My sister, Karen, sent me a message last night. "Whatcha doing tomorrow?", she asked. I replied that we were playing golf in the morning and then hanging out around the house in the afternoon. "Why?", I asked back.
While George and I were out on the golf course this morning, plans were firmed up with Jim, my brother-in-law, this morning for them to fly over for a short visit. Cool! My sis and BIL live southwest of Seattle and we are on the eastern slopes of the North Cascade mountains - a five hour car ride away but only a 45 minute flight.
Here they come!
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| Doing the Fly-By First |
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| Aligned with the Runway |
A safe and smooth landing behind them, time to taxi to the parking area.
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| We're over here! |
One of my sister's friends, Becky, also came along for the flight. George and I took them into town and we had a late afternoon lunch at the Twisp River Pub. Luckily for them, they didn't have to ride into town in this "classic" courtesy car provided by the airport.
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| Ain't she a beauty? But a ride in this is better than no ride at all! |
It was fun to visit for an hour or so before it was time to take them back to the airport. No TSA hassles, no parking fees, just a little old country airport.
George helped Jim push the airplane out onto the taxiway and then Jim started his pre-flight checklist. I have flown with Jim before and he is a very competent pilot. I am not afraid to fly with him at all!
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| Push, George, Push! |
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| Checking for water in the fuel |
We said our good-byes and the trio took off.
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| They're up! |
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| Up! |
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| And away! |
Until next time!
that makes for an awesome visit! brought back some good memories of flying in some little cessnas many years ago. :)
ReplyDeleteGosh. How cool is that! I've always wanted a magic carpet ... this would be the next best thing.
ReplyDeletei love the last shot - that blue sky. ( :
ReplyDeletemy mom has relatives that have their own pilot license & will fly down to see the fam all the time. so works well as long as the weather is good.