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Looking back towards the airport to catch a glimpse of Frosty Peak peeking out from the clouds as some spring shrubbery pushes through the thinning snow layer
Okay fine well, whatever drop the oxygen masks in case and let things stabilize once I get up to FL295 in a little bit
On approach - Key West NAS/Boca Chica Field is plain off in the distance and the runway markers for Key West can just be made out as well
Taxiing past another sock showing the wind blowing straight down the runway. Dammit I made this airport! Silly mistake
Parked off to the side of the tarmac - most Japanese airports don't have any designated civil aviation parking since private aircraft ownership is not as big a thing as in other countries
Trusting my terrain map, following the Canoe Bay River and I should be able to make it through to Beaver Bay
The beaches of Saint-Jean, Saint Barthélemy and the infamous St Barts airport - not going to try that one in the TBM
Despite getting my bearings back earlier in the leg, I managed to drift 15nm north to end up passing over Cedar Creek Reservoir instead of Richland Chambers Reservoir
Only a short time spent in South Sudan before an even shorter time clipping through a corner of Kenya
Looking back for a better view of the tallest in the city - Midland Square at 247m/810ft. Also yea that rain is on the move alright
Getting my first look at the mainland encased in snow after the nor'easter that blew through, looking down at Marshfield, MA as I turn to head out over Massachusetts Bay
We things worked out and by the time we approached Huron were flying in a nice tight formation. Me with the more powerful aircraft trailed as I was able to moderate my speed as necessary to keep up
VOR is tuned to direct me out of Male airspace and the direct route to the airport is ready to activate once I'm in open air
Resetting my track while passing over the Toledo Bend Reservoir, which was such a massive water feature (along with the Sam Rayburn Reservoir right beside it) that even if I had continued to drift north I would have still hit it - which is why I planned the flight over it
Starting my back-taxi down the runway after run up checks. Note the sock through the right window extended leftwards with the wind coming from behind
Drawing on the roof of some warehouses below and the suspension bridge off to the left is the Rainbow Bridge. Can also seen cranes along the harbor
Tracked him out over the bay - there is an airport across the way in that direction but that's one hell of a shallow approach!