Albany, GA (USA)

With the time change, it was hard to get up early for my brief. But it was a beautiful day to go flying! My first flight with Neil, who is new (but has 12 years of airline experience). Our mission today was to go to San Diego to pick up 60 people and then fly them (along with all their equipment) to Albany, Georgia (Southwest GA Regional Airport). We got out of Fort Worth about 20 minutes early (0840L) and had a great flight to the west coast. Great scenery (White Sands, Salton Sea, etc.). Arrived about 30 minutes early - that was good, since we needed every minute or extra for fuel and cargo to make up time lost on the required fuel stop... Weather was awesome - warm temperatures and light breezes! Took around 1015L and had another pretty easy flight back to Fort Worth. The old Chuck-Nine doesn't have the performance to make it all the way, unfortunately... It was a great turn, though, and we were back in the air before 1600L. Our flight over to Georgia was a little more difficult - dodging clouds, especially. We had some sort of radio problem as we were setting up for the approach - worked out OK after Neil switched over to the tower. Another quick turn and we headed home. On the way, we heard the commercial traffic stacking up on their way into Atlanta - glad we weren't going there... Made it back to Fort Worth just after sunset - great views of the city. Ended up with 10 hours - not a bad day!