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Icing Encounter: Home from Palm Springs

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Snapshots of a trip back from Palm Springs, California (KPSP), to Austin Executive (KEDC). (Photography by Isabel Goyer)

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A hundred miles later, the clouds thinned and despite high winds, the ride remained remarkably smooth. [Isabel Goyer]
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Approaching Midland, Texas, the clouds began to thin and we got occasional glimpses of the ground, some of them geometrical. [Isabel Goyer]
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The peaks in Guadalupe National Park are spectacular even from 11,000 feet. [Isabel Goyer]
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Beyond Midland and approaching Junction, Texas, the combination of late afternoon light and a perfectly scattered and even cloud deck led to the most brilliant show of sun rays I’ve ever seen. [Isabel Goyer]
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Who said there are no straight lines in nature? The West Texas horizon and the perfectly smooth cloud deck say otherwise. [Isabel Goyer]
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One of the advantages of the gorgeous silver wings on the Cirrus: they get painted the colors of the sky. [Isabel Goyer]
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Nearing Austin, this was my welcome home. Who could ask for more?

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A commercial pilot, editor-in-Chief Isabel Goyer has been flying for more than 40 years, with hundreds of different aircraft in her logbook and thousands of hours. An award-winning aviation writer, photographer and editor, Ms. Goyer led teams at Sport Pilot, Air Progress and Flying before coming to Plane & Pilot in 2015.
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