Fresh on Fridays
ps: Perfect weekend getaway… Ingalls field is a stones throw away!
$100 hamburger
Finals are here… and all I can think of is my NY trip in April :-)
Flying the Hudson River Corridor Exclusion & Montauk Point!
“First will be xxxx aircraft, then John in xxxx will follow on and next will be…” continued Bob from our flight school, who had planned the whole flyout to the last minute detail.
I wondered how in the world we were going to keep the order straight leave alone spot the aircraft in front of us. Countless times ATC gives traffic warnings routinely. Only on a rare occasion am I ever able to spot the traffic. Often, I rely on ATC to tell me that I was clear of the traffic or to provide me deviations to avoid the traffic.
Maybe it will all work out, I thought.
Being in a C172 and in no hurry to exit the Hudson river corridor, I and my passengers opted to fly second last.
Bob in the Cougar was planning to fly last.
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Name the Airport Game #15: Where am I?
Fresh on Fridays: Smith Mountain Lake
Video courtesy Gert
Best of 2016
Flying season in 2016 didn’t get started till almost March for me. Although I love to fly on January 1st, this was one of the years when I couldn’t. My first fun flyout of the year was a $500 lunch with the Flyout group (FOG) at Williamsburg, VA.
I have been yearning to fly in a foreign country. I finally checked off one item on my bucket list when I flew in Sydney, Australia in April.
In May, the FOG again made a successful flight to Chester County for lunch. We had a huge turnout on an incredibly fine late Spring day. And in June and July, we flew to collect stamps for the VA Ambassador program: 11 more!
After years of trying, I finally made it to Niagara Falls! Another bucket list item: Check!
Weather hasn’t been all that cooperative this fall, but we did fly down to Tangier in October for lunch and stamps. What a beautiful fall day!
The year is almost wrapping up, and although I didn’t fly to the Bahamas or Oshkosh, it has definitely been a fun year!
Have a Very Happy New Year!
Another Four Stamps
Monday Morning Inspiration
My flying this year has been limited to a stray, once a month flying. But it has been incredibly rewarding, and more inspirational, than the previous year.
As it happens, it’s almost finals week!
Although I have flown to Tangier Island at least a couple of times before (See Planes, Trains, Automobiles and Tangier Again), each time I missed getting my VA stamp. Although Gert and I had comfortably made it to Niagara Falls in August, I still wanted to plan a fall flyout to Tangier, since I obviously have missed getting my stamps the previous times!
It was one of those rare days when we departed right on cue and arrived 30 minutes earlier than planned since Pax River was not too busy to let us cut across their airspace for a direct flight into TGI.
Lorraine’s was the only restaurant open in October which was great since that is the restaurant I had selected for lunch. After getting our VA Ambassador stamp, we headed into town for lunch, just ahead of a group of 10-15 people arriving from Hampton Roads!
Lunch and a pleasant walk back to the aircraft, we headed out for three more stamps: Hummell, West Point and Tappahannock. Three new airports to fly into, especially Hummel, a good short field practice. With four more stamps, we headed back home right on schedule. It was one of those rare, but incredibly beautiful and fun fall days of flying, enjoying nature and just the joy of flying for flying’s sake.
What an inspiring and incredible day!
Tangier Landing
Never get tired heading out to Tangier… finally got that coveted stamp!
Video courtesy Gert
Tangier (Again) in Fall
Fresh on Fridays
All photos courtesy Gert.
Name the Airport Game #13: Where am I?
Runway 13 for Challenge #13 🙂
Clue: Capital of the Colony and one of the “Historic Triangle”.
Answer: Williamsburg, VA (JGG)
Over the Rainbow
Fresh on Fridays!
Somewhere over the rainbow, way up high
There’s a land that I’ve heard of once in a lullaby.
Somewhere over the rainbow, skies are blue
And the dreams that you dare to dream,
Really do come true.
Someday I’ll wish upon a star
And wake up where the clouds are far behind me.
Where troubles melt like lemon drops,
Way above the chimney tops,
That’s where you’ll find me.
Somewhere over the rainbow, blue birds fly
Birds fly over the rainbow
Why then, oh why can’t I?
Somewhere over the rainbow, blue birds fly
Birds fly over the rainbow
Why then, oh why can’t I?
Songwriters
E HARBURG, E.Y. HARBURG, HAROLD ARLEN
Happy Friday & a Very Happy Labor’s Day Weekend!
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