Mount Pleasant KOSA

After a summer of 29 100 degree plus days, our first cool front was a welcome addition to our daily lives. That being said, my friend Curtis wanted to head out to Mount Pleasant which is 82 nautical miles from McKinney. I couldn't think of a better way to spend a Sunday afternoon. So off to KOSA we went. On our way over there, we were reminded of one of the things that haunts pilots. You can have clear air or hazy air, take your pick. With clear air comes a lot of turbulence. With hazy air, you get a smooth ride. When you look up and see blue sky, all you can say to yourself is "I want to go flying!". And then as soon as you get up there and start getting beat up but the turbulence, you remember that old rule again.

That was today. On top of that, Curtis' headset had the noise cancelling go out because of batteries. So I volunteered to get batteries out of his bag. Turbulence and being in a position that only a contortionist would appreciate is probably not a combination you want to be in for very long (I'm speaking from experience here). We finally made our way into Mount Pleasant and were greeted by a beautiful 6000 foot runway in fantastic shape. This place is very well maintained.

We went in and was greeted by Paul Henderson who is the manager there. What a great place! This is what flying is all about.We inquired about a crew car and they have 2. He gave us the keys to 304 and told us to use the garage door opener to open the gate to get out.

It is your typical municipal city car (an old Crown Victoria). It was tough to get the key to turn but it finally worked. The A/C worked fine (unlike the crappy car in Beaumont). They have a sticker on the car that says that there is a 2 hour limit and to please replace any fuel you use. That is quite acceptable. If you can't replace the fuel you use, you really don't need to be "borrowing" anyone's crew car.

We needed to refuel before we headed back so we pulled over to the fuel pump where there were a group of plane that had just come in. These were a blast to watch.

So we went to get some decently priced fuel. Anything is decent when you see the prices they charge at McKinney. Since we left our jet at home, we had to settle for the 100LL.

All in all, a great trip. I highly recommend you head out there and meet the fine folks at Mount Pleasant and you will be "pleasantly" surprised (yes, I really did that).