N674DW Your Traffic at 11 o'clock...Well it's 10:45 right now, what do you want to do until 11 then?

Jan 22, 2006 23:43

All right so last friday, January 20th, 2006 I flew down to North Hampton, MA for a cross-country. It went very well I thought, I got down there just fine and my radio communications were excellent, and I didn't miss one radio call. Then as I got closer to North Hampton there were other controlled airports that I had to watch out for. One of them was Westover ARB. As I got closer to my airport the Bradley Approach Controller told me that my traffic was 11 o'clock. I looked out...and IT WAS A C-5 GALAXY!!! So I immediately said, "OK I GOT THE TRAFFIC! 674-DELTA-WHISKEY!" Then the controller proceeded to tell me that I needed to keep up my airspeed because I had two A-10's coming up quicky from behind! So I was like JEEZ OK!!! I was so excited. The C-5 went by me and just watched in awe.

The C-5's wheel is probably almost as big as me. And the A-10's are so powerful that they could put 5 Honda Civics under their wings and still be able to takeoff. Then I landed at North Hampton and then took off for Nashua again. On the way back it wasn't too exciting, but I do love flying. The best part is I have the same flight instructor as I did last semester, Adrienne Park. Which is nice. :)

My next flight is supposed to be Monday January 23, 2006, but I don't think it will happen because we are supposed to get 4-7 inches of snow...yeah can't really land a plane in that weather. I planned a flight to Laconia, which will be cool because the approach takes me over the water of Lake Winnipesaukee. Details will follow later.

Here are some pictures of the planes I was flying near.







Signing out.
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