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sdfcvoh · August 16th, 2007, 02:37

Tonight's adventure should be called "Wild Kingdom". Albeit - a pretty uneventful flight. I decided to take a break from holding altitudes and directions for the first hour, and just went sightseeing. There's a cool place about 20 miles west of the airport called Kitt Peak, an Observatory. I flew up and over and around it, and then headed south to the border to check out some other cool peaks. Eventually, I climbed up to about 13000 to test myself with thinner air. So yeah, I wasted a bunch of flight time tonight!

On return, I had to go around b/c there were animals on the runway. That was a first for me. Then I got back to the pilot lounge to find a freakin' tarantula guarding the door. So there - Wild Kingdom!

I'll try to actually use my flight time for something useful tomorrow. 3.2 hours of messing around tonight. Still goes into the logbook, eh?

August 16th, 2007, 02:37	#53
sdfcvoh Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: That one Posts: 872	Re: SDFCVOH's Flight training thread. Tonight's adventure should be called "Wild Kingdom". Albeit - a pretty uneventful flight. I decided to take a break from holding altitudes and directions for the first hour, and just went sightseeing. There's a cool place about 20 miles west of the airport called Kitt Peak, an Observatory. I flew up and over and around it, and then headed south to the border to check out some other cool peaks. Eventually, I climbed up to about 13000 to test myself with thinner air. So yeah, I wasted a bunch of flight time tonight! On return, I had to go around b/c there were animals on the runway. That was a first for me. Then I got back to the pilot lounge to find a freakin' tarantula guarding the door. So there - Wild Kingdom! I'll try to actually use my flight time for something useful tomorrow. 3.2 hours of messing around tonight. Still goes into the logbook, eh? __________________ I want to die like my grandfather did, peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming in terror like his passengers.