A beautiful spring morning for a flight with winds 330 at 8kts gusting to 15, temperature 4 deg C and sky clear. First order of the day was to remove enough ice from in front of the hangar door to set the Citabria free. Once free, the Citabria happily climbed from CYPQ …
Exploring the Kawartha’s this morning with co-pilot Jenna in the Citabria. We flew over Peterborough, Bridgenorth, Chemong Lake, and Pigeon Lake. Here is a short YouTube video of the flight.
In the circuit at CYPQ to test that the electrical and magneto snags discovered a few weeks ago have been resolved. Electrics and magnetos all worked well. Here is a short video clip of the flight. The new tailwheel socks also worked well 🙂
CAVOK all day at CYPQ. I arrived at noon to warm up the engine and the cockpit then clear the snow. By early afternoon the outside air temperature had warmed up to -17 deg C. The Citabria started no problem then I taxied to the run-up area holding short of runway 27. The left magneto …
Windy with a little bit of snow at CYPQ this afternoon. Cleaned the hangar up and setup for a holiday potluck lunch later this week. Ran the Citabria engine to ensure that the new fuel valve is functioning as expected, then topped up the tanks with Avgas.
