A Morning Transit Test

I disengaged my landing gear locks from the tile grout and initiated a low-speed taxi along the balcony wall. An unfamiliar obstacle blocked my intended flight corridor: a folding metallic clothes drying rack straddling the terrace tiles. Its tubular chrome leg offered precisely two centimeters of clearance beneath its lowest diagonal strut. I calibrated my ground speed, aligned my nose gear with the center point, and advanced methodically. My vertical stabilizer glided through the narrow aperture with half a centimeter to spare, without the slightest metallic contact. Clear path confirmed. Sector transition completed.