Pixel Plane - Day 2 - First Flight Complete

The weather is mixed today, with rain in the morning, sunshine in the afternoon, and rain again in the evening. I take advantage of the midday weather and prep the Warrior at noon. ATC assigns runway four. It's overcast with bits of sunlight breaking through, but winds are calm.

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Moments later I'm rolling down the runway, rotating, and climbing away from KAVP.

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It's a quiet, scenic trip, past endless green mountains and curving highways. I turn at LVZ VORTAC and head towards KSEG. I've checked the airport chart and know the runway will be nearly perpendicular to me at one-hundred-and-seventy degrees, so I plot a heading taking me at an angle south of it. Forty-five minutes go by, and I become aware of how painfully slow the Warrior's 118 knot cruising speed is. My navigation is spot on, though, and I see Penn Valley's airport beacon off my right wing.

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A turn for final approach and I'm all lined up. I wonder about the houses just before the end of the airfield as I buzz over their roofs. Plates must rattle each time a plane glides past.

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The touchdown is clean and I taxi and park. It's a little past 1 pm and I've got a three hour break before heading up for my next leg. I spied the Selinsgrove Speedway as I made my descent. A quick conversation with the locals reveal nothing is happening there today, so I ask about places for lunch. They send me to the Selinsgrove Brewing Company, but it's not my speed for lunch, and I'm flying, so I opt for the Kind Cafe, grabbing a seat at one of the tables outside.