So I'm in Tucson, AZ this morning, doing a walk around and getting ready to
mount up and fly back to homebase after a great little sunrise XC hop
(really amazing sky today...huge God's Eye shafts of light through
virga...awesome...) and I'm also pausing every couple of minutes to snap
some photos of the AZ ANG F16s doing thier thing when a Tucson Police
Officer saunters over and asks if I plan on departing within the next 10
minutes or so... Inwardly, I'm girding myself for the discussion that I was
sure was to come...

As it turns out, the Dahli Llama (yes, THAT Dahli Llama...) was in town and
the immaculate G5 (which I got a good photo of...) near the GA terminal was
waiting for him and would I mind waiting until his party was loaded up? I
was so suprised to find out what all the fuss was about (I thought I noticed
a higher number of police cars parked near the base of the tower...and then
there were those secret service-looking types who just may have been
speaking into their cuffs...), all I could do was just say, "Sure, No
Problem."

Nice thing is, the same Police Officer and one of the security detail both
came over and thanked me for waiting the extra five minutes.

Got the ATIS, got my clearance and had a great flight back...

Just another day in the wonderful world of aviation...

Feeling a bit holier today,

Jay Beckman
PP-ASEL
AZ Cloudbusters
Chandler, AZ