Today was a vacation day for Al & I so we planned a day trip in ‘his’ plane to Elmira, NY, to visit the National Soaring Museum.
As a quick aside, my husband has his Private Pilot Certificate and a share in a Cessna 172, so if I finish, we’ll be rated for with and without engine!
Beautiful weather made for a smooth flight down and back.
After arriving in Elmira, we walked a short distance to a local deli and had some great food. We naturally had to walk back – and even further – to the actual Elmira terminal, to catch a ride to the museum.
What one can’t tell from the picture (although it says Harris Hill) is that the glider airport is on top of a hill! Not much runway for either the glider or the tow plane, but they manage nicely.
Lisa, the woman running the museum, was extremely friendly and full of information for us! More about her later, though.
The museum is full of gliders of all sizes, shapes and color – along with all of the history, too.
All was quiet until another family entered…now I like kids – I have four…but there’s something unsettling about looking at gliders which are so peaceful and quiet to watch and to fly, so we let them ‘play through’ so we could enjoy our experience. And boy, did I! 🙂
By the time we entered the gift shop – where Lisa was working – I had already picked out the glider I wanted to buy! No kidding – after one lesson I’m ready to go shopping for a Schweizer 1-35.
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I finally decided on a cap – yes, I have to wear one in the glider – and a couple of postcards. Lisa thought it would be funny to give me a couple of tattoos – can’t wait to put them on! THANKS LISA!
A quick walk to watch the gliders take off ended in our ride arriving and taking us back to the airport to head home.
Note to self: research more about the gliding school that was located in South Wellfleet since that’s where we vacation every October!
Along with the fun, comes the not-so-fun…you hear many things on plane radios that you never hear on car radios.
As we neared the Syracuse airport on the way to Elmira, we heard a transmission from a Life-Flight helicopter pilot. He was coming in from the Albany Medical Center (1/2 hour from our home) to the Upstate Medical Center in Syracuse (2 hours from our home). We don’t know why…but can imagine it can’t be good.
I’m not nearly as exhausted from flying four hours as I was soaring for 30 minutes!
Gotta work on my mental stamina! But that’s part of the reason I’m doing this, right?
Now it’s off to soaring again tomorrow.
Thanks, honey!