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Sometimes life just gets in the way of my flying, perhaps yours too.

This has been a sparse year for flying; a combination of household tasks, weather, and in some cases the Covid-19 virus. It had been almost a month since my last flight and I haven't gone to a single fly-in this summer at all. What a shame!

Well, on Wednesday, the stars and moon aligned, the wind was at an acceptable limit and in the right direction too. Time to go flying! So off I went for a one hour personal satisfaction flight within about a 15 mile radius of my home field.

The photos describe what I saw. From a quick look at my home field through the wing struts, sighting down on a friend's farm, observing patterns in the fields, and noticing a new type of farm. That was a solar farm!

Hope you enjoy the photos and if necessary, use them as an inspiration/excuse to take flight.
Paul Fiebich
a.k.a. AirBike Ace

More photos added to the following post

Here are some more photos of that flight.

Dont let life get in the way of flying Paul. Flying IS living.

I was getting worried not seeing any post from you in some time. Was going to send the cops over for a welfare check.

I thought the Huns must have taken you prisoner. Thanks for the pictures.

Thanks for your concerns regarding the welfare check and the Huns. I am good on both counts, matter of fact, I got airborne again last night for another one hour flight. The temps and winds were appropriate but the humidity was high and there was a lot of haze in the sky at 1000 feet AGL. The attached photo was taken at about 500 feet and looking down at a steep angle. That minimized the haze. Flying into the sun was terrible because of the flare, for awhile I was vulnerable to attack from anyone diving at me out of the sun. I would have been an easy target. But, I think the Huns were already bedded down for the night and drinking beer out of their ceramic flasks.

A note about the photo, I can't even cut my lawn with such precision, how does a guy on a tractor do this?

Paul Fiebich
a.k.a. the AirBike Ace

Paul, It's not uncommon for today's farmers to use GPS guided tractors, and planters. Thanks for posting the pictures. I haven't flown this year either for many reasons, and no, Covid wasn't one of them. I just ordered $1300.00 worth of Rotax parts yesterday to build up an engine. Maybe I'll get in the air before cold weather gets here?