Here's our faithful steed, N75715 (180-hp "Superhawk" C172M)... she's a good girl. I have no clue what that black dot is... UFO?
Marc putting on his best brave smile as I mutter through my checklist before departure... actually, he's a terrific passenger, and now that i think about it, he's the only person who's flown with me twice since I got my PP.
The others died of fright... no, just kidding...
Marc is a real nice guy: we used to work together at a theater where I was the sound man and he was the stage manager. He's also a really hot tenor sax player... but of course you can tell that from the snazzy shades he's got.
Braving the blustery winds to sally forth for a look at Nyack, his hometown: that's the Tappan Zee Bridge dead ahead, spanning the Hudson at its widest (?)point.
Next: part 2!!
