N242AV - C172L - 1.1 hours
After getting a message about the flight school needing help picking up an aircraft from Warrenton (HWY), I called them to offer to help. They needed me to fly another pilot down to HWY to jump in one of their other aircraft to fly it back to Leesburg (JYO).
Though it's an incredibly short flight, I threw the blinders on for the flight down so that we could both log some time. The flight down was simple, as was getting set up for the approach to the field, though I found out mid-flare that the yoke gets rather heavy in that phase of flight, despite being on top of the trim. The resultant landing wasn't terrible, but it certainly wasn't my best. The plane also has a very odd digital tachometer that was tough to get used to.
The flight back was similar, though without time under the blinders, obviously. The occasional short flight can be nice. It's definitely interesting to have a 'mission' of sorts.
Hours:
Pilot in Command Cross Country (PIC XC): 0.0 - 107.0 (of 50)
Actual/Simulated Instrument (Act/Sim): 0.4 - 23.3 (of 40)
