Today finally concludes my last flight of 2025. Sneaking in one last flight before I leave US for vacation. Even though the weather is forecasting snowstorm up in Tahoe, the weather in the bay happen to be good enough for a small lap of VFR flight for club currency. (It was pretty bumpy though.)
The Exciting
- This year’s long XC destination goes to: Sunriver Resort
- The one and only hotel that also has an on-site airport that I can use AMEX FHR credit with 😅
- Visited the famous Hillsboro Airport: apparently a lot of Taiwanese people go there for training???
- A loooong night of flying, to get my night flying hours required for commercial. It was a 3.5hrs flight from KHIO back home.
- Even heard of a Cessna having engine problem on radio as I fly through Oregon - California border, thankfully they landed safely in a nearby field (at night!)
- Got my Commercial ASEL certificate!
The New
- Learned to fly the Piper Warrior / Archer
- The flight school I went to in Minnesota exclusively use them so I checked it out in my club to get familiar with it
- I really like landing in low-wings a lot! Both Cirrus and Piper and much easier to land than the “land-o-matic” Cessna lol
- I find myself really enjoying the famous “Johnson bar” flaps design. Pulling that handle is very satisfying! 🥰
- Too bad none of those we have here has G1000 / autopilot, it would be a pain in the ass to fly them on a long XC or in IMC
- I did use the chance to get more comfortable in flying approaches in 6 packs (for context, I rarely fly 6 packs.)
- Flying in Minnesota!
wow, much flat, so cold!- doge, probably- Never realized that finding a visual checkpoint could be this hard 😅
- Never had been sandwiched in a pattern between a SF50 (Vision Jet) and a C-130 before lol