FTY to LGC (Fulton County Brown Field - LaGrange Callaway Airport

I came home to Atlanta for the Christmas/New Year Holiday. As I'm sure you know I could not pass up this opportunity to fly with the nice warm weather down here. I got checked out in a Cessna 172 and rented it to fly down to LaGrange.

The 172 is a high wing plane so it's pretty different to fly. It was a fun experience. The visibility was great. I couldn't have picked a better day to fly. Check out a few of the best shots my friend took above. The lakes in the picture are part of west point lake along the Georgia/Alabama state lines.

Christmas lights!

Last night I braved the 5degree weather and went flying. It was amazing!! The plane performed like a jet. I climbed to pattern altittude before I was on my downwind leg. On a hot summer day I could spend the entire pattern climbing and land before I reach 1000ft agl.

The coolest part of last nights flight was seeing all of the ground covered in snow and the Christmas lights. I wish I had a camera that could show you guys the pictures. Now I see why pilots say cold weather flying is great. No turbulence no bumps.

Winter Blues

The midwest has gotten dumped with snow. Consequently I haven't flown. Not because the runway is full of snow because it's plowed. But because its COLD outside. I'll try to get out to airport and take some pictures. Flying with snow on the ground is a lot different than when you can see the ground. The landmarks and references are all covered in snow. The lakes that you use for references are now frozen over and look like fields....

I'd better be good at using my radio navigational devices.