PEI, here we come… (Or, really, here we ARE if you are reading this, for it means we have landed and I was successful in locating internet at the Ch’town Airport before heading out to St. Pete’s Harbour for a few days!)
Ahhhh, there is something quite thrilling about the airport, especially when one has a little insight into the inner workings of aviation. The teeny tiny bit of knowledge and understanding I’ve acquired since learning to fly these past months has vastly increased my appreciation of the elaborate taxiways and familiar hold short and take-off procedures as we prepare to leave YYZ behind this afternoon and head east to PEI for the long weekend. Although the take-off roll is not quite as exhilarating when one isn’t the person applying full throttle and pulling back on the control column, the whole process is nevertheless exciting, and now that I have experienced first-hand the amount of time it takes to climb out in the circuit in a Cessna 150, I am amazed at how quickly we are soaring above the city and moving into pastures beyond the neatly ordered rows of streets in the suburbs outside of Toronto. In fact, already I am staring outside at the most incredible combination of cirrus wisps and cumulous puffs over the Lake.
PEI, here we come… (Or, really, here we ARE if you are reading this, for it means we have landed and I was successful in locating internet at the Ch’town Airport before heading out to St. Pete’s Harbour for a few days!)
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AuthorVera C. Teschow is a certified teacher and mother of twin boys Alex and Simon. In addition to documenting her flying lessons, she also blogs about babies, teaching and life in general. Categories
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