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those magical machines
Jun. 28th, 2009 09:58 pmit's been hot around here lately....
what's the best thing to do when it's hot outside?
You go to the beach!
Kathy and I had been kicking the idea around again this summer and decided to finally just do it!
Up early Saturday morning, I watched a watercolor dawn as I started to get the plane ready to fly. We were off the ground by 7 am and winging our way down to IWS so that I could drop off a machine with a friend. En route Kathy and the plane flew great. A hand-full of clouds as we got close to Houston we had to go under. At 1.9 hours we touched the ground at IWS in the Traveler. I met my friend who'd NEVER been to a general aviation airport before, she'd been having fun that morning watching the planes come and go and was surprised at how friendly folks were there. I don't know if I will ever get her up in light plane, but she seems to look more favorably on them today. The crew at IWS knows what customer service is all about. They parked us and by the time we had the canopy open they were asking if we needed any fuel, a car, or anything else. I've never seen a refuel happen so fast. Extremely professional and courteous to us little piston guys. I give them a big hand!
( and the rest of the day! )
what's the best thing to do when it's hot outside?
You go to the beach!
Kathy and I had been kicking the idea around again this summer and decided to finally just do it!
Up early Saturday morning, I watched a watercolor dawn as I started to get the plane ready to fly. We were off the ground by 7 am and winging our way down to IWS so that I could drop off a machine with a friend. En route Kathy and the plane flew great. A hand-full of clouds as we got close to Houston we had to go under. At 1.9 hours we touched the ground at IWS in the Traveler. I met my friend who'd NEVER been to a general aviation airport before, she'd been having fun that morning watching the planes come and go and was surprised at how friendly folks were there. I don't know if I will ever get her up in light plane, but she seems to look more favorably on them today. The crew at IWS knows what customer service is all about. They parked us and by the time we had the canopy open they were asking if we needed any fuel, a car, or anything else. I've never seen a refuel happen so fast. Extremely professional and courteous to us little piston guys. I give them a big hand!
( and the rest of the day! )