Gosh, Peter, you make me want to cross the pond just to fly with you.
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My trip report goes something like this:
Last Saturday, at around 3:00 pm, Tommy and I decided we'd fly to Austin to see the football game, so I logged into DUATS and got a legal weather briefing, called the two FBOs at the airport to find out who had the better weekend fuel discounts (both $0.50/gallon, ramp fee waived with fuel purchase).
We were wheels-up at around 4:20 PM, and got cleared on course right away, cruising at 6500. I was a little worried about the weather to the west, but the XM showed it remained comfortably distant. I landed long on 17L, took Lima to the FBO, and from wheels-down to in the car on our way to the game was, maybe, 5 minutes.
After the game and dinner, we returned to the airport, preflighted and launched for home at around 11:30 P.M. Cleared on course, GPS direct right away, and heard exactly 3 other planes on frequency until I got to DFW Regional Approach, who on initial call-up said, Cleared into the Bravo, proceed direct Addison, altitude pilot's discretion to 2500."
We have it so good here!
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Still - Sardinia!
Keep 'em coming, Peter.