Page 27 - Twin and Turbine June 2017

Life is bit more relaxed and comfortable sitting in back of the G280.
to the runway appear through the windshield now just 2 feet from my eye, are all very gradual.
Following an uneventful takeoff, using our overflight permit we head directly across Florida and then the Gulf of Mexico to land for a customs and lunch stop in Houma, Louisiana. We descend across what seems like endless bayous filled with muddy-looking water, which from the front seat are clearly visible while some 20 miles offshore, and land on runway 18 with a stiff salty breeze blowing from the south. The residents of Louisiana always seem to be a relaxed and congenial bunch and the local U.S. Customs and Immigration officials that meet our airplane are equally polite and friendly. The FBO then lends us a rusty old 1970s-vintage, brown Jaguar sedan with cracked tan leather seats, to go for lunch at the “at the best Cajun restaurant in the state” just 10 minutes away. There we find a chalk board advertising the day’s fare, which confines itself to what the local fishermen have just brought in. No reference is made to “gluten-free” or “low calorie” meals on the entire menu.
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