That felt good...

[Ghery]

It's been since late October that I've logged any PIC time. Fixed that after work today. Got the club's Arrow and logged 1.0 hours, 8 landings to a full stop, all after 1 hour after sunset. Current for day and night VFR again. That sure felt good. And every landing was a great one, we can continue to use the plane.

 

[Archammer]

I need to do the exact same thing, and you just inspired me to get it done. Great job and thanks for the motivation.

 

[spiderweb]

It's been since late October that I've logged any PIC time. Fixed that after work today. Got the club's Arrow and logged 1.0 hours, 8 landings to a full stop, all after 1 hour after sunset. Current for day and night VFR again. That sure felt good. And every landing was a great one, we can continue to use the plane.

Sounds wonderful! But don't you still have your Skylane?

 

[denverpilot]

Glad you got up... my flight time has been curtailed by Estate paperwork... another six accounts dealt with today... one even just drops all charges pending at death, I thought that was interesting. Most send a final statement to the Estate.

This one said, "Zero balance, we'll send a final statement showing that for your records. Sorry for your loss." It wasn't a huge account/expense or anything, and the Estate can certainly afford to pay it, but what a nice way to show you're run by human beings and not computers...

Airplane probably misses me. Going to snow tomorrow night.

 

[Ghery]

Sounds wonderful! But don't you still have your Skylane?

I do, but I was solo and figured the FBO would be closed after I finished. I cannot put the 182 away by myself, I need a second person pushing to get it back in the hangar. I tried for the old 172, but it was down for maintenance (spinner backplate), so the Arrow was a viable choice. Not sure why I stay current in that thing, it kills my knees everytime I fly it. But, it was fun.

 

[spiderweb]

I do, but I was solo and figured the FBO would be closed after I finished. I cannot put the 182 away by myself, I need a second person pushing to get it back in the hangar. I tried for the old 172, but it was down for maintenance (spinner backplate), so the Arrow was a viable choice. Not sure why I stay current in that thing, it kills my knees everytime I fly it. But, it was fun.

Cool.

 

[BillTIZ]

I do, but I was solo and figured the FBO would be closed after I finished. I cannot put the 182 away by myself, I need a second person pushing to get it back in the hangar. I tried for the old 172, but it was down for maintenance (spinner backplate), so the Arrow was a viable choice. Not sure why I stay current in that thing, it kills my knees everytime I fly it. But, it was fun.

You need a nose tug, a golf cart will do. Or a winch at the back of the hanger to haul the 182 back into the hanger.

 

[Ghery]

You need a nose tug, a golf cart will do. Or a winch at the back of the hanger to haul the 182 back into the hanger.

I'll bug the club leaders about that. I'd fly the 182 a lot more if I didn't need help to put it away.

 

[Mike5250]

I'll bug the club leaders about that. I'd fly the 182 a lot more if I didn't need help to put it away.

When I flew a club/hangared 182 the line guys would help push it in when we topped off after each flight. Are they around later at night?

 

[Ghery]

When I flew a club/hangared 182 the line guys would help push it in when we topped off after each flight. Are they around later at night?

No. The FBO closed at 7 and I landed around 7:30. Nobody to help push the 182 back into the hangar. It's just too heavy for me to handle by myself. So I took the Arrow and left a phone message with the FBO for them to gas it up in the morning (which they do routinely for our club).

 

[azure]

I'll bug the club leaders about that. I'd fly the 182 a lot more if I didn't need help to put it away.

Oh, club plane. I was going to say, if it was my plane the lack of a tug or (preferably) a winch is not something I'd be willing to just live with. Help pushing the bird back is nice when it's available, but if I didn't have a winch, I'd (almost) never fly at night.