Mountain Flying
Took off from Springbank Calgary yesterday and decided to do some Mountain flying. It was certainly better than flying around the local practice area or the average cross country flight. I decided on Banff and the flying and scenery was spectacular. I was at 8000 feet in a Cessna 172 and I was still dwarfed by the peaks either side of me. The weather was perfect with just the occasional bump and my passengers were silent as they snapped shots of the surrounding peaks. It was completely different from above as I have driven this route on countless occasions and I was amazed at the number of hidden lakes only seen from the air. I would certainly recommend this flight to anyone who is just starting out with Mountain flying and like I mentioned the views cannot be beaten. I am now looking forward to the same flight on a nice clear Winter morning when the mountains are covered in snow.