Boomers and 40K tailwinds!

Hi groupsters,

Thought I'd share a travelogue of a flight from NJ to Florida I just
completed. The purpose of the trip this time was to attend my sister's
wedding in Jacksonville Beach.

The overriding theme of the trip was dealing with the crazy weather,
including thunderstorms (what else is new in the south this time of
year?), and 40K tailwinds on the way home (near 50K at 9000 feet!).
Made it from Jacksonville Craig (KCRG) to our base (3N6) in 6.1 hours
flight time. That's a record for our 115KTAS Skyhawk!

I also got to try out my new MP3 player, an iRiver iHP-120. This thing
is an ipod killer IMHO. The backlit remote keeps the unit itself on the
ground or in a storage pocket away from harm, the FM tuner works very
well (particularly aloft, as one would expect), and the battery life is
amazing (first charge, 15 hours). I highly recommend looking into it if
you're looking for music but don't want to drop $3K+ on a panel mount.

The strangest part of the whole trip was being on the beach -- in
Florida -- at sunrise -- wearing a suit, no less. Some boomers had come
through the prior evening and left us with a 1000 ft overcast, and we
almost didn't have that picturesque sunrise we all expected, but the
clouds parted over us as the sun came up. The entire ceremony turned
out beautifully.

Check out the full story on my site. Click through:

Aviation-Articles-Travelogues-Sunrise in Florida

Safe flying,

-Doug

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Doug Vetter, CFIMEIA

http://www.dvcfi.com
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