{"id":3224,"date":"2016-05-07T15:56:22","date_gmt":"2016-05-07T15:56:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zaakistan.com\/dir\/?p=3224"},"modified":"2016-05-07T15:58:06","modified_gmt":"2016-05-07T15:58:06","slug":"in-the-air-in-a-cessna-c-172","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/zaakistan.com\/dir\/index.php\/2016\/05\/07\/in-the-air-in-a-cessna-c-172\/","title":{"rendered":"In the Air in a Cessna C-172"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A couple weeks ago my longtime friend Jeff “no relation” Robichaud took me up in a Cessna west of Calgary. Jeff and I have known each other since 1983. All those years, he’s demonstrated that he likes to master things. I think getting his pilot’s license a few years back is a vestige of having been infatuated with Top Gun<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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The only time I’ve been up in a tiny plane was when I went skydiving in 1998. I didn’t realize all the paperwork and prep time that went into taking a plane up. Weather, fuel, weather, weather, log books, waivers and weather checks.<\/p>\n

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He takes me over Ghost Lake, up the valley, down towards Morley. We face the low sun gleaming just above the Rockies\u00a0at 7000 ft (or 4000 ft above the ground).<\/p>\n

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The most intimidating part about flying seems to be the radio contact with the air traffic controllers at YBW and YYC. Jeff’s voice changes to a lower register when he talks to them. I can’t understand a word. Terrifying.<\/p>\n

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Jeff gives me the controls for a couple minutes.\u00a0Pretty responsive machine. Happy to pass the controls back to Jeff.<\/p>\n

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It is beautiful country from the ground. The dramatic relief of the rivers carving through the foothills\u00a0from the air is spectacular.<\/p>\n

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Facing east we follow the Bow River towards Calgary and land at Springbank.<\/p>\n

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Jeff, thanks for the flight and for landing the plane so well.<\/p>\n

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