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3/17/2020 8:01 PM
 

Great ride, Tom, and well flown.

 
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3/18/2020 1:06 AM
 

THANKS!!!!

I know Sunbury well, it was one of my first solo X-C's in the J-3 I learned to fly in. Larry Gilfert whose family has owned Sunbury since the 40's gave me my first FAA physical.

My eSkyport YouTube channel pays homage to Skyport Airport which was my home drome, you may know Skyport Rd off the Carlisle Pike. I made the last departure on 2/28/70 after it officially closed on 11/31/69. There is no relationship or lineage with the CXY FBO of the same name.

Tom-

 
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3/25/2020 5:17 PM
 

Planes around N94...

Mike N714AJ

General Cody's "Little Bird" MD500

 

Local LIFE LION med-evac...now taking CHINESE CORONAVIRUS victims to bigger hospitals...

 

Our Flight School airplane, Cherokee 140.

 

Carlisle Aero Club aircraft -- soon to be one of two, the other a newer 182.

 

Our local USAF COMMANDO SOLO EC-130J's at nearby Harrisburg INTL Airport.

 

LIFE LION med-evac crewman after a dangerous CHINESE CORONAVIRUS victim transport mission. (York, PA)

 

Wingmen Dave and Fred on a Sunday afternoon fly-about.

 

New (to us) Ce$$na 182 for the Carlisle Aero Club.

 

Rare 6-seat Piper! Nice - don't see many of these anymore!

 

 
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3/28/2020 8:19 AM
 

Well, we see "lockdown" coming, so we went out and flew on one of the nicer days lately - found a very RARE NEW RUNWAY in America!

0W3 just built a NEW RUNWAY and it is beautiful! Harford County, MD.

It is near Baltimore and Aberdeen, MD.  It is just outside the ADBS veil of doom for BWI and just above the Army Airfield Class D. Lots of flying going on there now!

Good to see something positive in aviation! A NEW RUNWAY! It replaced a turf runway at the same location...  

Mike N714AJ

3-Ship flying down the Susquhanna River in PA to MD.

Approaching 0W3, we see a lot of traffic on the FISH FINDER...watch out!

 

WOW! Lookee here at that NEW runway - you don't see THAT everyday!  BTW, there is a GOOD ice cream place 1/2 mile to the east (walk).

Harford County Airport in MARYLAND.

 

That is nice! On final, runway 19...

 

Short Final at 55 knots.

 

The other runway is 29-10, at 2000 feet long.   19-01 is 2,800 and change...

 

It did get a little busy with FIVE planes in the pattern, and then a helicopter guy just kinda' meandered over to see what was going in in the middle of the pattern -- did not land, just wanted to see what was happening at pattern altitude...caused a bit of a stir, but SEE + AVOID worked.

 

So, no one could figure out what Helicopter Guy was doing in the middle of the pattern -- created a "bomb-burst effect" which I know every GA pilot just loves in the pattern! Especially when it is close to a ADSB veil and not everyone is equipped, and near a military Class D tower. Yup, they are out there!

 

On the way to YORK, PA, we had a Trauma-Hawk want to fly through our 3-ship formation...no matter how we turned, he kept coming.  Some use ADSB to go check out other planes, welcomed or not....they are out there.

 

 

Landing at YORK we had the ONE person flying that day take off and turn into our formation -- no big deal, see and avoid, again!

 

Landing YORK Airport...we WERE going to get fuel, but they were out of COFEE, so we pressed on!

 

 

Three of our local TURF FIELDS were all closed due to recent rain....kept going.

 

 

Good day to be OUT FLYING, and we kept SOCIAL DISTANCING to 1/8th of a mile in the air, and 1/8th of an ince on the FISH FINDER.

 

 

HOME DROME...N94 Carlisle. 

 

 

Keeping our distance....this too shall pass!

 
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4/7/2020 7:03 PM
 

Like everyone else, we are in 'semi-lockdown' here due to the Chinese Corona Virus, but still no restrictions on safe flying and keeping distances...

So, we went to a "deserted island" up here in PA on the Susquehanna River and had a FLY-IN brown bag picnic keeping 6-10 feet apart...and an 1/8th of a mile apart in flight.

Yes, we checked with the FAA, PENN DOT, and the airfield owner's NOTAMs...all good to visit as long as we did it smartly and safely, which we did.

Three ship to an empty airport on an island...turf field...nothing there but the birds.

We had a beautiful river - view and enjoyed an outdoor lunch among the company of pilots!

This was probably our LAST FLIGHT for a while until the worst of the pandemic blows over...nice to get one final flight in.  Saw far less traffic, but still plenty enough to avoid, so all GA flying is NOT shut down, thank goodness.

Mike N714AJ

Note that all the camper spots are EMPTY!

 

Approach to runway 23 on this beautiful TURF Aerodrome!

 

 

Brown Bag picnic from 6-10 feet away!

 

Scenic River Views at the aerodrome - NICE!

 

 

Soft-field ops...and parking on a deserted island in PA.

 

 

 

 

NO handshakes...elbow bumps ONLY!

 

 

HAM SAMICH'!  Oh so good after a flight to a TURF FIELD!

 

 

SO LONG Fellas'!

 

We will be back again someday, but with a lot more planes and people! So long for now!

 
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