Even though I only got to fly patterns and figure 8's, I was on cloud 9. I was a bit nervous, but that's something I'll soon get over. Most likely just first flight jitters that should be overcome after I've made a few landings.

To make sure everything's ready to go, I'm charging EVERYTHING overnight tonight. I had a bit of an issue with that today. First off, I didn't charge anything last night, and only put the field box battery on the charger for a couple of hours before going to the field (I charged everything last week). On top of that, I left the power switch on the airplane after running it and taxiing it around the yard last night, so the battery was dead and would not hold a charge from the field charger. I ended up making the 30 mile drive back to the house (ended up being nearly an hour due to Fayetteville traffic, then another 30 minutes back to the field) to get the battery that I had bought for the Yak. It took and held a charge from the field charger, so I was able to use it in the Mustang to fly what little I did today.

Hopefully the weather will cooperate tomorrow and I'll be able to get more practice.

Later.