December 30, 2024 - Last Flight of the Year
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The weather was fairly decent -- for late December, mid-40s, light winds -- this Monday so I decided to do one last flight in 2024.
The plane was very light -- 15 gallons or gas, no passenger, no baggage -- and in the cold, dense air with a small headwind positively leapt off the ground.
I headed over to Sparrows Point to check out the progress -- more accurately, the lack of it -- on the Key Bridge. Not a soul was stirring, not even a mouse.
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This patch of real estate used to be covered by the red-rust colored factories of Bethlehem Steel. Now it is covered by the massive warehouses and distribution centers of Amazon, Fedex, and Under Armour.
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| Now heading east across the Chesapeake Bay. Those spotches on the Bay are huge flocks of birds, floating on the water. |
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Bird Blob.
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| A single barge-pushing tug was the only boat to be seen on the Bay today. |
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I wasn't going anywhere; just flew around aimlessly, checking out whatever caught my interest.
I took a look at this private airstrip that came on the market ten or so years ago. They were asking $1.1 million I think. It was probably worth it, since it is also on a small creek. Ah, I didn't have the money and didn't want to move to this fairly remote place. The runway once was asphalt but nature is reclaiming it.
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| Nearby is another private turf airstrip. This one has not one, but two runways, which are perpendicular. |
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What's the deal with this compound of red and tan buildings?
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| Another private turf strip in the bend of the Chester River, near Chestertown. |
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Scoping out a big open area west of Chestertown. Looking east.
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P20Looking west.
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| This cell phone tower brought back memories of my first flights over the Eastern Shore in the Corben Baby Ace. |
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| Solar-powered, no less. |
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| Near Essex Skypark I passed over Rocky Point Golf Course. Look at that parking lot! The golfers are out in force today. |
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