It was a December afternoon at Spirit of St. Louis airport (SUS), about 1400 local time. Sunny, with scattered clouds, cool. The weather forecast had the word “snow” in it, starting about 1800, which would be after dark, but right now it was sunny. Snow? Seemed like a long way off.
Turns out it wasn’t. I incorrectly reasoned that since I would only be doing touch-and-goes at airports located maybe 25-30 miles from SUS, if the weather started to get bad, I could quickly return home and be on the ground before, well, before what happened…happened.
