Original Posted By: "Malcolm Morrison"
Good Saturday to y'all;Today is my oldest daughter's 31st birthday and I flew her out to Fredericksburg, TX (T82) in 41CC along with a couple of other members of the Southwest Aero Club. This is a loose-knit group of pilots and wannabes from where I work, Southwest Research Institute. Needless to say, I was the last to arrive at Fredericksburg... the others were in a Cherokee, a Symphony, a 182, and various other things.Beautiful day for Pietenpoling. Cruised it over and back at 2500' MSL (pattern altitude at T82), great visibility, no winds, and perfect temperature at altitude; landed and joined the others for breakfast at the diner on the field, right next to the "Hangar Hotel", a nostalgic-setting modern hotel in a WWII era hangar. Huge group of sailplanes on the field along with numerous towplanes... we just barely got out before they closed the taxiway at noon-thirty for sailplane tows and retrieval operations. Ha... intersection takeoff at the FBO exit taxiway no problem for the mighty A65, even with full fuel and two aboard.Longest flight since my ferry x-c from Zapata... just under an hour each way from San Geronimo to Fredericksburg. Wish I had had smoke for a "Gantzer-style" departure...Oscar ZunigaSan Antonio, TXmailto: taildrags(at)hotmail.comwebsite at http://www.flysquirrel.net_________________________________________________________________A new home for Mom, no cleanup required. All starts here. http://www.reallivemoms.com?ocid=TXT_TA ... __________