November 17, 2019 - Breakfast at Easton Airport
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Today, the Hangar Row A Flyers flew over to Easton for breakfast at the Sugar Buns Cafe. Actually, I was the only one who went, LOL. The plan had been we were going to fly to Carlisle, PA for breakfast but it was cold and blustery and I wasn't surprised when no one showed up. But since I did get out of my warm bed and venture out into the cold, I was darn sure going to go flying. The banner towers were busy at the airport this Sunday morning.
I took off and spotted this container carrier entering the Patapsco heading for the port of Baltimore.
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| A closer look, reliving my maritime patrol days. |
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| About to go feet dry over the Eastern Shore. It was bumpy down low but OK when over a thousand feet or so. |
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| Not too much color on the Eastern Shore today. |
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The wind was strong -- 20 knots or so -- but it was right down runway Four at Easton. I rolled the RV-7 on the runway in a nice wheel landing.
Here I am parked in front of the terminal building at Easton Airport. The strong wind is evident from the Open flag to the right.
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| I pretty much had the airport to myself. No one was flying today. The F-104 Starfighter sits forlornly at the edge of the ramp. |
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This picture is taken from within the Sugar Buns cafe where I had a nice breakfast. Despite its close proximity, I haven't eaten here in quite some time.
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| A turkey buzzard blocks my way on the taxiway. I pulled off to the right to go around him, but he ended up flying away. |
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| Taking off on runway four into a stiff wind. The RV just levitated skywards. Although I had the stick neutral, at full power it was like going up in an elevator! |
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| Heading home with Wye Island on the left. |
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Approaching highway 50 with Kent Narrows and the Bay Bridge at center.
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| There was a wispy broken layer around 2,500 feet so for something different, I climbed through a hole and flew above the layer for a while. What a difference an altitude change of 1,000 feet makes! The view is completely different on top than it was underneath. |
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Plenty of big holes to get back down whenever I want.
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There was another broken layer above me with some blue sky visible but I had had enough. I descended through the hole and headed for home. The wind was still blowing strong and unlike Easton, it was NOT down the runway. It was one of those landings where I'm not sure what happened but I got it down somehow without damaging anything.
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