After a night in Goodland, Kansas, a McDonald's Number 1 breakfast (and two more egg sandwiches for the road), we took off (Mark at the controls) over the fertile fields and section-lines of our country's breadbasket. 
After angling southeast for several hours to get into warmer air, Mark turned directly east to cross a long cold front and a line of tall clouds to finish our five and a half hour flight. 
The Garmin 1000 Multifunction display showed us that we would have over two hours of fuel on board at our destination.
Our little Garmin portable served as a backup, and gave us an image of the Nexrad radar.
We set 8KQ down between the Carolina pines at 4:30 p.m. The JAARS family turned out at the airstrip to welcome their first Kodiak to its new home.
Today was the culmination of years of work and high expectations, but this is really only the beginning. Now, with an airplane to work with, we will develop our understanding of this new tool, how we will operate it, and how we will teach our pilots and mechanics. Then in August, Lord willing, we will see 8KQ to its new and final home in Papua New Guinea where it will truly begin its life of s
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