Tonight, incredibly, Boyd and I find ourselves at the halfway point of our journey around the perimeter of America. Since arriving in Texas, the realization of how enormous it is has set in. We've flown from Beaumont in the far eastern Gulf of Texas to...
Our progress westward continues. The last 48 hours we've covered ground and water between Venice, Florida and Beaumont, Texas. That's much of the western coast of Florida, the panhandle, a tiny bit of Alabama and Louisiana, and across the line into the enormous state of...
Our U.S. perimeter flight continues and, for the last 36 hours, we've slowly been making our way around the long, narrow peninsula known as Florida. Boyd and I both agree, our flight has been a complete joy and, even though we're less than a third...
I am thrilled to report that we're finally on the move again! On our VFR flight around the perimeter, after 5 days of being weathered-in in Norfolk, Virginia, we gave in and filed IFR yesterday. KPHF was a great place to hang out for a...
Within the first 8 days of our USA perimeter flight, tropical storm Alberto kicked our butts and played havoc with the entire Eastern Seaboard. Low ceilings and rain showers have firmly planted our RV-7 on the tarmac at Newport News/Williamsburg Airport for 5 days. All...
Our little three-some (Boyd, me and our RV7) are still weathered-in in the Norfolk, Virginia area. We've put hundreds of miles on our rental car and have done enough sightseeing to qualify for tour guides ourselves. Today we decided to break rank with the ordinary...
KFFA. First Flight. The Wright Brothers National Memorial. All names for where aviation began and a homage flight many pilots will fly sometime during their flying career - Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. On our flight around the perimeter of America, yesterday we visited this special National...
Boyd and I are at Norfolk, Virginia, continuing our USA perimeter flight. Norfolk turned out to be a great place to land for an inexpensive rental car not to mention the ideal location to spend part of Memorial Day weekend. We honored the spirit of...
It's pretty cool when you can fly through 7 states, even small ones, in a few short hours. OK, we're not talking Texas here, but I was happy to take in Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia, all before lunch...
[caption id="attachment_47422" align="aligncenter" width="280"] You guessed it, we did Cape Cod today! The airport ID's give you a rough idea of our course but we actually flew the entire shoreline of Cape Cod, northern tip of Provincetown and all.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_47411" align="aligncenter" width="323"] Bye Bye Maine.[/caption] [caption...
