Airplanista 🇺🇦<p>This hour's random desktop background image on my <a href="https://squawk.mytransponder.com/tags/MacbookPro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MacbookPro</span></a> is a shot of "Katy" - my former <a href="https://squawk.mytransponder.com/tags/Cherokee235" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cherokee235</span></a> - and I on short final to the rarely-used RWY 2 at Hillsboro, OR (KHIO).</p><p>If you look carefully at the airspeed indicator, you'll see it pegged at 70 mph. That was the sweet spot for landing this Cherokee, as the big "Hershey Bar" wings provided a good bit of ground effect over the numbers. I barely had to flare it, seemed almost like autoland.</p><p><a href="https://squawk.mytransponder.com/tags/aviation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aviation</span></a> <a href="https://squawk.mytransponder.com/tags/avgeeks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>avgeeks</span></a> <a href="https://squawk.mytransponder.com/tags/airplanes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>airplanes</span></a> <a href="https://squawk.mytransponder.com/tags/flying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>flying</span></a></p>