Flight to Sebring 01.2009

This weekend, my friend Thomas invited me to accompany
him on a flight to Sebring. Tom recently became a certified
sport pilot and has access to a Remos Light Sport.
We met at Dolphin Aviation at 9am for the preflight.

The Remos is a single engine two-seater,
is capable of 160 mph and has a range of 9 hours.

With the ok from the tower, SRQ dropped out of site.
Flight time to Sebring was about 45 minutes.
There were 4 planes in the landing pattern ahead of us.

Once on the ground, we checked out some exotic planes.
Here's me with Dan Marino.

Found an unattended race car. Had some lunch.

We headed a little south on the way home.

Flight time was about an hour.

Captain Thomas made it seem effortless.
We sailed onto the northbound runway at SRQ and taxied home.
I'm not sure I would enjoy a straight 9-hour flight,
but the plane is ultra cool. Thanks for the ride, Tom!