Such a nice comfy cabin.... wait who's flying this thing?! Oh right, the autopilot. No worries. I will just pour myself a glass of champagne

New Haven, CT

Back to manual for the approach & landing since I will be doing this VFR after breaking out beneath the clouds and getting eyes on the field

Calling a missed approach, going around

Second attempt was better, initially....

A rough 2.4G landing as I stalled out - I was able to reverse thrust and taxi off the middle of the runway so could have made a faster approach for a smoother touchdown

Short final and I'm still holding slope but my AoA indicator is getting pretty high and my speed dropping pretty fast

Could have taken the spot the marshal saved for me but decided to head for the terminal

Parked in front of the terminal at Block Island State

Next morning, time to fly back to Princeton

VOR for Block Island

Overcast is broken but I'm not aiming for any holes this time - straight through!

Sweeping through clouds is pretty awesome

Passing over Montauk Point, which hosts a lighthouse

Towering clouds, distant moon

Headed for the Hudson River valley and looks like Bedford Hills got some snow last night

Looking down the Hudson River past the Tappan Zee bridge towards Manhattan - too distant and cloud enshrouded to see tho

Passing over Princeton to enter into the pattern downwind for Rwy28

Came in a bit shallow at first but got back on slope and didn't peel any roofs off

Wait is this still the highway? It's actually a lot harder to follow now that it is surrounded by scenery and not just a bold and isolated line on the ground!

Continuing to roll out along the runway. My how things have changed....

Following the Madison River and highway 191 into the park's west entrance

We finally gave up on the Optica for Andrew and he chose to follow me in the Icon A7. We still had issues - I couldn't see him but he could see me. Off we go at last for the park

Still cruising along together although I still can't see Andrew

Getting ready for departure from West Yellowstone

Well, crap I thought this was the active cause the windsock down at the other end was blowing in the opposite direction... oh well winds are light anyways let's go already

Buzzing past Andrew as he makes another attempt at take off into the wind this time

Andrew's still troubleshooting so I decide to see if I can still land this thing okay. Passing over the town of West Yellowstone - no one clears roads down there they all have trucks and 4x4s anyways right?

Coming around to setup for approach to Stevenson Island

On shore final, Andrew breaks off to go around now that he has a better idea where to land after following me in

Oh dear, oh no, oh crap, shit shit shit shit shit

Down on a slushy and dirty runway with Andrew on short final behind me

Formed up and cruising along as we pass over Lake Geneva, glad to see the bad weather is still staying away

The Golden Hour is in full swing

Passing over Beliot, WI

Same time as last photo, looking back towards the east. Storms are getting closer but still to the north

Coming up on a bit of weather but nothing serious as we approach the Wisconsin River (not visible along the horizon)

Pretty soupy in this area but thankfully enough visibility remains for safe flying. Head on a swivel!

Starting to climb up to 4,500' in an attempt to get over the clouds up ahead, which look to be right over the area where our destination airfield is, of course

Passing over the Wisconsin River the cloud bank turns out to not extend into a complete overcast and there is a hole ahead we can descend back down through to look for the airport

beginning my S turn to line up with the runway. I kept my speed up to beat Andrew onto final

Short final into KONA

Parked at Winona Muni (KONA), ready to continue the flight early the next day at dawn

Caught up with Andrew on descent down from 2,500' in order to pass under the approach corridor to Erie airport

The

Lewiston-Queenston bridge up ahead as I fly along the US/Canada border

Banking to follow the shoreline at Sandy Creek, right where we were supposed to reach the lake

Sticking to the river to stay clear of some obstructions. Airport is in sight, you can see Andrew's lights as he makes straight in

I meant to fly further to the east over this area of the southern Adirondacks but drifted north too much instead

Bengtskär lighthouse

Coming up on the southwestern tip of Eleuthera Island