Happy to be here Tale of a Tri-Pacer's 2,000-nm journey home BY JULIE SUMMERS WALKER PHOTOGRAPHY BY CHRIS ROSE Meet my friend David. He is, as he will tell you, from Atlanta, Georgia, and a more stereotypical Southern gentleman you'd be hard to find. He is charming, kind, almost courtly in his dealings with others. He is slower than molasses- " Gimme jest a minute " -and rarely on time. He is also, in a word, loquacious. " Can I tell you a story? Gimme jest a minute. " AOPA PILOT / August 2023 51