September 22, 2025 - Fly to Lunch at Cape May
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| It was a beautiful flying day this Monday so those of us who like to hang out at Essex Skypark decided to fly to Cape May for lunch. It's what we do. Mark and Chuck would be flying their RVs. Brian is riding with Chuck and I'm flying the Super D since my RV is not operational. |
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I took off about ten minutes before the two RVs. The 1977 Super Decathelon has good speed -- around 120 mph -- so I should arrive at Cape May at the same time as the RVs.
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| Looking down at Jenkins grass strip and boneyard, just west of Dover Air Force Base. |
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| Looking down at the little town of Bowers on the western shore of the Delaware Bay. My son-in-law and I had a beer at a little waterfront place here a few years ago. |
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| Feet wet, looking south, with Cape Henlopen visible in the distance. |
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Land Ho! Cape May airport dead ahead. About this time Mark in his RV-8 went zooming overhead.
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Safe on deck at Cape May airport.
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| Looking at the mighty TBM Avenger. A Navy torpedo/bomber during World War II. After the war this one was a fire-fighter. |
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| Just finished a delicious lunch at the Flight Deck Diner; our favorite airport restaurant. |
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| Ready to depart. |
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Mark taxiis by in his Oshkosh award-winning RV-8.
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| Flight of three, on the go! |
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I quickly lost sight of the RVs. No worries, I was planning to fly the New Jersey marshlands anyway.
Now heading north up the eastern shore of the Delaware Bay.
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| As loyal readers know, one of my favorite places to fly. |
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Descending for a closer look ....
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| Shadow dancer. |
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| I bet there are some Sika Deer hunkered down in that stand of trees. |
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| The marshes were very pretty today. This year I missed the prime season in July when the grass is a bright velvet green. |
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| Crossing over to Delaware where the Delaware Bay turns into the Delaware River. It's fairly narrow at this point. |
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A small tanker heads south out to the Atlantic Ocean.
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| Turning and burning over more marsh on the Delaware side. Notice the colorful blue and white stripes on the underside of the Decathelon's wing. |
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Looking north.
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| Marsh soon turns to trees. Here I'm passing "Full Throttle", a private asphalt strip. |
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| Crossing the Chesapeake Bay looking down at an unusual craft. |
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