Dancing in the Sky

Friday, March 9th, 2007

Egor Chibisov

Three of us were flying Tuesday: Dave North, Egor Chibisov and me.

When you fly with others, you quickly sort out airspace. At least that usually happens. Someone flies low, someone flies high, someone flies farther out.

As you fly, you notice what other people are doing and try to stay within a predictable space. It’s a dance, and not nearly as hard as a tango.

There are flyers who defy any predictions and zoom across the entire sky, often at high speeds. When they fly, I like to take a break.

This wasn’t one of those times.

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Tools of the Trade

Wednesday, February 14th, 2007

Tools of the Trade

Monday, the wind was blowing sideways. From the east, not the usual north wind. And it was bubbly, fluttery, irregular. So flying was weird.

My wing, which I fly almost every day, felt like a plane I’d never flown before.

Oh yeah, I also didn’t sleep much Sunday night. So I was strung out, feeling strange.

Wind. Weirdness. What could possibly go right?

I flew anyway.

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