August Aviation Letter
Greetings aviation friends, As July winds to a close and we all enter August, my favorite month of the year, it seems crazy how quickly the year has passed. We are already in the 8th month of 2021! The last month I have been out of Sequim every weekend. We started July by going to Ross Lake Resort on our annual trip, then spent the week after that in the New England area for a family reunion. It was my plan to go flying while I was in Maine, and I had set up a checkout flight with an FBO to go flying in a C172. I wanted to explore this new area by air, as well as impress my more distant relatives with the sheer awesomeness of having a pilot's license. The weather had different plans. Morning fog rolled in midday followed closely by fast-moving thunderstorms. On top of that, the FBO didn't have the flexibility to accommodate a change in schedule. It was definitely disappointing not to have that opportunity this time, but I hope that in two years, at our next family reun...