petehowell
Well Known Member
You can see for miles. Since the Irish are not so good this year, my brother can get us tickets for the Notre Dame games. Baseball is over, so my son Ryan was able to go this time.
We launched early and headed to 9.5K to take advantage of some nice winds. I was on O2, but Ryan elected to sleep.....
We rounded the corner at Joliet in record time thanks to 45kt tail winds and it was crystal clear in Chicago. This is from 9500 just outside the bravo...
The nice winds continued on in to Elkhart - 198kt is not bad for a lowly RV-9A.........
should have put the nose down to hit the magic 200.
The USC-ND game attracts a lot of wealthy alums from both sides, the landing sequence at KEKM was Legacy, Citation X, RV-9A, G3, G4, G5. Landing reservations were required (IFR) into KSBN and KEKM. There were Hummer Limos waiting when we arrived. I smiled knowing the trip down had used 14 gal ~$56.
The Irish got killed - but we had fun. Got to be there for my Mom's 72nd birthday, too.
Keep pounding - these things let you take trips you would have skipped in the past!
We launched early and headed to 9.5K to take advantage of some nice winds. I was on O2, but Ryan elected to sleep.....
We rounded the corner at Joliet in record time thanks to 45kt tail winds and it was crystal clear in Chicago. This is from 9500 just outside the bravo...
The nice winds continued on in to Elkhart - 198kt is not bad for a lowly RV-9A.........
should have put the nose down to hit the magic 200.
The USC-ND game attracts a lot of wealthy alums from both sides, the landing sequence at KEKM was Legacy, Citation X, RV-9A, G3, G4, G5. Landing reservations were required (IFR) into KSBN and KEKM. There were Hummer Limos waiting when we arrived. I smiled knowing the trip down had used 14 gal ~$56.
The Irish got killed - but we had fun. Got to be there for my Mom's 72nd birthday, too.
Keep pounding - these things let you take trips you would have skipped in the past!