We'd planned to go to Missouri last Friday, but the weather was iffy in Cape Girardeau and may have caused us to overnight in Memphis , so why bother. The weather was perfect in Augusta, the sun just below the horizon when we arrived at Bush Field to push our travelling magic outside. Loaded to the legal limit and full of fuel with all our "stuff" secured, we finished our coffee and waited for the tower to open the field. Didn't really have to, but I wanted the flight following into Chattanooga. Easy takeoff and climbout to 4500 feet and a nice flight to Athens before the ceilings came down and the dirt came came up.
Although solidly VFR and with room to spare, it's a little bit un-nerving crossing the ridges with the mountains higher than you are to the right. And this was my first 'REAL' cross-country flight with my wife onboard. Actually, the flight to Choo-Choo wasn't bad and the temperature was good.
I thoroughly enjoyed the Tennessee Twang and genuinely welcoming voice of the KCHA tower controller and shot a nice landing. Took on 11.8 gallons of 100LL. The predicted burn was 12 gallons.
I've got to go out to the airshow now, more later!
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