Thank you Jay,
It was fun to finally meet you and I loved the NRA hat.
You were very good natured about my teasing you.
I want to be clear, I did it to share the fun and enhance our fun.
I am also learning about how to do some barnstorming on our trip.
Ed felt a little worn down at the end of the day. She had the hard job with the preflight instructions and the post flight debriefing. She has a lot of pictures to email.
I just had 50 excuses to fly around a place that was particularly interesting. I learned a lot about the special way the wind affects the lakebed that I would not have learned otherwise. It turns out there is some sink on the lee side of that mountain to the west. I found that the wind shifted as I got closer to the western edge of the lake bed.
The Predator held up very well. I expected to run down the battery with all the short flights but it held up very well. Marion was impressed with how quickly the blades came up to speed. The starter was never meant for that duty cycle.
I still can’t quite comprehend giving 45 rides in one day.
I don’t think I could fit 45 people in our hangar.
Several have emailed me with thanks.
If that is being an ambassador that is one easy job.
Thank you, Vance