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Flew new plane for the first time!

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Went up in my new (first) plane today!! Wow! she is a well cared for beauty and flew amazing! The old wing leveler even still works.
I went up with my CFI as I have not flown a piper in about 9 years.

There are two new cylinders that needed break-in so we just flew wide open for about an hour. I figure at least one more session of that, and then I will focus more on air work and pattern work.

But for now, I couldn't be more excited.
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Congratulations! I bet you will love it. When will you be putting a set of ABW's on? ;)
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Re: Flew new plane for the first time!

Congrats!! Beautiful plane!
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That is great! Congratulations! Remember the excitement of this day, it will help you thru those bad weather days you wish you were flying.

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G44 wrote:That is great! Congratulations! Remember the excitement of this day, it will help you thru those bad weather days you wish you were flying.

G44
It will also help you through those days when the expenses mount up because something pricey broke, can't be found anywhere, and the airplane just sits and sits while your IA tries to track down some elusive used version. :(

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congratulations! one of the best feelings in the world!
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Cary wrote:
G44 wrote:That is great! Congratulations! Remember the excitement of this day, it will help you thru those bad weather days you wish you were flying.

G44
It will also help you through those days when the expenses mount up because something pricey broke, can't be found anywhere, and the airplane just sits and sits while your IA tries to track down some elusive used version. :(

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Nail on the head Cary!

Congrats!
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Enjoy!!! Glad for you.
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That's great! I'm glad it went well. Keep it up
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That's awesome! I love Cherokees. Yours sure is pretty. Too bad about the cylinders tho but at least that's out of the way! Enjoy and post your exploits!
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