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Entries in Skylane (2)

Friday
Jul082011

Bumpy, but fun ride in the Canadian Rockies

Here is a video of a recent flight we made in the Rockies. We feel so fortunate to be living so near to this natural wonder, and to be able to see it from the air. The video took way too long to make, so this post will be short!

Enjoy!!

Wednesday
May042011

Flying from Canada to the Bahamas in a Cessna 182 (Skylane) [Index Page]

We did it!

After 47.9 hours in the air, covering 5 906 nautical miles (almost 11 000 km) over 32 days. After 24 take offs and landings, flying in 3 countries, landing in 11 USA states and on 3 Bahamian islands, RegularNut and I flew our trusty 4-seater, single engine Cessna 182 from Lethbridge, Alberta to the Bahamas and back.

While the numbers are interesting, what cannot be counted or measured is what made this trip special to us.

We hope to give a sense of our experiences in a series of blog entries that will use this page as an index. We will try to provide enough technical information to make things understandable for our non-flying friends, whilst keeping things palatable for those who, like us, have the bug, and understand the jargon.

  • Leg 1: Dancing with eAPIS - Crossing the USA border in a Private Aircraft - CYQL (Lethbridge, Alberta) to KCTB (Cut Bank, MT)
  • Leg 4: KLBF - KDDC
  • Leg 5: KDDC - KRKR
  • Leg 6: KRKR - M01
  • Leg 7: M01 - KABY
  • Leg 8: KABY - KTIX
  • Leg 9: KTIX - KFXE
  • Leg 10: The Bahamas at Last! From Fort Lauderdale (KFXE) to Governor’s Harbour, Eleuthera Island, Bahamas (MYEM)
  • Leg 11: MYEM - MYLM
  • Leg 12: MYLM - MYCA
  • Leg 13: MYCA - MYEM
  • Leg 14: MYEM - MYEH
  • Leg 15: MYEH - KFXE
  • Leg 16: KFXE -KSRQ
  • Leg 17: KSRQ - KAUO
  • Leg 18: KAUO - M54
  • Leg 19: M54 - KBMG
  • Leg 20: KBMG - KGRR
  • Leg 21: KGRR - KMCW
  • Leg 22: KMCW - KPIR
  • Leg 23: KPIR - KLWT
  • Leg 24: KLWT - CYQL