Okay, maybe that’s not fair. Maybe I hate them all. But I particularly dislike making the mistake I made today.
The radio tunes to different frequencies. There’s a knob you twist to set the frequency and then a button (the flip flop button) to move the newly-dialed frequency into the active position. Then you are talking on it.
So the rule I follow is that if maintenance has been done on the plane I make the first flight alone and I stay over the field for at least fifteen minutes. That way, if something goes wrong I can just glide back to the field.
Today I went down to Long Beach where a different shop was working on my plane. It was finished and I needed to pick it up. Click to continue »