3 Hrs of Grass…

Fantastic day today at Plymouth (PYM.) Was able to get in the left seat and stretch her out for nearly 3 hours of grass flying along with some good instruction.

We started at the home base of Plymouth (PYM) and headed to my friend Dicks private strip called Sherman Field (MA63.) From there, it was south west to a great grass strip called Myricks (1M8,) and then south east to Cape Cod Airport AKA Marston’s Mills (2B1.)

Sherman Field

Myricks Field

Cape Cod Airport

When I bought her, I was a bit nervous flying the 180, worrying that it might be a bit too much airplane, but after today, I feel really good and am ready to settle in and really start to learn how to fly her. I can already tell it’s behaving differently with all the weight out of the tail and really is nice on the larger tires. It really is fun to fly… And although its not that dramatic of a cuff, the Owl Stol cuff really makes it nice and docile.

Found a couple more squawks today that I am adding to the list. Nothing major, but expected. All in all, I got in about 20 grass landings and learned a ton. A great way to spend an afternoon!

We are fortunate here in Eastern Mass to have at least a dozen well maintained grass strips within a 20 mile radius, and its my plan to use em.

We started at the home base of Plymouth (PYM) and headed to my friend Dicks private strip called Sherman Field.  (MA63.)  From there, it was south west to a great grass strip called Myricks (1M8,) and then south east to Cape Cod Airport AKA Marstons Mills (2B1.)

When I bought her, I was a bit nervous flying the 180, worrying that it might be a bit too much airplane, but after today, I feel really good and am ready to settle in and really start to learn how to fly her.  I can already tell it’s behaving differently with all the weight out of the tail and really is nice on the larger tires.  It really is fun to fly… And although its not that dramatic of a cuff, the Owl Stol cuff really makes it nice and docile. (will be pulling this off eventually for a Sportsman!)

Found a couple more squawks today that I am adding to the list.  Nothing major, but expected.  All in all, I got in about 20 grass landings and learned a ton.  A great way to spend an afternoon!