[GH85Carrera]

Fall has arrived. It is 58 degrees and drizzly outside. The high today is supposed to be in the mid 60s.

Jim, I can't really imagine those WW2 era ships and the lack of GPS navigation or modern radios, traversing the seas in stormy weather. Thanks for your service.

The pilot I hire to fly me around when my partner is busy or out of town has been very cautious at first with his turns to keep me from getting air sick. I keep telling him to not worry about it, I have never been motion sick. My partner for sure cranks the airplane into turn to make the 180 turn at the end of a flightline and get onto the next flight line. The contractor pilot makes big gentle "lollypop" turns. That takes longer, and means more fuel burn. He is getting faster at it as he sees I have not been getting airsick at all.

Yesterday we had a decent crosswind takeoff. We popped off the ground, and I was looking down the runway out the side window. We had a pretty good crab angle to stay over the runway. The wind had died down when we landed so that was easy.

He is an pilot instructor. He was hired by some parents to take their 12 year old boy on a flight just for fun. He said it was pretty windy and it was a direct 90 degrees from the runway. He asked if the kid was sure he wanted to go that day. Of course he did. So as the took off he said they were sideways to the runway and the kid was jut giggling like the happiest kid ever. He loved every minute of the flight. He said he was planning on becoming a pilot.