Talk about an adventure! Today, I was helping Steve ( www.Rarco.com) secure a new notebook computer at Best Buy, and afterward we popped over to his hangar to check it out, and his Malibu Mirage airplane...
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After taking a quick look at the sky to assure the clouds weren't going to build into thunderheads anytime soon (it's rainy season so it happens fast in the afternoon), Steve said "Let's go up!"
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I, of course, was all for that!
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After going through the pre-flight checklist, we were up...
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...and over the Riverhouse right away! (Can you see it?)
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Then over the Caloosahatchee...
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...and onto Four Mile Cove (directly across the river from the Riverhouse).
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Steve let me fly over Pine Island and Cayo Costa which was an unbelievably cool experience -- yes, as many of you know, I've always had a passion for flying, and I'm going to work on getting my pilot's license now (Thanks to Steve for directing me to the right people!)
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After 45 minutes up in the air, we came back and Steve snapped this photo, and said meet me here tomorrow at 8am if you want to fly to Sebring for breakfast, and then to Bartow to check on my other airplane...
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