It’s been over three weeks since I last went flying, so it was great to finally get a nice day between all the snow storms. The sky was completely clear and visibility was virtually unlimited. The cold temperature made for a very low density altitude (about -1500 MSL), giving an express-elevator climb on take-off.
Once again, I stayed in the local area, and overflew my house to get some pictures of the addition (which still isn’t done). Unfortunately, I didn’t bring my good camera, so I didn’t get very good quality pictures. Here’s one of our farm, showing the trails left in the snow by two of our horses.
Upon returning to the airport, there was a 9kt wind blowing at 30 degrees to the runway, making a 4.5kt crosswind. It had been a while since I landed in any significant crosswind, and I’m afraid my first landing wasn’t pretty, although I did manage to get the wheels pointed the right way at the moment of touchdown. I was so unimpressed with the landing that I taxied back to do a circuit, and my second landing was much better, touching down on the right wheel first. Next time there’s any significant crosswind, I think I’ll just stay in the circuit and practice.
Date: 2007-Dec-05
Aircraft: C-GCVX, DA20-A1
Passenger: none
Route: CYKF - Local Area - CYKF
Flight Time: 1.5h
Takeoffs and Landings: 2
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