The time has finally arrived. Myself and Chris (a friend) left Iowa City this past Thursday (26MAR) and began our journey to RANS. We stopped about halfway in Lawrence, KS. The next morning we headed out for the final stretch to Hays and arrived right around 11AM. We had a great time meeting some of the folks at RANS and Randy (the owner). Randy showed us around and we got a demo flight in the factory’s S-20. It flew great and I’m excited about getting it built.
Loading the crate onto the trailer was not a big issue. The trailer was only slightly below the loading dock and we were able to just push it onto the trailer with a fork lift. I don’t think it could have been any easier. After loading it up we headed out for some lunch and returned to strap the crate down to the trailer. After checking everything over we launched off back towards Iowa City. We left Hays around 2:30PM and arrived back in Iowa City around 12:15 AM the next morning. This included 2 stops for food and fuel. Overall it was a very long drive in a short timeframe, but it was more than worth it to visit RANS, get a flight in the S-20, and meet the folks at RANS.
For the trip totals, we drove around 1,140 miles from 6PM Thursday to 12:15 AM Saturday morning and about 82 gallons of gas.
