N291DR 2.7 Flight with Melissa to vicinity of Columbia then Columbia

Flew back to the ranch I went to a couple days ago, to show it to Melissa. Then took off and landed in Columbia, then back to KRHV. 3 landings total. Qualifies as sport pilot cross-country.

N291DR 2.6 Solo trip to vicinity of Columbia

Flew out to a fly-in at a private ranch in the vicinity of Columbia (O22). Two landings total. 71 nautical miles one way. Qualifies for Sport Pilot cross-country.

N291DR 1.2 Practice flight

Quick practice flight, out and back from KRHV. 1 landing.

N291DR 1.6 Flight with Brian

Flew with my friend Brian, with whom I worked until he moved to a different company recently. He is an avid reader of Stick and Rudder and an eager future pilot. We went from KRHV to KWVI, did a couple of landings there, then came back to KRHV. In the process we also did some air work and various bits of demonstration.

It was extremely gratifying to see how gratifying it was for Brian. He's like, "Oh, so this is a forward slip! I read about that!" and "That was a 3 point landing, I read about that!" etc.

N291DR 0.8 Evening jaunt for the heck of it

We were checking the engine today and so I decided to take the plane out afterwards. I went out to the Calaveras reservoir, over to the Sunol pass, and back 'round the other side of Mission Peak. 1 landing. I'm a bit out of practice and so the little bumps around the hills sort of rattled me, but it was okay, as always.

N291DR 0.6 Airball data gathering flight

Quick flight over the Joseph D Grant Park area to get some data for Airball. Returned to land in a dive ;) so as to get out of the way of a Centurion that was coming in, but still managed to get off on taxiway Bravo. One landing.

N291DR 1.4 Practice flight

Currency flight -- I've been working super hard on Airball these days. Took off from KRHV, intending to do landings at Frasier Lake. When I got there, the turbulence at low altitude was pretty rough, and I've landed in worse, but it didn't feel good to do that when relatively out of practice. I just flew around and back again, and did 4 landings at KRHV. 3 were glides, and one was a short landing with power. I was able to stop near taxiway Bravo in all of them.