Sunday, April 27, 2014

          This was a long day, but worth all the struggles and stress that happen when you travel a great distance.  We arrived safely at our destination, but not until we had weathered a few “storms.”  The crew that fueled the airplane in Atlanta over-filled the tanks on one side so the plane was out of balance and there was debate as to whether or not it was an important issue.  It must have been since more fuel was added to the light side—which, however, resulted in the over-fueling of the plane.  Therefore, the pilot was not allowed to use the assigned runway since it was too short to reach the required speed to get the heavy bird in the air.  By now, as you can imagine, I am getting a little stressed!  The pilot kept his cheerful updates to us as positive as he could and finally said, “Now we will just hustle over to a longer runway!”  So began the drive of the aircraft across the tarmac.  It was strange.  After sitting on the plane for over an hour, we were finally given clearance to take off.  All went well, but the four-hour flight to Salt Lake was filled with more turbulence than we have ever experienced!  But we made it and within a reasonable time delay.  Tracen was there waiting for us and whisked us off in the rain to Kaysville!