After a long hiatus, I’ve decided it’s time to resurrect the blog.

A little under 3 years ago, I bought a Bellanca Cruisemaster 260 with a neighbor. The Cruisemaster 260 is the last of the Cruisemaster line, also known as the Cardboard Connie due to its triple-tail configuration. The Wikipedia Page has more information about the Cruisemaster line (although not much). The short description: fast, fun, good capacity, plenty of power.

We decided to take the plane to Airventure this year, and I flew the plane out to South Bend for the month of July to deal with some midwest travel for work and see the ‘rents. We ended up not flying to Oshkosh due to weather, but it was still fun to fly out to the midwest and stretch the plane’s legs a bit. The flight home was a bit of a disaster, taking 9.5 hours of flying over 14 hours of daylight, most of it in bumps of nasty headwinds. But it ended with me crossing the 100 hour mark in the Bellanca. I almost know what I’m doing in the plane these days!