and the C-45 ride:
Well, several surprises. The plane is air conditioned, a nice touch. And for it's size, it is very powerful. Just looking at it, note how much of the plane is engine and how much is everything else. So we take off, and it really shows it's mettle: climbs well and the pilot is eager to do some turns.
Tight turns.
And turns that are banked quite steeply.
Makes for a good ride. We went along the Missouri for a ways, then across farmland and fields. We flew over the hills too and made several more turns. The air was clear, just a few clouds above. And it was clear, the pilot loved his plane.
Soon enough we headed back towards the airport. While banking to line up with the runway I got a great view of the dead trees along the river, still standing from the flood in 2011. Then we were lined up and over the end of the runway. Headed down and the plane flared, then we set down on the runway, and bounced back up.
OK.
Then we set down again, and bounced up harder. Felt like we were going to bounce again, and the pilot jabbed the throttles ahead, and ZOOM, we zipped away to do a lap around the airport. The second landing was uneventful.
Great fun, (afterwards), never did a go-around before. Interesting how quick the situation presented, and how instantly the plane responded and got us back in the air when pressed to.
The CAF C-45:
![[Image: fwa_c-45_48.jpg]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=www.cybermodeler.com%2Faircraft%2Fc-45%2Fimages%2Ffwa_c-45_48.jpg)
Well, several surprises. The plane is air conditioned, a nice touch. And for it's size, it is very powerful. Just looking at it, note how much of the plane is engine and how much is everything else. So we take off, and it really shows it's mettle: climbs well and the pilot is eager to do some turns.
Tight turns.
And turns that are banked quite steeply.
Makes for a good ride. We went along the Missouri for a ways, then across farmland and fields. We flew over the hills too and made several more turns. The air was clear, just a few clouds above. And it was clear, the pilot loved his plane.
Soon enough we headed back towards the airport. While banking to line up with the runway I got a great view of the dead trees along the river, still standing from the flood in 2011. Then we were lined up and over the end of the runway. Headed down and the plane flared, then we set down on the runway, and bounced back up.
OK.
Then we set down again, and bounced up harder. Felt like we were going to bounce again, and the pilot jabbed the throttles ahead, and ZOOM, we zipped away to do a lap around the airport. The second landing was uneventful.
Great fun, (afterwards), never did a go-around before. Interesting how quick the situation presented, and how instantly the plane responded and got us back in the air when pressed to.
The CAF C-45:
The granting of a pardon is an imputation of guilt, and the acceptance a confession of it.
