A Man and His Airplane

At least, it's hard for this region of the country. I like to say that predicting the weather for the Puget Sound region is far more an art than it is a science. Early last week, the weather forecast was for pretty much crappy weather for the foreseeable future. However, because of the chaotic nature of the atmosphere around here, especially at this time of year, the forecast is always subject to change. As it turns out, the weather was actually nice enough last Friday afternoon (December 17) that I was able to go up for about an hour and a half. One of the reasons I went up was because I had filled the tanks after the previous flight, and I wanted to burn off some fuel in case I was able to take my father flying while we visiting from Arizona. As I'm sure I've mentioned, the weight and balance of my plane is such that I'd be over maximum weight if I had a passenger in the front seat, the required ballast in the baggage compartment to stay within the forward CG limit, a...

 The weather here has been pretty crappy for some time. It has occasionally been nice enough to fly, and I have flown a couple times in the last couple of months, but not nearly as often as I would like. It's just the reality of living in the Pacific Northwet with it's particular climate. My father is flying up today from Arizona and heading back in January. He'll be staying elsewhere this time, but the plan, the hope, is that I'll be able to take him flying at least once while he's up here. Either he'll come down and meet me at Harvey Field, or I'll fly to an airport nearer to where he's staying and pick him up (probably either Arlington or Skagit Regional). Fingers crossed that we have some of that lovely cold, crisp, dry weather that makes for good performance.