One thing I did learn is that my cute husband is a very safe pilot--very thorough on his pre-flight. He walked me through everything that he was doing during the pre-flight. He also pointed out the various instruments and what they do/mean. We borrowed a head set so that we could talk to each other. I also was able to hear the control tower chatter--very cool! Take off was pretty cool--I had to get used to the wind knocking us around a bit--I felt like I was on an amusemnt park ride--especially at times when my stomach dropped. We climbed to about 6500 ft and cruised.
Landing at Catalina was good. I usually get nervous when a 737 plane is landing so I wasn't sure how I would handle this. I did good! After we landed and park the plane we had a picnic and went for a hike. The scenary was gorgeous. It was nice to spend sometime with him this weekend..we've or rather he has been going non-stop since we moved out here and our time together is so limited now and will be even more limited starting next week. It was nice to finally talk about our thoughts about SoCal, ideas for us in the next 1 to 3 years..etc.We only got to hike for an hour due to the guy I borrowed the head set from was flying at 5pm.
The flight back was good as well. The wind was knocking around even more. This time I did get a little nervous and was holding onto my shoulder belt. Eli had to ask me a few times if I was okay. All he kept saying to me was babe--you are doing good. I had to remind myself that Eli was in control and it was just the wind. Once again the landing was great. I logged 1.2 hours of flight time!!!
To top off the great weekend, we made scallops wrapped in bacon and shrimp all grilled on the BBQ and we opened and finished a bottle of red wine. hee hee!
Here are some pictures of our adventure...
Eli pre-flight checking the plane
Pulling the plane onto the taxi way
Leaving Long Beach, CA
Catalina Island
Coming in for a landing at Catalina Airport
Pilot-Eli and Co-pilot-Heather
6 comments:
That sounds like a great trip!
What a wonderful way to spend a Sunday!
I was in a little plane before and boy was I nervous!
you two are so cute in the picture!!!! sounds like a fun trip - but there is still NO WAY you would get me in that plane!!!!
How cool that you got to fly to Catalina with your hubby who was actually flying the plane!! It sounds like you had a great weekend and your scallop dinner sounds delicious!!!
Enjoy your week!
Man, I don't know how I would do inside a plane that was light enough to be dragged down the runway by my husband! But you're a brave girl and he's a super pilot, so I'm sure it was worth a few tense minutes!
Sounds like you had a blast!
So much fun! My first ride with my brother was in a Cessna 152 - you're right, they are TINY!
Love the pictures, thanks for sharing! :)
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