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- Selasa, 3 Mei 2016 12:59 PTG
- ☁️ 6 °C
- Altitud: 100 m
KanadaSunbury County45°53’34” N 66°45’16” W
Trip Preamble
3 Mei 2016, Kanada ⋅ ☁️ 6 °C
This year I plan to drop in on the remaining 39 unvisited states in the continental USA. There will also be side trips to my son, Graham in Vancouver and my brothers in Alberta and Ontario.
I will beBaca lagi
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- Ahad, 8 Mei 2016
- ⛅ 13 °C
- Altitud: 100 m
- KanadaSunbury County45°53’34” N 66°45’16” W
Still waiting
8 Mei 2016, Kanada ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
Looks like finally there will be a short break in the weather along my route tomorrow. The plan is to get at least as far as Maryland tomorrow. Less good weather is forecast in that area the next day,Baca lagi
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- Isnin, 9 Mei 2016 7:57 PG
- ⛅ 1 °C
- Altitud: 10 m
- KanadaSisson Settlement46°2’14” N 66°51’32” W
Weyman Airpark
9 Mei 2016, Kanada ⋅ ⛅ 1 °C
Departed. Time zone is ADT.
Cold. Had to scrape frost off car before leaving airport.
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- Isnin, 9 Mei 2016 8:30 PG
- ☁️ 1 °C
- Altitud: 142 m
Amerika SyarikatHoulton International Airport46°7’31” N 67°47’12” W
Houlton Airport
9 Mei 2016, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☁️ 1 °C
0.5 hour flight. Time change to EDT.
Fast and easy customs clearance.
Airport temperature 1C..
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- Isnin, 9 Mei 2016 11:40 PG
- ⛅ 14 °C
- Altitud: 34 m
- Amerika SyarikatLawrence Municipal Airport42°43’1” N 71°7’18” W
Lawrence, MA
9 Mei 2016, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
2.3 hr flight. Refueled.
Quite strong headwinds at certain points. Ground speed was better than I had expected though partly due to having tweaked the base prop pitch angle for a higher cruise speed.Baca lagi
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- Isnin, 9 Mei 2016 12:01 PTG
- ⛅ 14 °C
- Altitud: 41 m
- Amerika SyarikatGreenfield Outpatient Clinic42°36’30” N 71°18’44” W
Lowell, MA
9 Mei 2016, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
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- Isnin, 9 Mei 2016 1:18 PTG
- ☀️ 20 °C
- Altitud: 100 m
- Amerika SyarikatKatonah41°15’10” N 73°41’37” W
Katonah
9 Mei 2016, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Wiggle here to avoid New York City airspace
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- Isnin, 9 Mei 2016 1:18 PTG
- ☀️ 20 °C
- Altitud: 115 m
- Amerika SyarikatFurnace Woods41°15’23” N 73°53’32” W
Cortlandt
9 Mei 2016, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Waggle back on course.
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- Isnin, 9 Mei 2016 2:30 PTG
- ☀️ 19 °C
- Altitud: 74 m
- Amerika SyarikatPottstown Municipal Airport40°15’37” N 75°40’9” W
Pottstown airport, PA
9 Mei 2016, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
When I arrived at Pottstown, my place of reckoning last year, the crew there greeted me with Tee shirt, hat, and drink (chocolate milk). Nice folks.
Continued turbulence along the route made keepingBaca lagi
GUFY trips
The twin cooling towers of their nuclear plant are in the center. The airport is just visible at the far right, beyond the river.
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- Isnin, 9 Mei 2016 4:00 PTG
- ⛅ 17 °C
- Altitud: 15 m
- Amerika SyarikatSummit Airport39°31’17” N 75°43’26” W
Summit, DE
9 Mei 2016, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
0.5 hour flying.
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- Isnin, 9 Mei 2016 5:17 PTG
- ⛅ 16 °C
- Altitud: 19 m
- Amerika SyarikatEaston Municipal Airport38°48’7” N 76°4’5” W
Easton, MD
9 Mei 2016, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Flight of 0.5 hours. Done for day. Refueled.
By this time I had endured enough turbulence for one day so stopped here for the night. Daily total was 6.3 hours and 1171 km (632 nm).
Took taxi to andBaca lagi
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- Selasa, 10 Mei 2016 10:30 PG
- ⛅ 16 °C
- Altitud: 28 m
- Amerika SyarikatNew Kent County Airport37°30’12” N 77°7’37” W
New Kent County Airport (W96), VA
10 Mei 2016, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
0.4 hour flying. Had to wait until after 10 am to get adequate weather.
After the weather briefer said it was good from Easton to New Kent County I soon found myself at 780 feet over ground much ofBaca lagi
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- Selasa, 10 Mei 2016 2:00 PTG
- ☀️ 27 °C
- Altitud: 194 m
- Amerika SyarikatBurlington-Alamance Regional Airport36°2’59” N 79°28’21” W
Burlington (KBUY), NC
10 Mei 2016, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
1.4 hours flying.
Weather improving.
