Through the Eyes of a Wombat

The other flying school here in Bloomington have tiny little Cessna 150's, cute little things with two seats, a ridiculously underpowered engine and almost nothing in the way of advanced controls. You point it where you want to go, and provided you arent in a hurry, thats where you end up.
They best part is they are cheap, too - cheapest planes Ive found. That, and they have an online booking system so one can schedule the plane on the internet.
I figured I'd give both a try, so after getting a check ride in the little plane last week Sarah and I flew to Cincinnatti.

Getting there was relatively simple, taking off from Bloomington after the flying school sorted out the problems with their online booking system (it's new..), and a little over an hour later we were in Cincinnatti. Now, right over the busy part of that airspace, our transponder decided to kick the bucket. The transponder, among other things, tells air traffic control how high we are flying, and that was what it decided to stop saying. They were kind enough to let us fly the rest of the way, but those things are rather vital. Nice, kind controllers..

Spent a while on the ground at the other end, tried to call Sarah's parents, who live in that town, to meet us for lunch, but they didnt answer the phone. Sportys Pilot Shop is a rather large pilot shop, like a Target or K-Mart for pilots, but right on the airport. I spent some enjoyable time playing with the headsets, and though I liked the Bose model, very high end of the range, that was far too expensive. One day... maybe..

Off we headed for home, only to be confronted by three or four thunderstorms lurking menacingly around the city. Tough enough when they gang up like that, but corner one on its own and they whimper like babies. Anyway this time they were at least three of them, so best to turn tail and run. The controllers were helpful enough and sent us way way down south to avoid them, until we spotted a gap between two and took it. Crawling along at 80 knots ( I said it was underpowered ) there was a short while where it looked like the weather was closing in, so we headed to the nearest airport prepared to land and wait out the storm, but by the time we got there all the storms had gone to bother other people and left us alone. This was good, for it left the sky clear and smooth all the way back to Bloomington, where we could get a well deserved meal.