Making better days
Is anyone still out there reading this? Probably not. My updates have been few and far between, I know. Well, if you are reading this, I hope you will enjoy sharing vicariously in the fun I had last Friday afternoon with my friend, Tham. It was the first time in many months that I spontaneously said to someone, “You want to go flying? Right now?”
The afternoon was warm, the company was excellent, the plane was full of gas… in other words, I had no good excuse for not flying. Tham immediately got on her cell phone and canceled her meetings, and within 30 minutes we were enjoying the pure pleasure of just being airborne.
This was Tham’s second flight in 7PW. Peter took her up for a ride about a week ago and she loved it! So of course I knew she’d be game for some more Cirrus time. I unofficially put my instructor hat on and held her hand, so to speak, while she did some medium bank turns, descents and an approach into the traffic pattern. I took over the controls at about 100′ AGL and landed the plane. Tham did a great job! With just a little bit of coaching she kept us on the glide path and on the centerline.
It gave me incredible pleasure to see Tham in her element, and to feel that I was helping someone have a happy day.
The lesson for me was that you can’t sit around and wait for happiness to come to you. You have to go out there and get it, and seize opportunities when they present themselves.

