… getting this week's thread started.
Friday was my 40th high school reunion down in Waco, so I flew the RV down there from Dallas (35min), and Eddie from Jag Aviation (FBO) drove me to where everyone was gathered (Uber wanted $60). I bought gas
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Visited some old friends, caught up on some memories and flew back home around 11 PM for an easy night landing on 35. The AeroLEDs landing light upgrade a couple years back was appreciated.
Got to sleep in my own bed and didn’t have to spend four hours on the road round-trip. Autopilots are pretty neat. VNAV too.
Spent a good long while during the events on Friday talking to the husband of a girl that I’ve known literally all my life - grew up one street over. He’s interested in building an airplane. Guess what we talked about? I did work in, "However hard you think it will be, it will be ten times harder." All the hard work makes for a nice traveling platform, though. Love this RV.
About to leave on Friday…
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The route:
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On the ramp at KPWG (McGregor, TX). Where I got my first airplane ride as a kid - circle of life and all that.
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The single pic I took. The girl with the long blonde hair and black shirt on the far right sat on our couch in college and broke it (there were 8 other people on it already, to be fair, and it was a pretty rotten couch).
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Headed back home after three glasses of tea and a burger. Got to sleep in my own bed.
![](/community/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fphotos.smugmug.com%2F2023%2Fi-WwN8m7n%2F0%2F7b393614%2FXL%2F2023101408105383-469832449533874973--XL.jpg&hash=f879d5ddbc1e862b4e4726f3a84954a0)
(and then I did it again on Saturday. Link: https://vansairforce.net/community/showthread.php?p=1718617 )
Friday was my 40th high school reunion down in Waco, so I flew the RV down there from Dallas (35min), and Eddie from Jag Aviation (FBO) drove me to where everyone was gathered (Uber wanted $60). I bought gas
Visited some old friends, caught up on some memories and flew back home around 11 PM for an easy night landing on 35. The AeroLEDs landing light upgrade a couple years back was appreciated.
Got to sleep in my own bed and didn’t have to spend four hours on the road round-trip. Autopilots are pretty neat. VNAV too.
Spent a good long while during the events on Friday talking to the husband of a girl that I’ve known literally all my life - grew up one street over. He’s interested in building an airplane. Guess what we talked about? I did work in, "However hard you think it will be, it will be ten times harder." All the hard work makes for a nice traveling platform, though. Love this RV.
About to leave on Friday…
![](/community/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fphotos.smugmug.com%2F2023%2Fi-R2kTQR7%2F0%2F5fa62cb6%2FXL%2F2023101408105383-4906111465799933414-XL.jpg&hash=10f20bd805769415b4cdc0bd99183a06)
The route:
![](/community/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fphotos.smugmug.com%2F2023%2Fi-8wGnc5C%2F0%2F24613380%2FX3%2F2023101408105383-1769359178251211627--X3.jpg&hash=5bae2442f07e14058424bf293c507133)
On the ramp at KPWG (McGregor, TX). Where I got my first airplane ride as a kid - circle of life and all that.
![](/community/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fphotos.smugmug.com%2F2023%2Fi-VxLz9ss%2F0%2Fa9daad63%2FX3%2F2023101408105383--321649910763332592-X3.jpg&hash=bad827e4a9b38fb2c15e40e2da417b85)
The single pic I took. The girl with the long blonde hair and black shirt on the far right sat on our couch in college and broke it (there were 8 other people on it already, to be fair, and it was a pretty rotten couch).
![](/community/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fphotos.smugmug.com%2F2023%2Fi-nVFvpJR%2F0%2F0a07a153%2FXL%2F2023101408105383-5218633581367386753-XL.jpg&hash=e52528a001be78f01be1725eb67660fa)
Headed back home after three glasses of tea and a burger. Got to sleep in my own bed.
![](/community/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fphotos.smugmug.com%2F2023%2Fi-WwN8m7n%2F0%2F7b393614%2FXL%2F2023101408105383-469832449533874973--XL.jpg&hash=f879d5ddbc1e862b4e4726f3a84954a0)
(and then I did it again on Saturday. Link: https://vansairforce.net/community/showthread.php?p=1718617 )
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