Texas

February 26, 2014

I've never traveled to Texas until this year. Within a matter of a couple of weeks, I had the opportunity to fly down there twice.

The first trip was an overnight charter to Austin, TX (KAUS) on January 29th. What amazed me the most about this trip was how huge Dallas was! It felt like flying from northern Dallas to southern, took forever. The other memorable thing about this trip was that we expected warmer temperatures down south. No such luck, it was still in the low 30s...

Loved the cactus decorations! Also napped in the pilot's lounge
while waiting for the mechanic that we were flying home.

On our way home, we made a fuel stop just ten minutes north of Austin (KEDC). This was definitely one of the coolest airports that I've been to. It had this gorgeous parking area for airplanes that made you feel top-notch. Then, you walk inside there's this massive, perfectly waxed airplane engine displayed in the lobby. Upon closer observation, we realize that this is a Concorde engine! Never in my life would I have imagined seeing this on a random stop. I feel complete.

The second trip took place on February 6th. Unlike most of my last cross-country flights, this one wasn't a charter. I was asked to fly our maintenance director down to Denton, TX (KDTO) so that he could perform a pre-purchase inspection on a plane. The plane is a gorgeous 2007 Evektor Sportstar Plus. It'll be one of our rental sport airplanes. 

We flew down to Texas in a Mooney, which was a first for me. The winter scenery was surprisingly beautiful.

Top right, St. Louis; bottom left, bubbly hills in AR;
bottom right, Table Rock Lake.

Current logbook hours:

Total Time: 308.1

Cross-country time: 93.5

Multi-engine time: 34.8