Chloe and Rudi Go Flying

The aviatrix and her flying machine

In flight self portrait

Chloe and Rudi

Rudi Krenz has taught me a lot about skydiving in the short time I've been a member of the Skydive New Mexico club, and today he taught my step daughter Chloe a little about flying single engine airplanes. Chloe and I got up early and drove to Double Eagle 2 airport to meet Rudi for a flight in a Cessna 172. I stayed on the ground while the two of them made a cross country flight to Belen Alexander airport (which is the home of Skydive New Mexico). On the one hour flight Chloe got a taste of General Aviation flying and even got to take the controls for part of the journey. Here are a few of the pictures she took during the flight.

At age 14 Chloe has flown tandem in paragliders and ultralight trikes a few times, has soloed a hang glider at our local training hill, and now she can add the mighty 172 to her list of aircraft she's piloted.