Jumpers in the air! I did some cross-country training in the C182, so we did a flight to Taft. Bakersfield approach was announcing jumpers in the air over Taft on 118.8 Mhz. Taft has a strange runway setup. It has a very noticeable 2.2% grade, so we landed going uphill and departed going downhill. Runway 7 has an "x" on it and is used for takeoffs only. Runway 25 is for landings. The drop zone is right in the middle of the airport, so be careful flying overhead. The folks on the CTAF gave us some wind info and let us know when the jumpers were on the ground. When flying the 182 in cruise flight we got to pull back on the prop pitch to get some better gas mileage. The hardest thing to remember:cowl flaps! Close the cowl flaps when you level off at your cruise altitude, get in the habit of that. Getting out the checklist alot with this airplane will definitely help, as there's a little more stuff to check compared to the 172.
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