A beautiful, if hot, day for flying today: wheels-up at the Carlisle airport, up to Selinsgrove, then to the Bendigo airport near Tower City — all using VOR instrument navigation. 2nd photo is the hangars at Bendigo. Bendigo is a fun little airport, in a narrow ravine with 2500 foot mountains on both sides of the airport — it's a tight squeeze for a standard landing pattern, with a wall of trees to the left and wall of trees to the right, and a short runway, so you'd better get the landing right or it will be memorable. Despite a close pattern (because of the mountains), a short runway, and high density altitude, I had the plane nailed to the ground within the first third of the runway without the stall horn sounding. My guardian angel may have helped.

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May 30, 2013
Msgr. William J. King