Thanksgiving Flying

[benpilot]

 

I flew home to KOVE and KSAC for turkey dinner with family. Not in a Mooney but was still fun to avoid the holiday traffic.

[rbridges]

weather was awful around thankgsgiving.  I had to drive to kennesaw to pick up my daughter on Tuesday before.  Ceilings were very low.  May have been able to sneak it in, but I couldn't find an alternate airport just in case things got ugly.  Then the winds followed after the clouds left....

[Jeff_S]

Just to follow up my prior post here, I did end up taking my Dad for a scenic cruise around Atlanta on Friday. It was a beautiful day to fly, cool but not cold with plenty of sun and no wind. And our little technique of having him sit on the front of the wing and then scootch back until he can swing his legs into the seat, and reverse for egress, works like a charm. So that may be somethign to consider for anyone else who is trying to get "mobility challenged" folks into your Mooney.

[Carl S]

Just to follow up my prior post here, I did end up taking my Dad for a scenic cruise around Atlanta on Friday. It was a beautiful day to fly, cool but not cold with plenty of sun and no wind. And our little technique of having him sit on the front of the wing and then scootch back until he can swing his legs into the seat, and reverse for egress, works like a charm. So that may be somethign to consider for anyone else who is trying to get "mobility challenged" folks into your Mooney.

 

Nice idea.  My dad (88) had some problems getting up on the step and then into the seat.  I'll remember your process for th next time.