Friday the 13th: A good day to fly

I finally got up flying today.  It wasn’t perfect weather conditions – there were low scattered clouds around the airport, and a solid overcast up at 20,000 feet to deprive me of the sunny day I craved.  It was a bit hazy and there was a definite wind shear around 2,000 feet, with the consequent small amount of turbulence.  But it was warm enough that I didn’t have to pre-heat, and thanks to our getting cheap hangar space this winter, no messing around with wing and cabin covers.  And the weather is supposed to utterly suck this weekend, so it was now or “never”.
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