Back in Columbus!

We made it back to Columbus! We were ahead of schedule, and managed a wheels-up time of about 8:30AM. The folks at Landmark got the plane out of the grass for us so we wouldn't have to risk a prop strike and parked it right in front of the FBO. We made sure our flight plan was on file and correct, and we departed behind an experimental aircraft.

We climbed to 8,000 to clear the mountains, and it was smooth sailing until about 50 miles from Columbus. We were hearing reports that the haze was pretty nasty, and that pilots were actually shooting approaches into Port Columbus. The approach controllers at Port told us to intercept the localizer and follow it in to 28L. They held us at 8,000 until about 25 miles out, at which point we had to descend rather quickly to get down to the approach altitude. We got the glide slope, and flew the ILS into Port.

After a bouncy landing, we taxied to Lane Aviation and parked. I jumped out and got my stuff, and swapped with Jann's husband. They're continuing on to St. Louis for their grandchild's birthday party. Lots of flying for Jann!

Time to unpack, get some food, and do some LAUNDRY!