A great way to spend a day!
Posted: Wed May 07, 2014 6:02 pm
MovingOn contacted me a couple days ago about doing lunch today at Rutherford County airport (KFQD), just east of Asheville.
Karen was in Knoxville comforting a sick friend, so I was free. I sent out some feelers to a few local site members, but it was way too short notice.
Anyway, flew over in a straight line, climbing to 9,500' to clear terrain and give more options in an emergency.
Climbing, with the rising terrain still flying east towards Asheville:
![Image](https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5543/13946723117_d8043e9cc1.jpg)
We arrived within a few minutes of each other. Here's he is with his rental Sky Catcher:
![Image](https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2908/13946782628_fa8cf5a50b.jpg)
After a nice lunch and conversation, went back a more southerly route, which I could accomplish at 4,500', then 6,500' for a spell, again to give more options for an emergency landing.
Really quite spectacular scenery:
![Image](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7345/13946604367_f4161d0866.jpg)
A few weeks ago Karen and I went to an Airstream Rally with our new CampLite trailer. It was at the Georgia Mountain Fairgrounds near Hiawassee, which my return route happened to take me over:
![Image](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7441/14133552474_abdbcf3e87.jpg)
I GoPro'd my two landings. I may condense them into a video, but there was not much special about them.
Anyway, 3.1 on the hobbs, and about 15 gals of mogas burned.
A great way to spend a beautiful day!
Karen was in Knoxville comforting a sick friend, so I was free. I sent out some feelers to a few local site members, but it was way too short notice.
Anyway, flew over in a straight line, climbing to 9,500' to clear terrain and give more options in an emergency.
Climbing, with the rising terrain still flying east towards Asheville:
![Image](https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5543/13946723117_d8043e9cc1.jpg)
We arrived within a few minutes of each other. Here's he is with his rental Sky Catcher:
![Image](https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2908/13946782628_fa8cf5a50b.jpg)
After a nice lunch and conversation, went back a more southerly route, which I could accomplish at 4,500', then 6,500' for a spell, again to give more options for an emergency landing.
Really quite spectacular scenery:
![Image](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7345/13946604367_f4161d0866.jpg)
A few weeks ago Karen and I went to an Airstream Rally with our new CampLite trailer. It was at the Georgia Mountain Fairgrounds near Hiawassee, which my return route happened to take me over:
![Image](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7441/14133552474_abdbcf3e87.jpg)
I GoPro'd my two landings. I may condense them into a video, but there was not much special about them.
Anyway, 3.1 on the hobbs, and about 15 gals of mogas burned.
A great way to spend a beautiful day!