Leg 9: Fort Smith Regional (Fort Smith AR) to Carlisle Municipal (Carlisle AR)
As the old saying goes “My luck’s changing for the better everyday.” Well - maybe that day is today for this leg and murky weather - 134 nm, 01:07:00 enroute.
I-40 is on the far side of the Arkansas River running parallel to our course.
Doesn’t look good - cloud layer slowly closing in, but the precip is still further down the road:
A rare low and slow flyer - all other traffic is high up; I’m trying to stay VFR for as long as I can:
Jones Mountain outside the PIC window, passing the distinctive curves of Petit-Jean River, we’re about half-way to Carlisle:
Does that…yep, NEXRAD shows the front dissipating - could it be?
Yep, it’s still clearing - Harris Brake off to port with Fourche Pinnacle aft:
Met the Arkansas River again, we’re almost to Little Rock - but forget that for a moment - look at that far horizon - beautiful:
Still pockets of light precip as we begin descent on final, but nothing we can’t handle compared to the last two legs:
Easy breakout - we catch glimpse of the threshold and VASI at around 2.8 nm, just in time for an early dinner:
