First log book entry

ejensen

ejensen

Pattern Altitude
Gone West
Joined
Feb 23, 2005
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Location
Fort Collins, CO
Display Name
Eric Jensen
Home Airfield
FNL
was 10 years ago today in a 172 from KBJC. A pitch hitter course paid for by work since I was fire spotting and did a lot of right seat. Kindled an interest so I started lessons a couple weeks later and never looked back. Log book (#2) now has 1463 hours and there is a plane in the hanger:D

I though of flying today just because but:

KBJC 052345Z 36015G28KT 60SM FEW070 SCT120 BKN200 00/M22 A2991
KBJC 052245Z 29030G47KT 70SM SCT120 BKN200 01/M23 A2986
[FONT=Monospace,Courier]KBJC 052210Z COR 29035G55KT 70SM FEW120 SCT200 02/M24 A2986[/FONT]
[FONT=Monospace,Courier]KBJC 052055Z 29028G38KT 90SM SCT200 02/M24 A2987[/FONT]
[FONT=Monospace,Courier]KBJC 051945Z 31028G38KT 60SM FEW160 02/M24 A2988[/FONT]
[FONT=Monospace,Courier]KBJC 051848Z 31030G40KT 30SM FEW050 01/M24 A2990[/FONT]
[FONT=Monospace,Courier]KBJC 051745Z 31032G45KT 20SM FEW060 00/M24 A2994 RMK PRESRR[/FONT]
[FONT=Monospace,Courier]KBJC 051645Z 28052G63KT 10SM FEW040 SCT060 M01/M24 A2987[/FONT]
[FONT=Monospace,Courier]KBJC 051550Z 27055G66KT 10SM FEW030 SCT050 M01/M24 A2987 RMK BLDU ALQDS[/FONT]
[FONT=Monospace,Courier]KBJC 051445Z 28059G72KT 10SM FEW030 SCT050 M02/M24 A2982 RMK PK WND 28072/1445 PRESFR[/FONT]
[FONT=Monospace,Courier]KBJC 051422Z COR 29045G61KT 20SM FEW030 SCT050 M02/M24 A2987 RMK PRESFR[/FONT]
[FONT=Monospace,Courier]KBJC 051345Z 33020G32KT 20SM FEW030 SCT050 M03/M24 A2997[/FONT]
[FONT=Monospace,Courier]KBJC 051251Z 28033G57KT 20SM SKC M04/M24 A2993[/FONT]
 
That's neat Eric. Happy Anniversary! Yes, I checked the METARS for BJC a few times yesterday and there were some gusts into the 90+ MPH range. No go for sure.
 
Way to go, Eric!

There are some folks on this board that I figured were born with an airplane and you are one of those. What a change in your life when you made that first training flight. One hundred and fifty hours a year for ten years in a fast plane, that's covering a lot of ground. May there be many, many more years of happy landings. -- Mike
 
Anthony said:
That's neat Eric. Happy Anniversary! Yes, I checked the METARS for BJC a few times yesterday and there were some gusts into the 90+ MPH range. No go for sure.
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Thanks. It's fun to think back. Flying has been a new chapter in my life.

Wind did get annoying, lasting so long. My office is pretty close to the foothills. Fun watching the geese fly. Formations were a little ragged at times and negative groundspeed was common. They'd try staight into the wind, not make headway, then start doing tacks north and south.

Eric
 
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