This was a flight that I was trying to make for some time. Finally, all conditions lined up and it was time for all the family enjoy a flight trip. :)
My mother gets motion sickness easily so I thought the flight should be on a calm day and she would be sitting in the front seat. But after take-off I decided to push the limits a little higher. I did some steep bank turns, quick climbs and descends. She withstand all that better then some pilots! :)
My plan was to go to Nazaré to see the big waves at Praia do Norte. There been some surfers trying to beat the record established of 30m wave by Garret McNamara.
After 2 months without flying, since my CPL/ME exam, I was "hungry" to be up there again at the controls of an airplane.
So this short flight, a promise done lot of time ago to my brother, was enjoyable as much as it could be.
As I hadn't flown for a while in a single engine airplane (3 months) and in this runway, I thought it was a good idea to do 3 touch and go first with an instructor to refresh my "internal sensors" :). Then the instructor goes out and my brother comes in, the other two passengers were already inside the plane.
We departure from runway 02 at LPJF direct to Arroteia, where my passengers live, then to Sismaria where I live, another thing that I wanted to do since some time ago. The next waypoints were along the coastline of Portugal.
The landing was on the last minutes of sunlight, with a great low pass from an another pilot just to close the nice flight.
I hope all passengers enjoyed the flight! :)
Route: José Ferrinho Aerodrome (Leiria, LPJF) -> Arroteia -> Sismaria -> Praia Osso da Baleia -> Pedrogão -> Praia da Vieira -> LPJF
