Flying a lonely trip from SLC to Reno. Suddenly saw an escort on my wing. They stayed with me for a while.
Finally I waved my wings at them.
They waved back.
And flew away into the night.
It was a cool moment of life in the air.
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I was taxiing on a remote airstrip in Canada a couple of days ago, in my Twin Otter. Normally, you hardly ever see a GA user plane, let alone in a remote airstrip. Now as I came onto the runway, I looked if anyone was coming in or going out - as you do -, and when I looked left, to final, another Twin Otter was just about to touch down. Mega cool! He respawned there to take off again as I rotated, with a little wing wave. Neither of us were probably Canadian, but we met there at some remote airport.
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We take this sim for granted and complain about the little stuff. The big stuff it accomplishes is remarkable.
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Sometimes in a military jet, I will often ‘shadow’ an airliner just for the activity and controlling airspeed etc…
Fun, as you say, as we don’t engage at all…
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Do you recall which strip?
I ask because my buddy I fly with just made a trek from Ontario to Alaska in the Twotter.
Rivers Inlet Seaplane Base
CAU8 / YRN
From the land-based runway.
I was in a red Twotter, the Arctic Survey livery. And the one that landed was red as well.
Bit of a rocky landing 
Ha! Although the landing sounds similar to my style, unfortunately, I can’t take credit for the experience or the landing. My flight plan (Twotter) to date has been: CYXU → CYQT → CYBR → CYEG → CYDL - PAJN - PANC → PAWD - PANC. Side Note - If you ever get the experience of another scenic approach, try CYDL (RW02).
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