Aircraft: C172
Registration: C-FGRI
Dual Time: 2.0 Total: 18.3
Solo Time: 0.0 Total: 2.2
After a great hiatus (I had not flown since Feb 05, 2004) I planned to take my friend Rene up for a flight on his birthday. Rene was also a Private Pilot but he had not flown in quite some time. I booked the flight with a school located at Kitchener/Waterloo Airport. (CYKF)
The flight was planned to be a trip from Kitchener, to Toronto City Center (CYTZ) with a stop on the return leg at Brantford (CYFD). I always wanted to try to fly an aircraft into Toronto City Center as it is a really neat airport located on a small island right in the heart of Toronto.
The flight departed early with a quick trip around the pattern followed by a touch and go to show that I hadn’t lost all ability to fly! I was in the left seat, the instructor in the right and Rene sat in the back. We were basically vectored the entire trip into Toronto. I passed by a huge set of smokestacks and made my way up Lake Ontario towards the airport. On descent it was hard to take in the scenery as I was fixated at the concrete wall just at the end of the runway that fell off into the cold blue water. My landing had to be a touch and go to save on the fees. It was adequate and we were off. 
Rene, ever the navigator managed to find his father’s house from the air and I circled it as he called his dad from his phone. We managed to take some phosts then head over to Brantford. Once heading up the 403 highway we noticed a lot of haze in the area. The instructor decided we should head back to CYKF and avoid the touch and go at Brantford. I accepted this and headed back. The landing and roll up was bittersweet as I knew what I was missing once again!