The first significant rain in months rolled into Gainesville, Texas, along with the National STOL Series finals, which has grown to seven events nationwide in 2022. Lone Star STOL competition also hosts the Husky National STOL Championship, with winners named in various categories for the event, as well as the overall winner for 2022.
What would have been the first day of practice morphed into a group of pilots and crew watching raindrops overflow catch barrels placed outside the open hangar door as the rain plummeted and the wind bellowed. The camaraderie among these birds of a feather was evident as their attention turned to talking about the pilots that had arrived and the complications the weather presented. By morning, the rain had let up to an occasional mist, and the wind had died down, allowing for the arrival of many more competitors from all directions.
