Right seat with a student. Good timing, considering all his needles are pegged at the nominal values...


This is the first picture I've taken of him flying, and I'm the only person he's ever flown with. So I imagine this will be plastered all over his Facebook, Tinder profile, whatever. Good for him.

A little late, but last weekend I ferried the C140 down to Daytona from Massachusetts. On Saturday morning. The cold temps werent friendly, and the battery was dead. After 30 minutes of failed hand propping, I finally gave up and found a battery charger with enough power output to jump the battery and get her started. After a 10 minute hop to the nearest airport with gas (Northampton MA 7B2), I headed south. The headwind was too much to go over the NYC bravo airspace, i was only getting 10mph ground speed. After another gas stop (and puking break for my weak stomached passenger) in south New Jersey, we continued on to Williamsburg VA to spend the night. Just after our arrival, someone went off the end of the runway in their Cherokee, but nobody was hurt luckily.

On day 2, we let the sun melt the frost off of the wings, gassed up, and headed south once again. The best part of this leg was being surrounded by farm country and no airspace, so we cruised below 1000 agl the entirety of the day. Another gas stop in Florence SC, and then a weather diversion into Charleston SC due to thunderstorms covering the entirety of Florida. Surrounded by good bbq, I wasnt complaining!

We left early on day 3 and had stellar tailwinds all the way to Daytona. Not every day you see 145mph as your ground speed in a Cessna 140!


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As I used to tell my Ag students going home in Billy Howell's various no radio tw trainers, "If you go low, they won't know." The trick in Class C for electronic equipped, forget to turn radio and transponder on. With those headwinds, not as bad down low, we really slow guys are safer down low where we are no longer a somewhat stationary obstacle up high.

If you do talk, use "pipeline and last three" as callsign.

jlacharite wrote: Another gas stop in Florence SC, and then a weather diversion into Charleston SC due to thunderstorms covering the entirety of Florida. Surrounded by good bbq, I wasnt complaining!

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Where'd you partake in the BBQ? Rodney Scotts?

"A little late, but last weekend I ferried the C140 down to Daytona from Massachusetts. "

so..which way did you go to get around the classB?

Outside the D, you can go under the lowest layer of the upside down cake. Don't call approach. As a low 1200 blip, you are out of the way and not traffic for them. They keep their traffic above you.

pouellette wrote:"A little late, but last weekend I ferried the C140 down to Daytona from Massachusetts. "

so..which way did you go to get around the classB?

Well, I was going to go over the top of the bravo, but my ground speed was dramatically low. Decided to fly under the west side of the bravo till I cleared Newark

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jlacharite wrote: Another gas stop in Florence SC, and then a weather diversion into Charleston SC due to thunderstorms covering the entirety of Florida. Surrounded by good bbq, I wasnt complaining!

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Where'd you partake in the BBQ? Rodney Scotts?

Hmmm honestly dont even remember the name of it! Somewhere on James island

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Out on the ice roads yesterday.

Kyle is now flying his Grandpa's Cub.

Weather started getting skunky..so 180 back to the barn...

Got my first-ever ski flight in today. Did a few laps at the airport, then went out to play. Didn't really need skis since there was basically zero snow, but it still was ridiculously fun! Have a lot to learn and deeper snow will certainly be a different game, but I sure am excited about the potential for new adventures!

Went for a $200 hamburger yesterday. With 120 miles of pure wilderness ahead, a guy starts thinking about his 53 year old connecting rods....

Hozer, I did the opposite and headed for Sanibel to chew on fish tacos... 84F

Took The Kid on his first flight. Barely got it done before his first birthday.

Pictures to follow in my flying thread.

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Beautiful

Couple of clear days in a row, so I made the most of them. Took off from Port Townsend and headed over to the San Juans yesterday and up into the Olympics today. Pretty darned gorgeous both directions.

This is Mount Baker looking over Port Townsend from afar


Spencer's Marina on Lopez Island


I've always wanted to land on Allen Island. Perhaps I'll contact the owner listed on the Chart Supplement


Mount Rainier is a little over 100 miles from here and you can still see it over the Olympics just under my winghttps


Mount Olympus is the tallest peak in this shot. I climbed that sucker back in the 1990s

Over Big Bear, California to see the recent snowfall:

3rd Up backhauls from the Combat Support hospitals, during big training exercises at Ft. Irwin took us over that area, Evan. Norton AFB, or March with burn casualties and then low level to Loma Linda hospital. We would have been dangerous in that high density traffic without Evac priority.

First time into Loma Linda, their radio operator said the helipad was on the 16th floor of a 20 story building. I said I was good, but I'd have to take a look. She didn't get or appreciate the humor. I've always had problems that way.