The weather was so beautiful, we could not resist heading back to Appalachian Mountains for a last look at the Fall colors. Now I can't go to West Jefferson without paying a visit to KGEV, and what do I find there?
My fellow builder Kim Mitchell's yellow bird, always ready for a spin (just a metaphor!)
Here we are "Ashe county, experimental RV12 980 Kilo Mike, departing runway 10, Ashe county"
... and a couple of minutes later:
We are on our way to Grand Father mountain (the tall mountain at 1 O'clock) in smooth air with a fantastic view; we literally own the class Echo airspace at 6500 feet while the poor souls on the roads under us are queued on the Blue Ridge Parkway. The Rotax is humming, the bird as steady as an airliner, Kim says: it does not get any better than that and I believe him!
I could have taken more pictures but Kim gave me the plane to fly, hey, it really got better for me!
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