Pilot Life: Taking My Sister, Ellen Flying!

This evening, I finally had a chance to take my sister, Ellen on a flight that was long time-coming, as this was the first time she'd get to fly with me since I got my license! After arriving at the airport, I did my pre-flight and walk-around and fueled up before we hopped in the plane. After getting the engine started up I taxied us a short distance to do the run-ups. Once run-ups were complete, I taxied us to Runway 12, where we got airborne.

Took my sister up in N992CT!

I made a right crosswind departure to south and took us towards Payson. Like myself, my sister Ellen has a DSLR camera and she took A LOT of pictures. We flew around the valley, including a few circling laps around the Payson LDS Temple.

Taking a selfie while her brother flies the damn plane!

After screwing around the valley in the south, I decided to take us north so my sister can get a view of Provo from the air. I also climbed until I was above the Class Delta airspace ceiling controlled by Provo Airport. We flew around over the city and my sister got a view of Y Mountain and her Alma Mater, Brigham Young University.

Huh, I think I'm on candid camera!
(Photo credit: Ellen Cash)

After buzzing around over Provo, I took us back to Spanish Fork to conclude the flight. I turned us to the south and once I was clear of Provo's Class Delta airspace boundaries, I descended us over Springville and made the 45 degree entry to left downwind for Runway 12 at pattern altitude. I carefully made the descent to final approach and made a great landing on Runway 12, in spite of some crosswind conditions the AWOS was reporting. After clearing the runway, we took a selfie!

Obligatory selfie after landing!
(Photo credit: My sister, Ellen Cash)

I taxied us back the ramp and concluded the flight after engine shut-down. We had fun as we spent some quality sibling time!