cruel.
• Just because someone doesn't love you the way you want them to doesn't mean they don't love you with all they have.
• Maturity has more to do with what types of experiences you've had and what you've learned from them and less to do with how many birthdays you've celebrated.
• It isn't always enough to be forgiven by others. Sometimes you have to learn to forgive yourself.
• No matter how bad your heart is broken the world doesn't stop for your grief.
• Our background and circumstances may have Influenced who we are, but we are responsible for who we become.
• Just because two people argue, it doesn't mean they don't love each other. And just because they don't argue, it doesn't mean they do.
• You shouldn't be so eager to find out a secret. It could change your life forever.
• Two people can look at the exact same thing and see something totally different.
• Your life can be changed in a matter of hours by people who don't even know you.
• Even when you think you have no more to give, when a friend cries out to you - you will find the strength to help.
• Credentials on the wall do not make you a decent human being.
• The people you care about most in life are taken from you too soon.

(From an email I received from Claudia, and others.)