Archive for October 10th, 2006

10 Oct 2006 Above the Clouds at 11,600 Feet
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May 1, 2005: Up, Up, and Away

“Caribbean Blue” – Enya

Eurus
Afer Ventus

So the world goes round and round
with all you ever knew
They say the sky high above
Is Caribbean blue …

If every man says all he can,
If every man is true,
Do I believe the sky above
Is Caribbean blue …

… Boreas …
… Zephryus …

If all you told was turned to gold,
If all you dreamed were new,
Imagine sky high above
In Caribbean blue …

… Eurus…
Afer Ventus …
… Boreas
Zephryus …
… Africus …

10 Oct 2006 Bumpy Ascent
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May 1, 2005

David and I climb bumpily to our record altitude of 11,600 feet in the Tri-Pacer. This was the only time I ever sat in the back and was it ever turbulent! The winds were fierce!

May 1, 2005: Up, Up, and Away

A few days later, David reluctantly put me on a plane in Philadelphia bound for Seattle. I was already past my 90-day limit for the United States and I had to return to Vancouver to wait for my fiancee visa. I’m glad we were able to take this flight, because we didn’t have an opportunity for another one like it since.

When I was looking through David’s archives for his account of that day (there isn’t one), I found this entry that he wrote a week later, of flying in windy conditions. It was an orientation flight with a cadet in the Civil Air Patrol’s Cessna, a trip that Justin probably still remembers.

Dave’s Logbook – May 9, 2005: The Wicked Wind