Today I practiced for the Reservoir Run that @cyclicalobsessv has organized.
I flew this twice:
- Once with @cyclicalobsessv to get a “feel” for flying this route, (and learned how to create a “flight plan” in World View).
- Once by myself, with Live Weather and Real Time turned on. I was wondering, “Why isn’t this stinkin’ airplane going where I point it!!!” Then it struck me - wind! A ten knot wind doesn’t seem like much, but it isn’t negligible either.
Then. . .
I went and wiped the sweat off my palms. Actually made a couple of pretty good landings on the reservoir except the second time I got my nosewheel stuck in the mud when I tried to climb onto the beach.