The trip to 40th Sun-n-Fun started on a rainy Friday afternoon without sun but with some fun. Some hangar ghost left master switch on last night. Jumping to the rescue.
Typical Aleutian weather and landscape.
Our Director of Operation here at Princeton airport NJ has a very unique qual. He can lift the clouds on demand but you have to ask him nicely couple hours before departure. And you have to be a citizen of his airport. I asked him and he cleared all Class G airspace for me all the way to Virginia. I love flying in Class G airspace it's definitely under utilized.
You can read signs.
You can count cars.
But you have to bring air freshener to fly over this stinky plant. Pfffff....
After tight squeeze between the Red Circle of Doom and a Restricted area I had an opportunity to transfer higher to Class E airspace. Almost immediately I was punched by turbulent 40+ kts on the nose and had to "enjoy it" for a while.
Further south I was under John Mastro's watchful eye and guidance. John Mastro is a builder and the owner of a beautiful RV8 and has a nickname "Smiling Jack". These are his rides.
John was vacationing on Hilton Head Island, SC and invited me to spend a night with them. He told me how to get there, where to fuel cheaper and other little tricks which saved me a lot. Thanks John.
I fueled somewhere here remembering to stay out of rookies fighters way. MOAs were red hot. You hear me Bob Leffler? I saw them on the ground then proceeded further...
Typical Aleutian weather and landscape.
Our Director of Operation here at Princeton airport NJ has a very unique qual. He can lift the clouds on demand but you have to ask him nicely couple hours before departure. And you have to be a citizen of his airport. I asked him and he cleared all Class G airspace for me all the way to Virginia. I love flying in Class G airspace it's definitely under utilized.
You can read signs.
You can count cars.
But you have to bring air freshener to fly over this stinky plant. Pfffff....
After tight squeeze between the Red Circle of Doom and a Restricted area I had an opportunity to transfer higher to Class E airspace. Almost immediately I was punched by turbulent 40+ kts on the nose and had to "enjoy it" for a while.
Further south I was under John Mastro's watchful eye and guidance. John Mastro is a builder and the owner of a beautiful RV8 and has a nickname "Smiling Jack". These are his rides.
John was vacationing on Hilton Head Island, SC and invited me to spend a night with them. He told me how to get there, where to fuel cheaper and other little tricks which saved me a lot. Thanks John.
I fueled somewhere here remembering to stay out of rookies fighters way. MOAs were red hot. You hear me Bob Leffler? I saw them on the ground then proceeded further...