Progress… yes and no, mostly no, more importantly yes!

Your confused, let me explain. My next flight lesson was canceled due to high winds, we rescheduled for Friday. Friday’s flight got cancelled because Micki my instructor had to go out of town. Next scheduled flight is tomorrow at Gardner (K34), Tuesday morning again… forecast for 10am is 20 knots on the surface, 60 knots at 3000ft. Just a bit out of my comfort zone, we shall see what the daylight brings. Progress to date none, and not looking good.

I spent Friday and Saturday at Noah’s Ark (06MO) just hanging out. Worked on a Cessna 150 a tiny bit, watched mostly, did an oil change, had a broken carb heat cable (which the owner caught on a RUN UP, GOOD JOB!) and the mount on the air inlet box was broke so that had to be welded, and some other small stuff.
Saturday my dad’s A&P mechanic showed up to finish the install of a new air/oil separator system which took 3-4 hours... and afterwards, I went on a short check flight to make sure all was good!

The 1940 something Piper Pacer flew like a dream. I just rode in the right seat up to about 2000ft then my dad handed me the controls and I flew for 15 minutes or so, making a few turns and trying to maintain my altitude. He offered to let me land it, a good idea at the time, not so good at about 300 feet when he decided I was too fast and high, it was a rough and bouncy landing. He was embarrassed, I couldn’t stop smiling. My anxiety never showed up, I was not 100% relaxed like I could take a nap, but the heart rate and breathing stayed just a tinge above where they should be. As soon as we got back, I wanted to go again. Progress YES!