[plthijinx]

one thing i forgot to mention about that flight was this. birds. BIG birds. after we took off from KCLL about 7 miles southeast of the airport at 2,000 ft. was a flock of turkey buzzards. about 15 to 20 of them. damn near hit at least 5 of 'em. had to do some fancy stick n rudder to avoid them. chopped the throttle to idle and went into a left hand rollover dive then recovered when we were below them by a couple hundred feet. scary and fun all at the same time. that's one of the reasons i love to fly. every flight is different. flying to me is almost as good as sex! oh, and i did tell air traffic control (aka atc) about the birds and their location because there was incoming traffic into college station including continental express.