flying: a visit to sycamore field (+ 1.1 hours)

It's been cold and stormy for much of the last two weeks, and I took the good weather last weekend to go on a swamp tour with my parents near Lafayette. This weekend, however, turned out sunny and warm, perfect for flying. As promised we practiced emergency procedures, including landing at a grass field north of the Hammond airport. This grass field you would hardly ever mistake for an airport! It's just some grass beside what looks like a farmhouse, surrounded by plowed fields, some cattle. We're cruising along at 3000 feet and the instructor pulls the throttle to idle, and we circle to lose altitude, sideslip to lose some more. Pretty soon we're floating on in over some bemused cows.

total: 8.0 hours dual instruction