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And stay on the centerline.
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Love it. All you had to do was ease back on the throttle and enjoy the moment.

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Haha, funny. I remember an early morning flight from KCAE to KMYR one Indian Summer morning just after dawn with sun twinkling off the ocean.

That flight over the green beauty of SC has always been my favorite of all time.

ATC gave me a straight in that I smoothed in from about 10 miles out.
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much to look at (unlike you BRC) but a piece of “wizardry” that demanded your attention. To this day, I’m convinced that my instructor, a guy named Bart Bartimus, was a relic of the old barn-storming days. Nonetheless, Columbia and Myrtle Beach Air Control managed to clear the skies of South Carolina when Bart, the little Colt and I took flight. BRC, your description of that takeoff had me thinking that you had gotten your wheels off the ground before. Then I remembered that the only Chevy I ever saw fly was at a Joey Chitwood Thrill Show….and that didn’t go too well. Keep your tires on the road.