It was a pretty summer Saturday, early enough in the day so the air was cool and the density altitude was reasonable. The mission: the flying club’s annual Poker Run. If you haven’t participated in one—you should!—the rules are simple. You fly to five local airports, picked to make for a little over an hour’s flying time.
At each, you get a sealed envelope with a playing card. Sometimes these are hard to find, like “on the west wall of the self-service shack.” When you have five cards, you head for home, where there’s barbecue and prizes and lots of fun with people whose interests you share.
