Congats to you both. Today's weather in New York was a real wash out so I am
glad I went yesterday. I was trying to make it 12 airports but was
officially denied permission to land at Calverton the old Grumman navel
field on long island. It is now a town owned private airport and only allow
air traffic if it is for business purposes unfortunately I told the real
reason for the landing and it was denied. What can you do..


"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:1G3Eb.572453$HS4.4306717@attbi_s01...
Today I landed at all 11 public paved airports on Long Island in New
York in
a round robin flight.

It's been a great anniversary! First, we were on the front page of one of
the local newspapers, interviewed for the "100th Anniversary of Flight"
story! See it at http://www.dailyiowan.com/news/577739.html .

Then, inspired by Jon's grand adventure (and the un-forecasted,
crystal-clear weather) Mary and I set out to hit TWELVE airports before
the
kids got out of school today.

Well, we really only hit 11 separate airports, but since we split the PIC
duties at Dubuque, she and I both got to count Iowa City and Dubuque -- so
it actually worked out to 13. (I should work for the Congressional
Accounting Office, no? :-)

They we

Iowa City (KIOW)
Tipton (8C4)
Davenport (DVN)
Clinton (CWI)
Maquoketa (OQW)
Dubuque (DBQ) Where we had GREAT barbecued pork sandwiches at the
on-field
restaurant for lunch!
Monticello (MXO)
Manchester (C27)
Independence (IIB)
Vinton (VTI)
Cedar Rapids (CID)
Iowa City

It was a wonderful way to celebrate, and we made sure to wish all the
various controllers along our route of flight a "Happy Anniversary!"
Without exception, they all responded pleasantly, and soon everyone on the
freq was doing it! :-)

Happy 100th, everyone!
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"