Flight Lesson #1 side story

      An interesting back story to my 1st flight lesson is that while I had the controls flying at 3500 feet, in the middle of nowhere up there, Tim noticed another plane flying at us a little to the right and a little bit down from us. He grabbed control and sharply banked to the left, and mentioned it was the closest he's come to another plane in the air in over 10 years!! I would guess it was 200 yards away from us as we passed each other. Lookee there. I'm already telling "tales" of my flying career! I didn't see this plane until we were very close. Yikes!
      This will definitely go into my book for sure. ("Learning to Fly after 50!")