Pittsboro, NC

 I know, I've gotten behind on my posts...

Duane and I spent a day at the airport since one of the office computers was "misbehaving".  It was terribly old and just needed to be replaced.  Unfortunately, it's not just something that can be plugged in and working right away.  It's networked to a server where we keep all the company records.  Duane is a hero for getting it all up and running but it did take about 8 hours to accomplish!  Fingers crossed it will work for several years without too much help from us!!

With the weather turning much nicer, there was a lot of activity at the airport while we're at the front desk working on the computer system....turbine aircraft from two different companies visiting the city.

And there was a crew of 5 fellows flying these two aircraft to do aerial mapping.

Here is a view of their path for 3+ hours (the green line is their flight path.  HBI is Asheboro Airport)

 

They let me peek inside at the camera - the pilot says that the camera is "gimbled" to allow for minor changes and keep the camera level.  And it costs about $1.2 million dollars!!!  The camera takes thousands of photos and each snap of the camera uses over 1GB of data.

I climbed under the plane and got this shot of the camera lens.  I asked the pilot why they don't use satellite images and he said that they are no where near as accurate.

And we went for another 3+ mile walk....much nicer weather with temps in the 50's.
 

There were even a few boats out on the lake enjoying the weather.

Just a lovely day!