Trip Preamble
3 мая 2016 г., Канада ⋅ ☁️ 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 beЧитать далее
Still waiting
8 мая 2016 г., Канада ⋅ ⛅ 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,Читать далее
Weyman Airpark
9 мая 2016 г., Канада ⋅ ⛅ 1 °C
Departed. Time zone is ADT.
Cold. Had to scrape frost off car before leaving airport.
Houlton Airport
9 мая 2016 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☁️ 1 °C
0.5 hour flight. Time change to EDT.
Fast and easy customs clearance.
Airport temperature 1C..
Lawrence, MA
9 мая 2016 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ⛅ 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.Читать далее
Lowell, MA
9 мая 2016 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
Katonah
9 мая 2016 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Wiggle here to avoid New York City airspace
Cortlandt
9 мая 2016 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Waggle back on course.
Pottstown airport, PA
9 мая 2016 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 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 keepingЧитать далее
Summit, DE
9 мая 2016 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
0.5 hour flying.
Easton, MD
9 мая 2016 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ⛅ 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 andЧитать далее
New Kent County Airport (W96), VA
10 мая 2016 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ⛅ 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 ofЧитать далее
Burlington (KBUY), NC
10 мая 2016 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
1.4 hours flying.
Weather improving.
Woodward (KCDN), SC
10 мая 2016 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ⛅ 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 forЧитать далее
Metter (KMHP), GA
10 мая 2016 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 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.Читать далее
Tri-County (1J0), FL
11 мая 2016 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 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 мая 2016 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ⛅ 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 someoneЧитать далее
Clarke County (23M), MS
11 мая 2016 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ⛅ 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 localЧитать далее
Kelly (9M6), LA
11 мая 2016 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 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 мая 2016 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ⛅ 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 viciousЧитать далее
McCurtain County (4O4), OK
12 мая 2016 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ⛅ 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/TexasЧитать далее
Olney (KONY), TX
12 мая 2016 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 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 seemЧитать далее
Cavern City (KCNM), NM
12 мая 2016 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ⛅ 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 isЧитать далее
Guadeloupe Mountains
13 мая 2016 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
View of mountains, cockpit instruments, and my big toe.
Puerto Palomas, MX
13 мая 2016 г., Мексика ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
Oops. Drifted just over the Mexican border.
Turning back to US side.












































