Last week on September 8, Srinath flew a bunch of touch and go’s at New Jerusalem. One was a “there is a cow on the runway” go-around.

We took off today and flew the usual right downwind departure. While flying over brushy peak, traffic controller alerted us to traffic in the vicinity which took us a while to locate. By that time we neared Tracy and Steve observed that the runways which had been closed for re-surfacing were getting ready and now being painted.

Today, Srinath had a chance to practice soft field takeoff and landings at New Jerusalem. Steve demonstrated it first and then let Srinath try it out a few times. On the way back to Livermore, we chatted quite a bit about how these require some of the most finessed piloting techniques.