Weird stuff over New Jersey

G.R. Patterson III wrote:

I just checked, and there aren't any TFRs for this area on the AOPA web
site. Wassup?

Where and when?

I was in the air this morning. I think I was actually over the border in
NY, though, doing maneuvers over "the onion fields".

I was practicing spiral descents. And ascents, as it worked out.

I picked an incomplete building in a low density industrial area. With the
clouds, I couldn't start too high, but I got up to 3500 there. I'd spiral
down, and then climb. Keeping with the idea of "practice makes perfect", I
continued the maneuver in the ascent, climbing back up to 3500 in a spiral
and then pulling the power again.

I went through this cycle perhaps three or four times. A lot more tame than
last week's spins, but fun nevertheless.

But I did find myself wondering what someone watching might have thought.

Today was also the first time I've ever heard my wife on approach. She was
up with an instructor working on her PPL. I'd just picked up advistories
from CDW to the onion fields when I heard "Hi" in her voice. I "Hi"-ed
back.

Fortunately, approach was quite quiet today. But perhaps the F-16s were
looking for the cutie on the approach frequency (by which I mean my wife;
not me).

- Andrew