Dutchboy 0 #1 April 8, 2001 Had a real aviation oriented weekend. Drove down to the DZ (Skydive Atlanta) yesterday and did 5 kick-butt jumps (could have done more, but was too tired). Today I was supposed to get some flight time in and do a cross-country with the whyffo, followed by a flight to the DZ to see my kung fu teacher do his first jump. First flight didn't happen. I was doing my runup check and the plane failed. For the pilots who care, the engine practically died on one mag. So they ended up renting me one of those nice new Cessna 172's at the same rate as an old one. This is the nicest plane I've ever even sat in. Plush leather seats, lots of toys (hey for $180k you oughta get something!). Too cool to get to fly something so sweet for so little. It's a good thing too. Thanks to my buddies around the bussiest airport in the world (Atlanta Hartsfield), it took me nearly as long to fly there (at 130mph) as it takes me to drive. Of course, this is going in style!I got to jump right before my teacher with another student, the one who got me into skydiving. It was way cool. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites