The Pattern is Full!

The same happened at our airport. We finally had some good flying
weather. There were at least 5 other pilots at the tie-down area
yesterday (the most that we had ever seen in months).

We got to tryout the new cowl insulated cover and wings/stabilator
covers made by Alaskan Tent & Tarp. I was about to give up on them and
ordered from Kennon when they finally called. The order was completed
quickly and promptly shipped to us but we were away during the holidays
then we had several days of snow and freezing rain. The last chunk of
ice finally melted off our plane yesterday. The covers fit well but we
were not happy with the metal S-hooks. Noway that we are going to use
them on our fresh paint. We are still searching for plastic snap hooks
or strong canopy bungee balls.

Rick got an hour of instrument practice. After almost 2 months of no
instrument flying practices, his scanning needed work but he nailed the
VOR A approach at 20N in spite of the wavering VOR needle (the VOR
station was probably close to 40nm). I only had enough time to do 3
landings. They were not greasers but pretty smooth. We have been up
only 3 times since getting our plane back in early November!'
Hai Longworth