Breezy

Twas a tad on the windy side today. For the logbook, I flew an hour this morning in the RG with a guy who is starting his instructor's rating, and learning to do things from the right seat instead of the left seat. The two seats aren't that far apart, but the visual cues are a little different and you use the opposite hands to hold the yoke and power, and it can take a little time to get used to. We also had a bit of a crosswind, and it was bumpy, so all in all it was a good day to practice. ;)

When I got down, I ran out to Glenndale to see if I could get some Citabria flying in before the worst of the days' winds hit, but he wasn't there yet, and by the time 11 a.m. rolled around the winds had rolled in too. Gusting upwards of 30 knots does not make for a nice time in a light taildragger. But we needed to get the Cherokee 180 from Sheridan to Kokomo by the end of today for maintenance, and the winds were fairly close down both airports' runways, so Chuck drove us to Sheridan and we flew her back to Kokomo. When T landed the 180, it stopped so short thanks to that headwind that we had to add power to get to the taxiway. ;) Last I heard the winds were gusting up to 33, so we took the Baron up for a quick flight too. A little maneuvering, a little single engine stuff, a landing and done. :)

I ran home, ran errands, ran back home and freshened up, and went back out to Kokomo to meet up with the ABS (American Bonanza Society) guys who came in tonight for a formation clinic ground school. There are three trainees, of which I am one, and there are supposed to be I think 12 airplanes coming in tomorrow, if the weather will allow them. Tonight we just had the three trainees, two presenters, and two safety pilots there for the ground school, which took about two and a half hours. It's all pretty familiar at this point, a good refresher as it's been since last summer since I last studied the formation stuff. They're looking at doing four "sorties" tomorrow, wx permitting, with each trainee flying off of a different plane each time. One of the "leads" is in a Baron, and I'm in the Baron, and everyone else is in various Bonanzas (single engine). Should be interesting, and I look forward to it. After the ground school we all went to Outback, before heading home.

I have to be back out there around 7 a.m. tomorrow, so...I'm going to bed! Another early morning on the way...