My travel to Kenmore was an adventure because I didn't have a car and had to walk for 1.5 miles to the Ferry, then sit on the Ferry for 35 minutes, then take a bus to Kenmore. I left the hotel at 6:10 and arrived at 8:10. Oops, a little late! The sign was a beautiful site to see.
I walked into the main office and said I was there for a flight lesson. The other customers in the office were probably a little confused because they were probably there for a flight to the San Juan islands. My instructors name was Nile, not Niles, but Nile. That took some getting used to. He gave me a quick review of all of the A/C systems and where all the switches were that I would need. This was the first aircraft that I have flown that had a stick instead of a yoke. It was pretty neat, i think I like it better. We casted off from the dock and headed out. We did a run up and then followed the west shore of lake Washington until we could head out to the Puget Sound. I've made a very very rough sketch of our flight below.
The orange circle is where we did some take off and landings. We did quite a few of them, including confined space take offs, crosswind and normal landings. Step taxiing was pretty fun. I ended up logging 1.6 hours. Here are some more photos of the day.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL6QfP6cwZlNtEGUMGjQF9CDYY1_ej5-TKiQZaTKtmhV03-IntEZNrHNXVB57Pmc3zCjUyEa3qS8hloNCUyja8BPQbB6ffjp5c2Zk11YtEMKQjNnhskM5AqWlKLtQ9L0hdmFaO_E8BHl1f/s320/DSC_2268.JPG)
I highly recommend taking seaplane lessons. It's great to do a different type of flying. I'd like to get my rating some day, but I'll try to do it somewhere less expensive.... hehe
Awesome flight and great photos!
ReplyDeleteDid you ever know a guy by the name of Josh Rich? He went to Rose-Hulman from roughly 2003-2006. Used to work with him back in high school...
I do indeed. He was on the residence hall staff with me. Not the same building, but we all knew each other.
ReplyDeleteWho'da thunk it - small world!
ReplyDelete