So, I did a lot of flying this weekend. None of it was flight training related, but it was flying anyway. I flew down to Salem to join up with two of my very best friends and go to the state fair with them. We had a great time even though it was a short visit. In the morning I picked up a friend in Salem and flew her to Skagit (near Bellingham) to meet up with her husband. The weather was overcast at 6000ft so we climbed above the clouds and enjoyed a couple hours of sun before descending back through the clouds inti the San Juan Island area. We picked her husband up and flew around the archipelago for about an hour and then returned to Skagit.
We all had lunch and then I headed home. I had to climb up to 9500ft to be above the clouds. While passing over the Seattle area I had a 747 fly below me which was pretty cool to see. I made pretty good time since my ground speed was 122 knots and I was only using about 9 gallons per hour. I landed back at Pearson field at about 5pm.
The next morning, I flew my friend Jason to McMinville to got to the
aviation museum. We saw the Spruce Goose and many other aircraft including an SR-71 and an Me-262. It was a lot of fun and I am glad we went. I let Jason fly a fair amount of the flight home. he did really well. it was a very nice day.
I had a great time at the museum and I highly recommend it to anyone interested in aviation. it is a 2hr drive from Portland but only 25min by air, so if you want to go, let me know :-)
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