Dave's flying adventures: First Club Plane flight - New Castle - KILG - Local Sightseeing to Cecil County

On Saturday November 16, 2013, picked up Curtis to take him flying. He is looking into getting his pilots license, so really wanted to take him up for a flight to see a few different airfields, planes, etc. As much as you plan, weather can keep you from executing what you would like to actually do. Plan was to go down to Cambridge MD and eat at Kays for breakfast , as a fellow pilot friend recommended, (watch a few planes land while eating) however the weather to the south was all Instrument Flight rules. Alternate plan was to fly up to Sky Manor, NJ and eat at that restaurant, however the weather was supposed to be marginal and wasn't going to get better, so we flew a local flight, flew over Curtis's moms house in Middletown, flew over my house in Newark and did 2 touch and go landings at Cecil County Airport. (58M). The field was just sold at an auction a few months ago. Seems like a nice airfield. That is where I took my written exam for my Private Pilot license. First landing wasn't bad, used short field technique, approach speed was about 62 knots. There is a video tape of me flying the pattern complete with landing that I will be posting in the next few days. Third and final landing back at KILG was a greaser. Landed on 14 and was able to turn off at F3, which is really close to the Club Hangar. Was a great flight. Thanks everyone for reading!