Sunday, July 15, 2012

Safely in Arkansas


If you've watched the weather the past few weeks, you noticed it has stormed a lot in the Ga-Arkansas corridor. Today we had storms north, south, and west of our route.

Deb enjoyed the clouds that we were in and out of from western Alabama to Little Rock. She pictured all sorts of things in the cloud shapes. She saw valleys and mountain peaks, and squealed with delight at the sheer beauty of the clouds. I've told her about the aerial beauty many times before but today 'she got it.' That brings joy to my heart.

Birmingham in the distance
As we flew west the weather got worse. We had to perform an instrument approach down to just above minimums. It was wonderful to break out of the clouds and see the runway right ahead of us.

Deb was able to drive LWC to the plane while I refueled it and put it in its hangar. We had lunch then went to the condo. It was extremely hot and because the air conditioner was inop. So, first thing Vern had to put on his trouble-shooting hat and get it going again which took several hours.

Redbird's panel
Testing begins tomorrow. It will be an important week for us.


1 comment:

  1. Warren put the flight path info into his phone and during church I asked him to look to see where you were. You were almost at the AL/MS state line. I said a prayer for your continued safety. The inoperable AC was not a pleasant greeting. I am glad Vern is a man who wears many hats and was able to get it going again. Love, Mary

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