Trip Preamble
3 maggio 2016, Canada ⋅ ☁️ 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 beLeggi altro
Still waiting
8 maggio 2016, Canada ⋅ ⛅ 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,Leggi altro
Weyman Airpark
9 maggio 2016, Canada ⋅ ⛅ 1 °C
Departed. Time zone is ADT.
Cold. Had to scrape frost off car before leaving airport.
Houlton Airport
9 maggio 2016, Stati Uniti ⋅ ☁️ 1 °C
0.5 hour flight. Time change to EDT.
Fast and easy customs clearance.
Airport temperature 1C..
Lawrence, MA
9 maggio 2016, Stati Uniti ⋅ ⛅ 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.Leggi altro
Lowell, MA
9 maggio 2016, Stati Uniti ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
Katonah
9 maggio 2016, Stati Uniti ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Wiggle here to avoid New York City airspace
Cortlandt
9 maggio 2016, Stati Uniti ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Waggle back on course.
Pottstown airport, PA
9 maggio 2016, Stati Uniti ⋅ ☀️ 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 keepingLeggi altro
Summit, DE
9 maggio 2016, Stati Uniti ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
0.5 hour flying.
Easton, MD
9 maggio 2016, Stati Uniti ⋅ ⛅ 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 andLeggi altro
New Kent County Airport (W96), VA
10 maggio 2016, Stati Uniti ⋅ ⛅ 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 ofLeggi altro
Burlington (KBUY), NC
10 maggio 2016, Stati Uniti ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
1.4 hours flying.
Weather improving.
Woodward (KCDN), SC
10 maggio 2016, Stati Uniti ⋅ ⛅ 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 forLeggi altro
Metter (KMHP), GA
10 maggio 2016, Stati Uniti ⋅ ☀️ 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.Leggi altro
Tri-County (1J0), FL
11 maggio 2016, Stati Uniti ⋅ ☀️ 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.
Monroe County (KMVC), AL
11 maggio 2016, Stati Uniti ⋅ ⛅ 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 someoneLeggi altro
Clarke County (23M), MS
11 maggio 2016, Stati Uniti ⋅ ⛅ 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 localLeggi altro
Kelly (9M6), LA
11 maggio 2016, Stati Uniti ⋅ ☀️ 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.
Texarkana (KTXK), AR
11 maggio 2016, Stati Uniti ⋅ ⛅ 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 viciousLeggi altro
McCurtain County (4O4), OK
12 maggio 2016, Stati Uniti ⋅ ⛅ 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.
The photo shows the Red River and the wet land on the Oklahoma/TexasLeggi altro
Olney (KONY), TX
12 maggio 2016, Stati Uniti ⋅ ☀️ 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?
High temperatures make high altitude airports seemLeggi altro
Cavern City (KCNM), NM
12 maggio 2016, Stati Uniti ⋅ ⛅ 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 isLeggi altro
Guadeloupe Mountains
13 maggio 2016, Stati Uniti ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
View of mountains, cockpit instruments, and my big toe.
Puerto Palomas, MX
13 maggio 2016, Messico ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
Oops. Drifted just over the Mexican border.
Turning back to US side.












































