April 8, 9, 10

The weather's been pretty foul, typical northern Idaho fare for April. Winter just won't give up. No problem, there's plenty to do on the ground yet -- playing with the G1000 simulator, studying the airplane flight manual, and checking up on Number 008 that is beginning to take shape on the assembly line.


Finally on Thursday there's a break in the weather, and we fuel up and take off on our first scenario. The Kodiak is not a difficult airplane to fly, but it can be a handful with all that performance, and ALL the functions of the Garmin distracting your attention. The training scenario calls for a search for a Girl Scout party stranded on a mountain, with GPS coordinates as the only available information. The successful location of the lost party is followed with some landings at Deer Park, and a couple instrument approaches, including one that ends back in Sandpoint.