Flying To Athabasca
On Friday we are flying north to Athabasca, with a quick stop en route at Edmonton/Villeneuve to pick up some friends. We’ve done this trip several times before but this time I’m hoping that my wife will move from navigator to co-pilot. She really enjoys keeping the maps and monitoring our progress so I’m hoping now that I can get her more comfortable with the controls, at least comfortable enough so that I can take a bunch of pictures along the way.
The other exciting element to this trip is that this will be our dog’s first cross-country trip. It’s not his first flying experience though. He’s flown twice in the baggage compartment of a 737 and last month, I took him on a short flight over the city. He was actually much better on the city flight than he is on longer car rides. Our dog used to be quite good in the car, quietly curling up in the back seat. Now, however, anything longer than 15 minutes and he’s whining. So I was pleasantly surprised on his first flight that he simply curled up in the back seat of the Piper Warrior and slept. I hoping that he will do the same on this longer flight.
Mon, 16 May 2005 22:36 Posted in Flying
