December 13, 2018 - To South Jersey for Breakfast
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| This weekend's forecasted weather was dismal, so Bruce R. suggested flying on Thursday. It sounded good to me, so I took the day off, and went flying. Here I am winging across the Chesapeake Bay to Easton Airport. A broken layer at 4,500 didn't mar good flying conditions. |
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| Parked in front of Bruce's hangar at Easton. I had the airport to myself coming in. |
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Bruce's new hangar, featuring electric bi-fold doors and most importantly, bird free!
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| Soon we were headed east northeast towards South Jersey Airport (KVAY). |
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| Safe on deck at South Jersey Airport in front of the FBO building and restaurant. |
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After a delicious breakfast, we headed over to the Air Victory Museum next door.
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| A retired, and very tired looking, E-2C Hawkeye sits outside. |
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Another retired warrior, the big H-53 Sea Stallion helicopter sits out back.
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| This massive heavy-lift helicopter has two jet engines. |
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| Insice the museum is a Messerschmidt 109G replica. |
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The replica is made of wood. Notice the left wing is missing.
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| There is the left wing laying on the ground there. |
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Bruce checking out the big F-14 Tomcat's cockpit.
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| A good shot of the museum's interior. Naval Air seems to be in the majority at this museum, with an F-14 Tomcat, an F-4 Phantom, an A-7 Corsair II, and an A-4 Skyhawk on hand. |
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| A colorful A-7 Corsair. |
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| The big Tomcat. |
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There were hundreds of beautifully done plastic models displayed in glass display cases throughout the museum.
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F-117, F-15 Eagle, F-35 and F-22 Raptor at bottom.
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| Even the mighty P-3 Orion was on hand. |
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| And the big P-5M Marlin that my Dad flew out of Bermuda in the late 50s. |
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| Heading back home. We practiced some formation work once over the Delmarva peninsula, then did a nifty break to landing at Easton. |
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After topping off at Easton, I flew home just before it got dark.
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| You can see the lights of all the cars heading east for home on the Eastern Shore, crossing the Bay Bridge on Highway 50. |
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A slightly different look.
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| I had a pretty view crossing the Bay heading home. |
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A great aviation day. The day seems short when it gets dark at 5PM.
Afterwards, I spent another three hours helping build an RV-10.
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