CUT BANK (KCTB), MT

2.7 hour flight. Refueled.
First leg was a cross border that required clearing American customs. You are supposed to land within fifteen minutes of time you specified before leaving.
Since it is easier to slow down a lot than to speed up a lot, I padded the duration estimate. As it turned out I had a tailwind so I was going to arrive way too early. I cut power significantly so that airspeed was 20 knots less than otherwise. In the end I landed within 2 minutes of my specified time.

Clearing customs only took a few minutes. As always they ran a radiation detector around the aircraft. Good thing my plane is not fusion powered.

The pilot lounge in Cut Bank had the best facilities I have ever seen. Among other things it had a couple of rooms with made beds and towels, all complementary. There was even a fridge with beer.Read more