Now that I'm officially a private pilot, my first mission was to take my first non-pilot passenger on a short flight. That first passenger was my wife of course!
We decided on a simple flight over to Winder for lunch. My wife, Brandy, took our camera so that she could take pictures from the airplane. I've included some of the pictures here:
Brandy takes a picture of Runway 25 at KLZU (Gwinnett County airport) as we begin our takeoff roll.
This is a photo as we fly past Lawrenceville and over Dacula.
Brandy takes a picture as we're on final approach Runway 23 at Winder (KWDR).
Almost there!...
We land successfully -- and smoothly according to Brandy! She was impressed with my flying skills. I've passed my final test!
We taxiied over to the ramp in front of the restaurant, and then went inside for lunch. As we ate, I watched the cumulus clouds growing in the sky. I figured that the ride back may be a little bumpy. After all, it was getting towards the middle of the afternoon on a warm day.After lunch, I took a quick look over the airplane and started taxiing back to the runway. After taking off, we turned west to head back home. Brandy took another photo as we passed over Winder and Dacula:
I should note that this was Brandy's first flight in a small airplane. She did great! She was a little afraid because of the tight quarters, but being up in the vast sky eased her fears.
I'm looking forward to cross-country trips with Brandy in the future. For the next flight, I promised to take the kids.
