rocking in the steep?

After a two-week layoff, I flew up to Maine yesterday in an old
friend, Zero Six Hotel. Almost as soon as I got to altitude (2900 feet
AGL) I noticed that the plane was gently rocking its wings. This
persisted, off and on, until I came home again. I've never noticed
this before. Could it be a function of air currents? It was a fairly
calm day, no more than 10 mph wind at 3000 feet, direction generally
west, but variable. Warm but not hot. I suppose humid, since we had
thunderstorms in the night following.

What a lovely plane is 06H! Leaps off the ground. The carb heat knob
tends to creep out while in flight, but that is her only eccentricity,
58 years on.

The rental fee took a jump this summer, from $65 to $75 wet. Inflation
is back! (You read it here first.)

all the best -- Dan Ford
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