Michael R. Hicks » Flying http://www.kreelanwarrior.com Tales and Musings Mon, 10 Jan 2011 00:01:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 Flying in a Piper Cub – Good, Old Fashioned Fun http://www.kreelanwarrior.com/2009/10/flying-in-a-piper-cub-good-old-fashioned-fun/ http://www.kreelanwarrior.com/2009/10/flying-in-a-piper-cub-good-old-fashioned-fun/#comments Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:00:00 +0000 Michael R. Hicks http://www.kreelanwarrior.com/?p=729 It’s been a very long time – the better part of 30 years –  since I went up in a light plane. I’d forgotten what fun it could be!

My cousin Wendy has a Piper Cub that was originally built in 1947 and has been completely rehabbed. She flies quite a bit (needless to say!), and took me up for a great ride this weekend. We went up over the Great Salt Lake on the way to Logan airfield, where the local pilots have a breakfast every Saturday. I don’t have anything to compare it to, but they seem to have a big aviation community in the Salt Lake area: lots of nice folks and great airplanes.

Flying in the Cub made me start thinking again of building my own plane, a dream I’ve had since I was young. It’s probably a pipe dream, but…who knows?

Anyway, I just wanted to share a few pics of our trip (I took tons, but don’t want to bore you with them all!) – hope you enjoy them!

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