Glen, Thanks to you and Lynn for sharing. Would like to see your flight plan at some point. It is always interesting to see how someone makes their way. I hope the 1 mph situation was very temporary.
Best, John On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 10:44 PM, Glen Davis <[email protected]>wrote: > [image: SmugMug] > > A couple of weeks ago, I ferryed N2013T, a wonderful 1946 Ercoupe to its > new owner, John Pound. I departed Spruce Creek Airport which is located 5 > miles from the Atlantic ocean, flew to Frostproof, Florida to pick up my > good friend, Lynn Nelsen, and landed five days later in southern California, > close to the Pacific Ocean. We only had one bad weather day which kept us > grounded. Day one provided us a bit of a tailwind but all the following days > had the wind blowing on our nose, and often with a vengence. Notice one of > the pictures showing our ground speed on the GPS at one MPH! Flying low and > slow (very slow) across America is in awesome experience, quite literally. > From the beauty bends of the powerful Mississippi River to the deserts of > Texas and Arizona to the majestic Rocky Mountains to the deep valleys of > California, shadowed by eleven thousand foot mountains, crossing our country > in a sixty-three year old airplane with an eighty-five horsepower engine is > a remarkable experience. John has one of the nicest Ercoupe around and will > have many glorious flying hours ahead of him. Glen > > Click here to see more > photos.<http://glendavis.smugmug.com/invite/108530306949a8c125ba7696.35324843> > > <http://glendavis.smugmug.com/invite/108530306949a8c125ba7696.35324843> > > This email was sent by SmugMug on behalf of *Glen Davis < > [email protected]>*, a SmugMug customer. [IP: 67.83.203.202]. > SmugMug hates spam as much as you do. Please report any abuse or spam to > SmugMug<[email protected]?subject=%5bemail%20abuse%20number:%20943090%5D&body=Tell%20this%20spammer%20to%20stop:%20Glen%20Davis%20%3Cglen%40ishootpictures.com%3E%2C%2520a%2520SmugMug%2520customer%2520%5BIP:%2067.83.203.202%5D> > . > >
