Yetti Posted July 23, 2019 Report Share Posted July 23, 2019 At one point in this decade 2011 I was only a student pilot confined to the pattern. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLCarter Posted July 23, 2019 Report Share Posted July 23, 2019 Yep, and when the tower called and told you to extend your downwind and they would call your base you felt like you had flown somewhere.... lol 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Posted July 23, 2019 Report Share Posted July 23, 2019 2 hours ago, RLCarter said: Yep, and when the tower called and told you to extend your downwind and they would call your base you felt like you had flown somewhere.... lol Whenever I talked to a tower, I had flown somewhere, even if only 4nm across the river . . . Depart KHTW on 26, make a left turnout and enter left base for 30 at KHTS. Those were the days! Everything was new and exciting! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DXB Posted July 23, 2019 Report Share Posted July 23, 2019 Hasn't been very long for me - starting training March 2013, final solo PPL test prep in the practice area, June 2014. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnybgoode Posted July 23, 2019 Report Share Posted July 23, 2019 (edited) 22 minutes ago, Hank said: Whenever I talked to a tower, I had flown somewhere, even if only 4nm across the river . . . Depart KHTW on 26, make a left turnout and enter left base for 30 at KHTS. Those were the days! Everything was new and exciting! Back in 1998 for me, and I still find myself at HTS every now and then...but only for a few more months. Edited July 23, 2019 by Johnnybgoode Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Posted July 23, 2019 Report Share Posted July 23, 2019 6 minutes ago, Johnnybgoode said: Back in 1998 for me, and I still find myself at HTS every now and then...but only for a few more months. Hey, next time you're there, go over to HTW and take some pictures where they've been clearing the approaches at both ends!! I think they were repaving the runway, too, so the original 50' width won't have darker edges from where it was widened to 75'. Thank in advance! I got my license and my Mooney there in 2007, and moved to Alabama in 2014. Good times! While I enjoy the weather down here, I miss having multiple fly-out lunch options that are available there . . . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skydvrboy Posted July 23, 2019 Report Share Posted July 23, 2019 That was in 2015 for me. After my first solo, the runway closed, so we took off on the taxiway and flew 30 minutes over to the next airport so I could practice solo pattern work. I figured if I had to fly 30 minutes just to get to the practice airport, I'd better get my money's worth. I did 15 touch and go landings before my instructor called me from another plane and asked if we were ever going home. Good times! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnybgoode Posted July 25, 2019 Report Share Posted July 25, 2019 On 7/23/2019 at 1:38 PM, Hank said: Hey, next time you're there, go over to HTW and take some pictures where they've been clearing the approaches at both ends!! I think they were repaving the runway, too, so the original 50' width won't have darker edges from where it was widened to 75'. Thank in advance! I got my license and my Mooney there in 2007, and moved to Alabama in 2014. Good times! While I enjoy the weather down here, I miss having multiple fly-out lunch options that are available there . . . . . I would, but it might turn some heads and I'm not sure how well we'd fit in the pattern doing low approaches in the Herk... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Posted July 25, 2019 Report Share Posted July 25, 2019 20 minutes ago, Johnnybgoode said: I would, but it might turn some heads and I'm not sure how well we'd fit in the pattern doing low approaches in the Herk... Just don't land---3000' would be a little short for you! CRW is fine, though, my DPE was former WV ANG Wing Commander there. Lots of -130 traffic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1964-M20E Posted July 25, 2019 Report Share Posted July 25, 2019 PPL in 1987 for me at KNEW. After a couple of hours in the pattern I was free to go to the practice area about 8 miles away to practice maneuvers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnybgoode Posted July 26, 2019 Report Share Posted July 26, 2019 On 7/25/2019 at 12:35 PM, Hank said: Just don't land---3000' would be a little short for you! CRW is fine, though, my DPE was former WV ANG Wing Commander there. Lots of -130 traffic. Bill Peters, perhaps? My former wing commander. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Posted July 27, 2019 Report Share Posted July 27, 2019 (edited) 15 hours ago, Johnnybgoode said: Bill Peters, perhaps? My former wing commander. Yes, for my PPL and Instrument rating. One in a Cessna, one in my Mooney. Great guy, sharp pilot. Small world, isn't it? Edited July 27, 2019 by Hank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnybgoode Posted July 28, 2019 Report Share Posted July 28, 2019 Sure is, until you fly around it a time or two. First trip out of the country was with Bill. We went to a small dirt strip in Germany with a day off in England. He and I and our engineer spent the down time at the Air Museum at Duxford. It was a great way to start out my career! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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