What happened to September?

 

OK. I'm just lazy. September came in with seasonal changes like fog, rain, etc .. and we didn't do a lot of flying. Then, weather turned fair and warm and we got out more, then we had this hurricane that fizzled out before it got to the mountains. So much for September

The big news was Triple Tree Aerodrome's fall fly-in. Triple Tree is this 7,000' long pool table in the middle (ok, upper middle) of South Carolina where airplane people go to enjoy people just like themselves. It's very popular among pilots who would rather see airplanes than fight through vendor tables full of trinkets, even though some of those trinkets like autopilots, radars, radios of all sorts and purposes and such as that can get pretty pricey.

This was my first time at Triple Tree when the weather was absolutely ideal for a fly-in and the crowd seemed to agree.

I'm close to retirement from the EAA chapter presidency and even closer to receiving components for the upgrade of my instrument panel in the Glastar. The 2000 vintage instruments work perfectly well, I just want to upgrade to a glass display and provide for an eventual easy upgrade to IFR avionics. Plus, having a project over the winter means I'll become even better acquainted with my airplane and I can do it at home in the barn. More on that when it happens . . .