It is good to be back in the (virtual) air. I have been out of the cockpit for about two weeks to catch the blog up. Since that was taken care of, it was time to get back in the cockpit. Already in Haiti, I took off from runway 10 at Port-au-Prince (PAP/MTPP) and headed a bit north of due east. Quickly it became clear that my normal cruising altitude of 2000 feet would be inadequate, and I began a climb, eventually topping out at 6100 feet. The flight afforded me some great views of mountains and some great sunset views. Constanza (COZ/MDCZ) kind of snuck up on me, and I quickly descended to 5000 feet, about 1000 above runway altitude. I entered the right downwind leg for runway 8, but as I flew it, I had to climb to avoid mountians. Not something you want to be doing in the pattern. I readjusted to fly the pattern for runway 26. I flew the pattern too close, and as a result I tried something a little funky for the approach. I flew a half figure 8 ahead of the runway, and I entered final at the threshold. I flew the whole thing at a hundred feet or so above runway height. I guess I was a little rusty.
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