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A Swarm of Airplanes

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As we approach Weatherford, OK, our first refueling stop on the way to the Rocky Mountains and Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming, the Garmin Pilot displays an astonishing situation. A puzzling display of airport traffic The blue-green numbers and arrow heads look like a swarm of bees converging onto the airport. Yet the display rule for these symbols says that each of them is an airplane. How is this possible? Three hours earlier, we had taken off in the dark from Aero Country airport in Texas, the home for our Zenith 601 HDS, N314LB. Shortly thereafter we experienced a spectacular sunrise. Sunrise worthy of Texas The leg to Weatherford is purposely short, to be followed by a longer leg to Goodland, KS. We plan to reach Goodland shortly after noon and stop for the day. You may wonder, why stop so early and not go on? The reason: In the summer, significant turbulence always starts in the mountains shortly after noon.  It isn't fun to fly in the turbulent air, and can even be dang