I just passed 1000 logged flight hours, over the six years I’ve been at it.

It has been wonderful overall. It has fulfilled its purpose of putting my mind to playful hard technical work whenever atrophy trotted by, and in the process given me some experiences found in few other ways.

It is hard to compact them all into a pithy blurb, except for poets which I am not: visiting airports from teeny to huge; seeing the land from low and up high; losing myself in the natural monster known as weather; full intellectual investment in safe practice; and even just enjoying the utility of rapid personal transportation.

I have not loved the logistical complications of airplane ownership and operation. The costs have been astronomical but affordable, now settling upon sustainable. I hope C-GXRP will give me, my family, and my passengers good service for many more years.