SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE BUILDING in the humid, sticky summer afternoon as the AOPA Aviator Showcase wound down in Manassas, Virginia (HEF). After answering hundreds of great member questions about the AOPA Sweepstakes Grumman Tiger, it was time to fly home to headquarters in Frederick, Maryland (FDK). AOPA staffers Dave Roy and Tom Zecha departed shortly after in AOPA's Beechcraft Bonanza. After exiting the Washington, D.C., Special Flight Rules Area to the west and turning north toward FDK, I noticed a small yellow cell on the Garmin G3X Touch flight display, building 30 miles to the southwest of Frederick heading northeast. The storm and I appeared to be heading to the same place, but who would arrive first-and should I even consider trying to outrun it?
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