Congrats Percy on your milestone! I know how it goes with on again, off
again 
flying. 

As you mentioned a great day of coupe driving, we had a lovely weekend
here 
in Illinois. Yesterday evening around 6 PM I took the wife of a neighbor
for 
her first airplane ride. Yes, there are still a few people who have never 
felt an air pocket or seen the model train layout from any kind of
airplane. 
>From the moment I pushed the throttle in until we landed at home base 2
hours 
later she had the biggest grin covering her face from ear to ear. We made
the 
rounds of several local airports in my vicinity and covered about 160
miles 
with five touch and goes thrown in for fun. She drove a couple of the legs

and started getting the hang of three dimensional space. This was one of 
those flights where you feel like you and the plane are one united entity 
where everything was perfect and I felt like I could fly on forever. On
our 
last leg I dropped down to 600' agl and we zoomed along between the 
farmsteads, s-turning to avoid getting to close, passed a mile long
freight 
train and got a wave from the engineer and discovered a new farm strip 
practically in my back yard. Our landing at dusk with the runway lights 
coming up to meet us was the best greaser I have done in months..... all
in 
all... it "don't" get any better than this :-)
As I wait for the day a buyer for 3040H steps up to the plate, I am
logging 
as much fun flying time with friends and coworkers as possible. I'm going
to 
hate to see her change hands but memories like the one from last night
will 
live on for the rest of my days. May all your landings be right side up,
Fly safely, 
Rob Talbot-Jones 3040H, Rantoul Illinois
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