[GH85Carrera]

Right after we started our business, we had a client that wanted a site flown every single Tuesday and Thursday if at all possible to get in the sky. My business partner was busy flying another big project we had in Pennsylvania so I had to hire a pilot, that was an instructor pilot to fly me to the site, and I ran the computer to get the project captured.

Only a thunderstorm with lightning would ground us, or just heavy rain. We flew many times on windy days and it is kinda exciting in a rented Cessna 172 taking off when the crosswinds are high, and near the limit of safety. We would rotate, and instantly I was looking down the runway out my passenger window. We were crabbing into the wind and climbing out slowly.

Bump around like a ping pong ball in a dryer for the flight to the site, and get it captured, and get back on the ground. The wind made us bounce up and down 20 feet and the pilot had told me to not talk to him as we get on final. He got us on the ground safely and no hard landings. We had cheated death again.

I had to zip home and get the sites processing. They wanted data that evening, or before 8:00 AM in NYC via FTP. It was a good paying gig, and it more than payed for our camera system, and big part of the cost of our Cessna 182T down payment and equity.

An aircraft landing would be a real experience.