petehowell
Well Known Member
Megan and I set out on an ambitious mission this 4th of July. She wanted to spend the day with her Grandma in South Bend who she has not seen in months, but she wanted to be back in time for fireworks with her friends in Minneapolis and I had committments back here early Saturday. So I told her we would make it a day trip!
We launched at 7am when the Anoka tower opened and picked up Flight Following. ANE-JOT-05C-C20 Made an easy climb up to 9500 where the air was cool and the -9A is effcient. Virtually no wind at altitude so we went "green" and dialed the fuel burn back to 5.5 gph and 146KTAS - that gave a less than 3 hour ride to Grandma. My mom tracked us by APRS and met us at Andrews Univ Airpark right on time. Got a few calls from friends right after we landed - nice to have people keeping an eye out. We used Andrews vs the usual stop at Elkhart because of fuel prices ($4.70@C20 vs $6.05@EKM!) same dist for my mom to pick us up.
We had a great day with my Mom, and my sister's family, and then headed back to the plane for the jaunt home.
Some pics from the trip:
Great View between scattered layers
Low Stuff over Lake Michigan
Lake Cleared for the return trip
Chicago Motor Speedway?
Better than the Mini-van @ 170mph!
We launched at 7am when the Anoka tower opened and picked up Flight Following. ANE-JOT-05C-C20 Made an easy climb up to 9500 where the air was cool and the -9A is effcient. Virtually no wind at altitude so we went "green" and dialed the fuel burn back to 5.5 gph and 146KTAS - that gave a less than 3 hour ride to Grandma. My mom tracked us by APRS and met us at Andrews Univ Airpark right on time. Got a few calls from friends right after we landed - nice to have people keeping an eye out. We used Andrews vs the usual stop at Elkhart because of fuel prices ($4.70@C20 vs $6.05@EKM!) same dist for my mom to pick us up.
We had a great day with my Mom, and my sister's family, and then headed back to the plane for the jaunt home.
Some pics from the trip:
Great View between scattered layers
Low Stuff over Lake Michigan
Lake Cleared for the return trip
Chicago Motor Speedway?
Better than the Mini-van @ 170mph!
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