10,500 feet is way the heck up there!

2. The kids thought it was great! With hundreds of hours in the air over
the last nine years, my kids are old pros that only rarely look out the
windows anymore.

Function of their youth, I suspect. After 50+ years of flying, I
still love gawking at the scenery going by. (Even over Iowa!)

Do those kids still say "Are we there yet?"

3. Spiraling down from 2 miles over the airport takes a LONG time! I tried
to maintain a nice, easy 300 - 400 fpm descent, which meant circling the
airport for twenty minutes in order to land!

Consider what that means if your engine quits. You have a heck of
along time to find a nice big field, and it can be miles away!

When I fly north out of here (central PA) there ain't nothing but
mountains covered by trees. I get pretty high.

vince norris