Just Can't Get Enough Pancakes

I guess my pancake run back in June was a big hit with one of my friends. As soon as I told him about the trip, he reserved 7TY for the July fly in. I have been busy at work (I know, I sound like a broken record) trying to get a project out of the door that I have been working on since I started this new job. I still don't have it ready but it better be ready soon as I have to have it to a customer in about 2 weeks. Despite my job addiction, I managed to find time to go with Darren to get some pancakes.

We left very early on Saturday morning (we had the plane from 7 AM to 12:30 PM) and flew the same course we flew when I went. At least I know I can do a proper flight plan. This time, it was someone else flying and it was much hotter. The one nice advantage for taking 7TY was the GNS 330 Mode S transponder that shows traffic on the GPS. As we got near Midway (KJWY), we saw some traffic that was getting close to us. I just kept my eyes open and soon we saw the traffic. This is such a great feature.

I won't tell any details but I got to see Darren sweat a little on the landing at Granbury (KGDJ). Of course when we got to the food, it was as good as ever. Not quite as busy as the last one but still a good crowd. I called my friend Kyle who lives in Granbury and told him I was there and he hurried right over. I had called him the day before and he didn't answer but I left a message. He gets so many calls that it is easy to get lost in the noise for Kyle. I bought us all a nice pancake breakfast then we had to leave again. We said our goodbyes, pushed the airplane out of the ditch and headed back to Mesquite (KHQZ) for some more inexpensive fuel.

As we got to Mesquite, we heard our friend Anton rolling down the runway for takeoff. After pleasantries were exchanged, we entered the pattern we got in line for a busy series of landings. We fueled up and headed back home to McKinney (KTKI) for a landing at a hot airport. The controllers at McKinney are being very friendly these days. When we were on the ground ready to taxi to parking, the welcomed us home. Nice touch.

Once again, no loggable hours but a full belly and a lot of fun.