No mo snow.

I am sure I echo the chorus of thousands but I have had it with the snow this year. I have asked everyone the same question: do you remember getting this much snow in one season? Unless their memory goes back to the 1970’s the answer is always no. I’ve never claimed to love the winter nor will I start. My aerobatic/flying year is at a standstill.

The best laid plans go to waste so the saying goes. January was supposed to be full of flight training opportunities. Instead it was full of snow and conditions not conducive to flying aerobatics. Every single day off I have had in 2011 has been greeted with some type of weather event. Last week I had to cancel my flight with Mike Goulian. This week I missed out on flying with Paul Santopietro. It has been far too long since I have been at the controls of an airplane.

I’m scheduled to fly with Goulian again this coming Wedneday but I am all out of time to get back in the air before then. I do not want to go into that flight cold. Lucky for me I can work things to my advantage on Sunday and find some time to go loop roll spin.

I work hard at this stuff. I pour myself into it everyday. I work out for an hour or two each day to keep myself in shape. I eat exceptionally healthy (minus an addiction to Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups). I read everything I can get my hands on. I plan and I plan and I plan and I plan. Now if I could only actually fly every once in awhile I would be all set.

The only upside to this weather has been my bank account. Without the flights happening, my bank account is still alive. I would rather have the flights.

My trip to Alabama to fly with Greg Koontz cannot happen soon enough. Or my flight with Goulian. AAAAAGGGHHHHH I am an inpatient dude.