I’ve never made any secret of the fact that airport spotting isn’t exactly
my forte. I can’t help but think in the 21st century we should have
a way of making airports slightly more visible to your average GA pilot, I
blame the local populace for surrounding them with trees, or Southern Ontario
in general for being so big and fieldy in nature!
Anyways I was mildly happy that I spotted Oshawa airport.
Especially from only 2500ft (the higher you are the easier it is to spot these
places, allegedly). I got us there without too much drama, handed it back over
to S for a landing and all was well.
The next leg was mine as well, Oshawa to Lindsay. Should be easy, follow the GPS and there you
go.
So I flew, played around with the controls a little, that plane is
beautifully trimmed by the way, highly responsive on the controls and straight
as an arrow. Unlike flight school planes, which have a tendency to fly sideways
if you let them. An inevitable result of
the pounding they take from your average student pilot.
The sky was clear, the scenery beautiful and the plane a joy to
fly. S had the radios, E slept in the
back and I was having a blast.
All was great, until I set us up for the downwind on what turned
out to be an industrial estate.
Damn!
I kind of redeemed myself though by spotting Buttonville waaaay
before S
I guess two out of three aint bad!
I had a hell of a time spotting Lindsay as well. It's well camouflaged.
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