Shabbos was pleasant here at Ak-Chin airport.  In the afternoon, Wayne flew, as did local trainer Mo and a few other pilots from the Phoenix area.  It was practically a mini fly-in!

This morning I flew solo flight #39.  I flew “around the block” over irrigated fields and farms.  Here’s takeoff:

M practiced a couple skateboarding tricks that don’t require rolling:

We installed the white sun shade we purchased at Quartzsite.  It goes across both slides and should keep the sunward side of the RV cool:

Towards sunset, Wayne and Mo went out for a flight:

I flew solo flight #40.  It was so windy that, once aloft, my groundspeed was only 4 MPH.  After going forward for a few minutes, I would turn into the wind, race downwind at 35 MPH, then turn into the wind to start another crawl upwind:

Coming in for a landing: