A little bit of fun!

This next Saturday, the 31, I am taking my boss and his wife and also another friend from work up in the DA40. All 3 are helping to pay for it, so I am going to take them around Logan for a little sight seeing. I might also do some steep turns and stalls for a little extra fun!

Post #22 - CAP training mission

This Friday I was scheduled for scanner training for the the Civil Air Patrol. I went up on 3 flights with two other pilots and practiced scanning techniques while the pilots practiced homing in on an emergency beacon signal. There was a ground team of cadets with the practice beacon and our objective was to locate and take aerial photographs of them. I was able to spot them both times (it wasn't easy).

I was able to spot them in the shadow just before they were completely hidden behind the tree. (if you zoom in on the pic, you can see their orange vests in the middle.)

The second time was a little easier to find them.

Reservoir from 1000 ft above

The two pilots, Denny and LR.

On our way back to the Ogden airport we spotted a little fire. Not sure how it started, but decided to take a quick pic of it.

A corn maze for this Halloween. It says "Field of Fear"

Another corn maze, not sure what it is though. Hmm??? Any guesses?

Overall, I was gone for 10 hours, 4 of which were spent flying. Got some experience scanning, which I am now a qualified scanner for CAP, and had a fun day spending time with some seasoned pilots.

These pilots where in an actual mission last week. It was a big deal for us because our squadron has just recently been building up our emergency aircrew. It was our squadrons first air mission in 20 years I believe. There was a glider pilot who was overdue and rescue services where sent out to find him. Unfortunately he was later found dead. His glider crashed onto a mountain side. It was a sad ending and our hearts go out to his family and friends.

Little bit of humor

Well summer is here and I don't have the money to fly, so thought I would put up a little bit of aviation humor. Here you go!

ATC Mother-in-Law