Yesterday was my first time in a small plane. A friend picked me up and we flew to a fly in at a private airstrip owned by some wealthy people. For anyone local (Illinois), the trip started in Poplar Grove with a landing at Schaumburg, then Lake in the Hills, the fly in in South Barrington, and a final landing in Poplar Grove to return the plane. Here we are on approach at the private airstrip. The owners had a couple of hangars. A very nice older couple flew in with this. Everyone circled around and did a low flyby as they left. We took off and flew up to the Chain-O-Lakes in Lake County. And then headed back to the airport. What a neat day! I rode the VFR to and from the airport, which made it even better...
Be careful! Flying light planes can be as adictive as riding bikes Cessna 172's are such cool planes. I've got a bunch of hours in them and they are just a joy to fly. Stable, easy, responsive, everything a light plane should be.
ooooooooooooooo...flying scares me. Glad you had a good day. Not something that just anyone gets to do.
Cool! That looks like fun! <Cessna 172's are such cool planes. I've got a bunch of hours in them and they are just a joy to fly. Stable, easy, responsive, everything a light plane should be. > I've heard Cessnas are one of the safest planes to fly because they can just barely kill you. Cheers! Craig :smile:
