Good Morning Nostrides! Yesterday I flew a dog rescue mission. I was one of three pilots transporting rescued dogs from Texas to Wisconsin. My leg of the flight was the last. It was a gorgeous day to fly. I left KUGN (Waukegan IL) at 13:11 and landed at KIRK (Kirkville, MO) at 14:51.

I was back in the air at 15:31 with my two passengers secured in 30" dog crates. Racing away from the Sun I landed at KBUU (Burlington, WI) just after sunset at 17:02. The pictures below show the two dogs leaving the plane.

Then I was back in the air at 17:29 in full dark. The short flight back to KUGN took less than half an hour. The KUGN tower cleared me to land on runway 23, which I was just able to pick out of the clutter of lights on the ground. I swung around for my approach and overshot a bit; but corrected and landed safely at 17:43.

That was one hell of a good day in the air.