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02-MAY-2010 John Cross Photography

May 2, 2010

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It was a beautiful day. After church we attended the Knights of Columbus breakfast with our friends then headed home. I decided it was about time to get my sorry rear end airborne. I hadn't flown since November. I went out to the airport and pulled out the Cessna. It looked a little gusty, but the hangar door was in the lee of the wind, so I didn't really know what the situation was. The windsock indicated a fairly healthy wind. I taxied out to runway 30 and let her rip. No sooner was I up about 100 feet and realized that it was pretty gusty. Lots of unstable air which is no real problem, just not the idyllic conditions I had imagined. I did three circuits and decided to call it good.

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Long Bach Nguyen10-Jun-2010 05:38
beautiful airplane
1moremile09-May-2010 23:41
Not familiar with The Survivors Handbook, but glad you made a safe decision, John.
John Cooper03-May-2010 18:10
Extract from The Survivors Handbook.
If you have to choose whether or not it is safe to go,,,dont go.
Tom Beech03-May-2010 15:24
Well, you know you can't trust those new fangled windsocks, a passing fancy for sure 8-)