May 8, 2025, 2:18 AM

I had that WANT to fly and I used my callsign for the first time, which was fun. ADS-B exchange registered it correctly so I assume I entered it into my transponder correctly. It was pretty gusty on the ground but otherwise the flying was pretty smooth! I tried out a GPS approach to get familiar with the instrumentation in this aircraft and everything works as expected which is always a good thing.

I've been making a list of pretty much every flying event within 150nm of my location and this is going to be a summer of a lot of flying to those events. This weekend I'll be flying Young Eagles and then over to Waupaca (KPCZ) for their fly-in and car show in the afternoon!

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View from inside the cockpit of an airplane in a 30 degree left bank. The instruments are visible and in focus while the outside is tilted and blurry.

Looking out over the cowling on a plane towards an orange sunset with crepuscular rays.

Aircraft parked at fuel pumps with the sun setting behind it making a nicely lit golden hour aircraft photo of a C172 Skyhawk

ADS-B exchange website showing historical track of my flight tonight overlaid on a VFR sectional map.