I try to be efficient on these trips so ended up in Gary, IN to pick up Renaissance 690B for demonstration to buyer and then on to Byerly Aviation in Peoria for inspection. From there, the snow storm had covered up MSP so flights were canceled but ended up in Boise via Detroit and Los Angesles then rented a car to Twin Falls. Though I didn’t have time to visit Evil Knievel’s launch spot for the snake river jump, my friend Bent did have a look at the canyon, only a couple miles from the hotel.
Visited a few old friends such as N400DS and then launched for Oklahoma City (fuel stop somewhere in Kansas) where we dropped off the new owner to N600PS, a -10 690B recovered from Mexico and fixed up for forestry work. Weather was great though the air was rough and the 500B performed just as expected - new panel worked flawlessly.
From there, we departed for Houma, LA with continued nice tailwinds. After some of that great Cajun food, and a few touch and goes with the new owner, I jumped in my “new” Aztec (sad to not be flying a Commander!) and flew home to Naples on Tuesday having departed Friday morning 4 days earlier. A great trip with tailwinds when needed for a change.
