“Go on to Mount Pleasant. They’ve got a long, wide runway
It was about forty years ago. Give or take a flight or two. A sunny Saturday afternoon. Piloting a Piper Cherokee 180 out of the Center Airport. Destination Mount Pleasant, to visit my parents.
The short 45-minute hop with a panoramic perspective of East Texas was easy. A familiar one I had made numerous times flying a variety of aircraft. Previous trips had been ro...