April 18th, 2014. Good Friday day off. A good friend of mine and RV7A builder Jeff Vaughan is one the founding fathers of a newly opened still works. They had Grand Opening and he invited me as an official vodka tester or so he said. ![Big grin :D :D](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Sometimes I am occasionally busy but I can quit everything for an adventure. Straight run to Pottstown Municipal airport was boring and I dotted my own route. Half of it was done in perfect VFR the other half - in super perfect. This was the route according to APRS.
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Here I go hand flying "The Bottled Route" I had to cross local Mississippi twice.
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Negotiated a touch of Class C airspace.
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Avoided couple hills and towers and arrived at the destination. Pottstown Municipal airport N47 do you see a brick warehouse? That's where I am heading need to hold that heading good APRS beacons are hard to herd.
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Parked at the only spot available.
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An FBO girl questioned my intentions.
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My taxi.
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In 2 minutes I was about to enter the magic enterprise...
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Sometimes I am occasionally busy but I can quit everything for an adventure. Straight run to Pottstown Municipal airport was boring and I dotted my own route. Half of it was done in perfect VFR the other half - in super perfect. This was the route according to APRS.
![](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi447.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fqq197%2FN666BK%2FManatawny%2520Still%2520Works%2FPicture1.jpg&hash=792e060ab872ab8b75cd5407ce0518b3)
Here I go hand flying "The Bottled Route" I had to cross local Mississippi twice.
![](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi447.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fqq197%2FN666BK%2FManatawny%2520Still%2520Works%2FDSC_0001.jpg&hash=fed8453db9737b623f93a4742e687708)
Negotiated a touch of Class C airspace.
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Avoided couple hills and towers and arrived at the destination. Pottstown Municipal airport N47 do you see a brick warehouse? That's where I am heading need to hold that heading good APRS beacons are hard to herd.
![](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi447.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fqq197%2FN666BK%2FManatawny%2520Still%2520Works%2FDSC_0006.jpg&hash=62fd4597f02c07089d8e928c2185baa9)
Parked at the only spot available.
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An FBO girl questioned my intentions.
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My taxi.
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In 2 minutes I was about to enter the magic enterprise...
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