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pj.ladd(at)btinternet.com
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Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 2:23 am Post subject: I'm On My Way! (Yet Still At Home.)

will begin the 2nd leg of my flight on Sunday!!>>



Good Luck!



Pat

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russ(at)rkiphoto.com
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Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 3:34 pm Post subject: I'm On My Way! (Yet Still At Home.)

Hey, WW/Arty

Go for it, girl! -- we're all proud of you.

Fair winds,

Russ K



On Mar 28, 2009, at 12:56 AM, TheWanderingWench wrote:



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 <thewanderingwench(at)yahoo.com>

 Hi fellow aviators -



 I think most, but perhaps not all of you know that I'm about to  

 take off on a mega-flight in my Drifter, flying from Sandy Oregon  

 to Sun n Fun, round trip. Randy Simpson, a good friend and Carrera  

 pilot will be making the flight with me, and lots of other pilots  

 are chiming in about joining us for part of the flight.



 We are scheduled to leave Sunday, March 30. I was in my hangar  

 yesterday, (Thursday) getting packed, when another pilot stopped by  

 and pointed out that the weather forecast was for rain starting  

 Friday night and continuing non-stop until next Tuesday or  

 Wednesday.  That's what I was afraid of when I first began planning  

 this flight - not being able to get out of northwestern Oregon  

 during March or even early April.



 I looked out at the perfect blue sky and thought: "Right now is  

 great flying weather." I'm a great believer in taking advantage of  

 the moment. So I called Norm and asked: "Honey, could you skip your  

 meeting tonight and drive down to Lebanon and pick me up?" When he  

 asked what the heck I was talking about, I explained that if I left  

 right away and flew south to Lebanon - about 70 miles - I'd be  

 pretty much out of the forecast rain storms. Since I had a work  

 commitment on Friday that I absolutely couldn't walk away from, I  

 figured that I'd leave the Drifter at the Lebanon State Airport,  

 come home, work on Friday, and then he could drive me back to  

 Lebanon on Sunday so I could get on with the flight. Norm, bless  

 his heart, is used to my shenanigans.  He said he'd meet me down  

 there.



 So - I had a great flight yesterday. Lots of clouds but a high  

 ceiling so not to worry. More than 20 miles visibility. Calm air.  

 It's really peaceful flying by myself, and I enjoyed loafing along  

 at 50-55 mph.



 I decided to fly strictly by pilotage instead of using my GPS, just  

 to brush up on my ability to follow a sectional.  It was great fun,  

 but not a real test since I'm so very familiar with the area. I  

 also turned on my SPOT tracker so that when I got home I could look  

 up my track during the flight. (It works perfectly! I've now got a  

 link to my SPOT tracking on my blog.)



 The FBO owners at Lebanon are absolutely wonderful. They have the  

 first-ever S-LSA Hornet, which they want to use for flight  

 instruction. They live right there at the FBO and the entire FBO  

 looks more like a home than a business office.



 So Norm met me in Lebanon, we came home, I worked today (Friday,)  

 will use tomorrow to finish packing and do miscellaneous other  

 things at home, and will begin the 2nd leg of my flight on Sunday!!!



 You can check out my blog at the URL below.  I still have to put  

 our return route on the site - have almost all of the east-bound  

 route figured out.



 I'll have e-mail access, so you can still be in touch.  If we'll be  

 flying your way and you'd like us to stop in, send me a phone  

 number and airstrip coordinates (or an identifier) so I can contact  

 you when we're a day or so out.



 YEAH!  After months of dreaming about this, it's about to happen!



 Arty Trost

 Maxair Drifter

 Sandy, Oregon

 www.LessonsFromTheEdge.com/uladventure.htm

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