Roland: What a THRILL and a blessing. Welcome back. I could feel your angst. There really is a lot to do in the short time before delivery. I am sure that past threads will help guide you in the learning curve. Let us know if we can specifically answer any questions that might come up. Remember, we were all NEWBIES at one time with Cirri.
Why don’t you consider coming to AOPA Expo in Philly (October 31)and meeting some of the great COPA folks that hang out around this “hanger”? It will be COPA’s annual meeting along with some social events. And bring your wife too.
I would like to think we played a strong role in getting your wife to change her mind. Do us and her a nice favor and DO NOT GIVE UP on this plane and leave it in the hanger. I have a feeling that will not happen once you start flying a Cirrus. CONGRATULATIONS!
Welcome Back to the FAMILY - easy to understand the decision path you’ve been traveling on.
I will fly right over HPN on my way to AOPA and you are welcome to hitch a ride on Wed afternoon. If my departure schedule on Friday AM doesn’t match yours I am certain another Cirrus owner would be happy to drop you back off at HPN since it is so close to Philli.
Heck- why drive for two 1/2 hours when you can fly it in 30 minutes ?
well thanks … it really has been quite a rocky road to get this far, but my enthusiasm is there and the excitement is building.
AOPA is 10/31 right? I’ll have the plane by then and will certainly be intending to fly myself down for a day or so, but thanks for the offer of a ride. If I’m not flying that day for some reason, I’ll take you up on it.
I better change the home airport on my profile, hangars at HPN were just TOO costly, so I opted for one in POU instead. I figure the 10 minutes extra each way drive is compensated by the lack of time taken to tie down the plane, put on the cover and go back to the car for something you forgot.
I think I’ll go look for a ‘things you need to take to the factory’ thread somewhere.
you did - I showed her a bunch of the followups from my post as well as us talking about it for another 5 hours! The fact there were other pilots out there who had moved from other planes into the cirrus and found a whole new lease of their flying life was very persuasive.
I also called Angel Flight and got the forms to fill in to join that organization, I think that’s an excellent thing to do and I’m certainly going to give that a go as soon as I’m comfortable in the aircraft.
I think that is great. I have been a member of a number of flying clubs during my flying career but I have never seen the kind of great things that I have seen with COPA over the last 2 years.
We really do have one big happy family.
I hope to see you at AOPA as well but I will only be there on Saturday.