Not much flying 'round here

My first autumn-winter as a private pilot has been downright dreary weather-wise. We've had very few VFR days, and most of those have had very high winds or temp-dewpoint spreads of 2 degrees C or less...the boundary of my personal comfort zone (regardless of the reported ceiling and visibility).

Today was a rare exception, so I took off work a bit early and just stayed in the pattern at KOLM. The ceiling was fine at 4500, but to the west lots of scud was hugging the eastern slopes of the Olympics and Black Hills. With an eye on the weather, I logged four good landings and one very nice one, with one planned go-around.

Most of my aviation time lately has been spent studying for the instrument rating knowledge test. It's a lot of material but fairly straightforward. I hope 2011 brings more flyable days so I can go up with Joel and start working on the flying part.

Happy holidays to everyone!