September in General

September

Of all the things I still remember
Summer’s never looked the same
The years go by and time just seems to fly
But the memories remain..

I can’t seem to write until I just do.

Went to breakfast with the boys in Portland which requires getting to Topsham by 830am.
Gary knows Portland much better than I ever will, so after meandering around we park right in front of “The Bayou Kitchen.”

The acoustics in there suck, reminding me of how fucked my hearing actually has become. I have a clicker in my head where I remember every time I have to say “say again.” A dozen times a day.

Made it to Augusta three times this week. Flew twice.

Thursday was a goat rope. The thunderstorms were supposed to head to the north, but instead smashed right into the mid coast.

Friday did stalls, steep turns and slow flight.

Plus the super-groovy emergency decent.

Stuffing the nose and trying to get to 136 knots while at idle and finding someplace to land kinda sucked Especially since I wasn’t expecting it. Yeah 60 degrees nose down in a 2000 pound airplane with 180HP you can’t use - kinda sucks. I found a field, and it wasn’t until we were below 1000MSL I saw the treeline.

Reminds me how lucky I was to have an ejection seat under my ass.

And yes she is on my mind again.

Maybe it is a vitamin D deficiency.