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Riverside to Muskegon Mi.

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Riverside to Muskegon Mi.

Leaving this morning for Muskegon Mi. Will be flying mogas airports will report later.
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Re: Riverside to Muskegon Mi.

I see your in Atkinson, NE for the night.
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58Skylane wrote:I see your in Atkinson, NE for the night.


Nice tailwinds nothing fantastic. Had to work around some cells over the Rockies, got chased out of Limon Co. By an approaching cell. Hot here 105 yesterday? Got some nice pix but don't know how to move them around on this iPad.
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You OK Russ? Your last SPOT has you in Cleveland Lake. Did you put on some floats?
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58Skylane wrote:You OK Russ? Your last SPOT has you in Cleveland Lake. Did you put on some floats?


Ya all is good at my sisters house just north of Muskegon. Hot n humid here. That 75 miles over Lake Michigan was as much as IMC as I've ever done. Very hazy, the blue sky blended in perfectly with the same color of the lake, no horizon at all :shock: it was 75 miles across and I couldn't see land until 20 miles from shore.
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Wow. Were you IFR on that leg?
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Just got home from Minneapolis and found out Russ stopped at Paullina. Could have hauled car gas in jugs if I'd have been around.
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180Marty wrote:Just got home from Minneapolis and found out Russ stopped at Paullina. Could have hauled car gas in jugs if I'd have been around.


No kiddin :shock: I stopped there cause I needed enough fuel to get to Limon Co. and my IPad said gas was $5.20. It was actually was $5.00 per gal. but cash no plastic. Never noticed you were from Paulina Marty.
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58Skylane wrote:Wow. Were you IFR on that leg?


The only IFR was leaving Riverside getting out of the overcast and that was only1500' thick was in it barely 2 mins.
This is Lake Michigan only 75 miles wide but it was all blue until the last 20-25 miles was when I could see shore line. I flew it VFR but this was about IMC. No horizon at all.
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I left Fremont Mi. 0420 and pulled it into the hangar at 2200 that night in Riverside Ca 1800 miles long day, still recovering from Cessna lag :roll:



Never seen a full circle rainbow before this one the camera didn't catch the full circle but it was there.
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Nice! What app or resource are you using to locate mogas and prices?
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29singlespeed wrote:Nice! What app or resource are you using to locate mogas and prices?


I'm using Foreflight & Airnav primarily and telephone to verify. Airnav is showing Limon Co as having Mogas but I tested it and it has eth in it.
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