October 1, 2023 - Fly to Cape May for Breakfast
Sunday morning and good flying weather. No one else was around or willing to get out of bed early, so it was just "Gadget" and I flying to Cape May for breakfast. The flight over was through nice, smooth air albeit a little hazy.
The Flight Deck Diner at Cape May was packed, not surprisingly, since it was a Sunday morning. There were a few planes parked outside on the ramp but not too many. The food is good and very reasonable so the locals like to come here on the weekends. We had to wait about 30 minutes or so.
After the usual delicious breakfast, we taxiied out to runway One.
A derelict Caribou stares at me as I taxi by.
Interestingly, the Indian Air Force used the De Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou Short Take Off and Landing (STOL) transport aircraft from 1963 till 1986. Eight of the Indian Caribous ended up over here in Cape May, NJ, but not the complete planes, only fuselages and wings. Most of the complete Caribou's servied with the Spanish Air Force. A company called Pen Turbo Aviation owns them. They will be happy to upgrade one from Pratt & Whitney R-2000 piston engines to turbine power plants for you. This improves short takeoff and landing performance, lower long term ownership costs, and better powerplant reliability.
Turning north up the Jersey Shore.
Further north is the Brigantine Natural Area, a rare stretch of the Jersey Shore that is uncivilized.
Approaching what used to be Bader Field, closed since 2006. I landed here back in 2004 when my mother-in-law Eunice and I spent the day in Atlantic City. Link.
