Airport Stuff

It was a hopping day out at the airport today.  I don't know anything about Kaylee's day, other than that she was going to apply at Hydration Station since she hadn't heard back from the coffee shop at all, and that she's out with friends and she brought a lawn chair with her, so they're probably outside around a fire, just like Steve, AE and Kenny are in our back yard tonight.  :)

My first flight today was a young girl who hadn't flown in two months, and she's pre-solo, so the longer you go without flying with the less experience you have, the more you usually lose.  But she did pretty well, and went away excited.  My next guy had started off doing real well the last two times, and today he was all over the place, so he wasn't quite as excited or pleased with today.  But I think we fly again tomorrow evening, so hopefully he'll pull it together.  He's not far from solo if he could get consistent.  Last lady was the deaf lady, and I taught her wheel landings in the Champ, which is actually pretty tricky, and she's about got it.  They're not perfect, but they're safe.  If she gets those down, I just need some decent crosswinds.  Once she has those, I'll sign her off.  :)  But honestly I'm sort of impressed both at how I could teach them without talking and how she could pick them up.

It was cloudy and icky for days, but today it was just good enough to go in the pattern for awhile, and then this evening the skies just parted, and it was beautiful.  She asked me to take some photos, so I did.  So pretty out.

Tomorrow is another busy day for me, then Sunday is our anniversary and day off.

Here's a series of photos of takeoff in the Champ, with the sun getting low around 8:30 pm.

A couple of selfies of enjoying the sun. I like it when they get good enough I can relax throughout most of the pattern and just have to concentrate on landing.  ;)