Girlfriend's First Flight
 

I took my girlfriend up in a 150 on Sunday. She has never flown in a small plane before. It was pretty bumpy and got some nice gusts on final so she was glad to be back on the ground. :rolleyes: Winds were 030 at 12G16. Good times...

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Hey that was neat. I'll be watching the Emmies in case it comes up. Thanks for sharing!

That's one of the things I miss about being up north (everything is North of Florida) is the fall colors. Nice work.

Nice work Jones!

USMCFLYR

Even the colors don't make flying around non-stop central illinois pretty or interesting... Only good time is around May or June for the few months things are green.

<--- Central Illinois Flight Instructor

Dude - who cares about the colors... it's freezing up here right now!

Good video...although I think you were about 10,000HP short of needing a pattern that size :D

lol, yeah I do make huge patterns still. I guess I got used to it from training that way. It worked out because I was way high when I turned final. I hadn't been in a plane for 2 months prior so overall I was content.

Watching that brings back a ton of memories. I'm an SIU grad and remember spending countless hours over that part of the country doing pattern and maneuver work. Great video!

There is a great video floating around somewhere about wide patterns by a CFI. It may have even been posted here. If I remember right it was comical yet informative.