tonycondon
Gastons CRO (Chief Dinner Reservation Officer)
Went up with a student this afternoon, got 2 hours of actual, 3 approaches, 2 VOR and one ILS. We were between layers in IMC most of the trip, at 3 or 4000 enroute. Check out our track on flightaware, N99930. We were originally planning to go to Webster City from Marshalltown, then changed mind which is why we turned back to the south after heading northwest.
Saw a cool sight on the way back to Ames, we were getting vectored for the ILS to 01 and were coming down on the east side of the airport at 4000 feet. I knew that the TV towers between Ames and Des Moines would be coming up so me and my student had our eyes out for them. Pretty soon they showed up and looked a lot closer than they were. We were 1000 feet above them and maybe 1 mile to the side. It was really cool to see them poking out the tops of the clouds.
Saw a cool sight on the way back to Ames, we were getting vectored for the ILS to 01 and were coming down on the east side of the airport at 4000 feet. I knew that the TV towers between Ames and Des Moines would be coming up so me and my student had our eyes out for them. Pretty soon they showed up and looked a lot closer than they were. We were 1000 feet above them and maybe 1 mile to the side. It was really cool to see them poking out the tops of the clouds.