Phoenix Pilot Group September full moon Fly-in

Last night the Phoenix Pilot Group (PPG) had a full moon fly-in. I flew up with a guy name Andy and his son Jacob, in his friends Mooney. We headed out of Falcon Field a little after 6pm. We flew around Sky Harbor (PHX) and headed west to Blythe (BLH). We checked on the common frequency and found we were the last of 3 heading over but since the Mooney we were in was turbo charged we had no prob catching up. We headed through some rain that really wasn't too bad just we couldn't see for a little bit. After landing in BLH we walked over to a truck stop and had dinner then headed out in the night sky.

Andy, Jacob, and I

Flying in a little weather

Inside the Mooney

Sunset

(thanks to Ken) us eating dinner, we were the only ones there at the Union 76 truck stop

full night moon

the route back

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