May 24, 2020 - To Johnson City, Tennessee
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| I was heading down to Johnson City, Tennessee to visit my Mom and Sister. |
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As you can see, weather was not the best the first half of the trip but certainly doable.
Passing the Chesapeake Bay Bridge.
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| Looking down at Kentmorr Airpark, an airport community. I have heard only one resident still flies and the runway is in poor shape though. |
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Nearby is the Kentmorr Marina, a short walk from the grass strip.
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| Passing by Tilghman Island and Bromo's cottage. |
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| Passing by Solomons Island and the Patuxent Naval Air Station, barely visible in the gloom. |
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| Passing by St. Mary's Airport. The taxiway is still under reconstruction. |
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Looking southeast down the Rappahannock River as it heads out to the bay.
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| Looking up the Rappahannock River. I flew it back in January. |
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The sea of trees north of Richmond.
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| Intersecting the James River west of Richmond. Looking east. |
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| Looking west. I decided to follow the James River for awhile. |
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| I've never flown the James before. |
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Not much out here west of Richmond.
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| I figure this is either a new runway/airport being constructed. Or an old one being deconstructed. I think the latter. |
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I left the river and continued west southwest. The weather actually deteriorated and I was starting to wonder.
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| But then suddenly I was out with blue sky poking through the clouds. |
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| Flying over a logged out area. |
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| Over the Roanoke River east of, you guessed it, Roanoke. |
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The river meanders west northwest towards the mountains.
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| The Roanoke River enters the Appalachians. |
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| There is Roanoke in the distance. |
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| Talk about privacy! |
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Must be a family affair.
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| The sun came out and painted the mountains bright green. |
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Not sure what this is? An Appalachian Machu Picchu?
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| A sea of green. |
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| Civilization on an Appalachian plateau. |
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| I was traveling down the spine of the mountains. |
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Greener than Ireland!
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Approaching the New River.
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| Weather cells off to the west. I could see them on my ADS-B In fed iPad. |
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| Flying parallel to the New River for awhile. |
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| Don't want to fly through that! |
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Radar display on the iPad, courtesy of ADS-B In.
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| Big horse farm. |
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South Holston Lake.
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| I don't think I've ever seen so many boats on South Holston as I saw today. |
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| Turning base for landing on runway four at Johnson City Airport. The runway is hard to see in this picture. |
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| Safe on deck at Johnson City Airport with plane securely tied down and covered. |
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