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- Selasa, 10 Mei 2016 4:10 PTG
- ⛅ 26 °C
- Altitud: 88 m
- Amerika SyarikatWoodward Field34°17’1” N 80°33’53” W
Woodward (KCDN), SC
10 Mei 2016, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
1.2 hours flight. Refueled.
Getting warm. Took off my socks.
I had planned to land an airport farther away low fuel suggested otherwise. I had been in touch with air traffic control earlier forBaca lagi
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- Selasa, 10 Mei 2016 6:45 PTG
- ☀️ 25 °C
- Altitud: 56 m
- Amerika SyarikatMetter Municipal Airport32°22’22” N 82°4’47” W
Metter (KMHP), GA
10 Mei 2016, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
1.3 hours flying. Done for the day. Refueled. Today covered 913 km (492 nm) in 4.3 hours.
Still hotter. Switched to sandals.
When I landed a local pilot said he would ferry from and to the airport.Baca lagi
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- Rabu, 11 Mei 2016 12:00 PTG
- ☀️ 28 °C
- Altitud: 22 m
- Amerika SyarikatTri-County Airport30°50’52” N 85°36’5” W
Tri-County (1J0), FL
11 Mei 2016, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
1.7 hour. Time zone changed to CDT.
This is the most southerly point for this trip. The official airport remarks warned of occasional deer or alligators on the runway. I saw neither.
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- Rabu, 11 Mei 2016 2:50 PTG
- ⛅ 29 °C
- Altitud: 139 m
- Amerika SyarikatMonroe County Airport31°27’48” N 87°20’58” W
Monroe County (KMVC), AL
11 Mei 2016, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
1.7 hours flying. Airport temperature 29C.
At this small airport I merged between a military jet trainer doing touch and goes. When I entered the 'terminal' there was a kitchen operating with someoneBaca lagi
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- Rabu, 11 Mei 2016 3:45 PTG
- ⛅ 29 °C
- Altitud: 94 m
- Amerika SyarikatClarke County Airport32°5’5” N 88°44’21” W
Clarke County (23M), MS
11 Mei 2016, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
0.8 hours. Refueled.
Everyone stopping here gets a snapshot taken of them with plane. This gets added to the walls of pics in the terminal. The wall shown in the photo below shows just the localBaca lagi
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- Rabu, 11 Mei 2016 5:50 PTG
- ☀️ 27 °C
- Altitud: 40 m
- Amerika SyarikatKelly-Dumas Airport32°51’5” N 91°23’57” W
Kelly (9M6), LA
11 Mei 2016, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
1.2 hours flight.
Passed over bayous on the way. The pics below were taken while crossing the Mississippi river on the way here.
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- Rabu, 11 Mei 2016 9:36 PTG
- ⛅ 25 °C
- Altitud: 108 m
- Amerika SyarikatTexarkana Regional Airport33°27’29” N 93°59’40” W
Texarkana (KTXK), AR
11 Mei 2016, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
1.2 hours. Refueled. Done for the day. Ignoring weather diversions, flew 1239 km (669 nm) in 5.8 hr .
Only one thunderstorm had to be dodged. A couple of days before there were vicious viciousBaca lagi
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- Khamis, 12 Mei 2016 11:58 PG
- ⛅ 23 °C
- Altitud: 142 m
- Amerika SyarikatMc Curtain County Regional Airport33°54’32” N 94°51’29” W
McCurtain County (4O4), OK
12 Mei 2016, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
0.6 hour flight. This is the last of the short legs planned for this trip.
Another late start, waiting for morning mist to clear.
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- Khamis, 12 Mei 2016 4:00 PTG
- ☀️ 26 °C
- Altitud: 384 m
- Amerika SyarikatOlney Municipal Airport33°21’1” N 98°49’4” W
Olney (KONY), TX
12 Mei 2016, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
1.7 hours. Refueled.
The landscape is much drier here
This is the home of Air Tractor cropdusters.
Is the Stark's Aviation building Ironman's base?
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- Khamis, 12 Mei 2016 5:25 PTG
- ⛅ 26 °C
- Altitud: 976 m
- Amerika Syarikat10411 Water Well32°20’45” N 104°15’13” W
Cavern City (KCNM), NM
12 Mei 2016, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
Flight time 2.3 hours. Now in MDT time zone. Refueled. Done for the day.
Daily total of 4.6 hours flying and 994 km (537 nm). For today, no nasty weather and had some tail winds. Nice.
Terrain isBaca lagi
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- Jumaat, 13 Mei 2016 11:07 PG
- ⛅ 21 °C
- Altitud: 1,480 m
- Amerika SyarikatCulberson County31°56’40” N 104°41’0” W
Guadeloupe Mountains
13 Mei 2016, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
View of mountains, cockpit instruments, and my big toe.
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- Jumaat, 13 Mei 2016 12:19 PTG
- ☀️ 31 °C
- Altitud: 1,217 m
MexicoPuerto Palomas31°46’56” N 107°37’34” W
Puerto Palomas, MX
13 Mei 2016, Mexico ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
Oops. Drifted just over the Mexican border.
Turning back to US side.