Passing by Takayama once again

The cable car that brings people up to the summit of Ulriken

Climbing past the northeastern-most point of Samar Island, ready to turn and head south down the shore

Zipping low along the western shore of Vancouver Island

Barely any wind and a nice "soft landing" of 1.37G

Following the main artery over the Maihama Great Bridge back towards the city

Tatsumisakura Bridge

Getting ready for departure - if you saw the last album and note the improvement in scenery it's because for some reason it wasn't installed when I arrived last flight. Derp

Switching to synthetic view on my PFD mainly so I can see the runway location if it gets too dark - don't expect to have trouble seeing the terrain

Dodging a few clouds as clear skies start to clutter up

Success, found a way around to the backside of the buildup that prevented me from sticking to the coast without having to travel too far inland, but behind that it's still looking pretty cloudy

Coming up on Keechelus Lake at the foot of Snoqualmie Pass. Still holding at 4,500' because I shouldn't have to climb any higher

I'm also high enough to get over Stampede Pass but not by as much since it's at 3,800' while Snoqualmie is closer to 3,000'. Mt Rainier lurks in the background

Looking up the valley to my right towards Chikamin Peak as Snoqualmie itself comes into view up ahead

The ski areas at Snoqualmie

Okay ready to head up the pass... it's this way right? Charts are a bit hard to read here...

Whew, made it through without crashing into a mountain

Coming around the bend and staring down towards Seattle with the Olympic Mountains on the horizon

Looking back at the impressive cliffs on Mount Si

Getting my first good look at Bellevue and Seattle

Looking out at Bellevue and beyond to Mt Rainier

Taxiing out to the active

Pulled off into the run-up area, "Legs" catches up to me in his C172 as we both work through our final pre-takeoff checks

Cruising east towards the Hudson River, marking the sun above the horizon

We managed to get close again as we passed midtown Manhattan

Heading northwest along the bay shore, the sun trying to pierce the clouds

Coming up on Belmar and the lights for KBLM are off to the right there below the setting moon

Back low along the eastern coast of the Victorian peninsula headed for the Chatham Islands

Up at 4,500' and spotting Mount Olympus

The city of Norrköping on the shores of the Bråviken Bay

Can make out the runway approach strobes in the distance as I continue my descent

Colorful Nordic houses dot the spit of land separating Lake Pyhäjärvi from Näsijärvi Lake

Decent day for flying at Rishiri

Crossing the Mackenzie River as clouds continue to build

Another player flying a large tail dragger I don't have came ripping off the runway over the grass after landing to see what I was about

The clouds begin to scatter more and I can now clearly make out the Maryland shoreline on the opposite side of the Bay. It's important I know this and to start heading south as flying too far west would put me within the DC No Fly Zone, which goes up to FL180

Setting my cruise power to the lowest I've ever had to in order to extend my range far enough to reach my destination thanks to the headwinds. This gunna be a long and slow flight. Luckily I have two other aircraft PoH to study...

Halfway through my crossing of the Coral Sea and suddenly my throttle cuts and my flaps drop to T/O position. I have no idea why - I don't recall bumping anything and both my hardware throttle and flap levers were not moved at all. WTF? I recovered the throttle in a few minutes after I noticed it but I did not see the flaps indicator showing T/O position

Ice gradually stripping off as I enter the drier air high up, although there are still clouds up here too

Sup buddy! Parked and shut down at Churchill Falls to await good weather for my hop to Iceland

Looking out over Shinagawa City towards the airport

Working up towards cruise altitude, gazing out over the vast expanse of Lake Victoria

Off in the distance are the Isanotski Peaks and Mt Shishaldin

Looking out across Whitewater Bay

Overtop the Shimotsui-Seto Bridge

Coming up on the harbor and its bridges, the closest being the Meiko-Higashi Bridge followed by the Meiko-Chuo Bridge

OMG taxiing out to the end of the runway and I finally spot a bear! You better stay off to the side there Booboo! Nice to see a bear not nice to have one embedded in the front of my airplane

Failing to keep tabs on my ITT, as usual *sigh* I just wanna look out the windows!! :P

On final for Rwy28 at Princeton

Throttling up for takeoff and whoops, starting on the runway doesn't warm up your engines for you. Oh well they can take a beating for a little while