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Friday, June 26, 2009 8:22 PM

090626 GPS 23 KMQI

This is my approach and landing to Manteo, NC (KMQI) for a weekend at the beach. The weather was forecast for the typical scattered afternoon thundershower. As we neared Elizabeth City, NC (KECG) , Washington Center (ZDC) asked me to let him know when
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Saturday, June 13, 2009 7:40 PM

090613 Fun With Clouds

This is the return flight home from Georgia after dropping off my brother in Elkin, NC (KZEF) . There was extensive scattered to broken cumulus across a wide swath of southern Virginia which made for some fun in the air.
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Saturday, June 13, 2009 2:57 PM

090613 Departing KFQD

This is my departure from Rutherfordton, NC (KFQD) after a short bio break. I'd cancelled my original flight plan from 65J to KZEF when we diverted to KFQD and this video captures my airborne attempt to get a new IFR clearance to finish the flight
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Saturday, June 13, 2009 2:50 PM

090613 Landing KFQD

While enroute from Wrens, GA (65J) to Elkin, NC (KZEF) we determined the need for a bio break. I cancelled IFR over Rutherfordton, NC (KFQD) and slipped in for a landing. The video picks up just as I started my descent from 7000 feet into KFQD.
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Thursday, June 11, 2009 11:42 PM

090611 KZEF-KHQU

So, how long does it take to get from Elkin, NC to Thomson, GA? Normally it's about a two hour flight. Not this day. An extra hour was tagged onto the end to deal with Mother Nature.
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Thursday, June 11, 2009 10:46 PM

090611 Landing KZEF

This is my approach and landing to Elkin, NC (KZEF) to pick up my brother on the way to Georgia. On the descent we get to hear two interesting transactions. The first is a Lear jet on the ground at Statesville, NC (KSVH) calling Atlanta Center to get
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Thursday, June 11, 2009 10:02 PM

090611 Weather Vectors

I had timed my departure from Leesburg (KJYO) to miss the weather system that was moving west to east into the area in the afternoon. However, the southeastern edge of the system developed faster than predicted and it was time for an adjustment. This
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Thursday, June 11, 2009 10:00 PM

090611 Departing Leesburg

This is my departure from Leesburg on a flight to Wrens, Georgia (65J) with a stopover in Elkin, North Carolina (KZEF) to pick up my brother. This video captures AWOS, clearance delivery, release, departure and climb through the cloud layer.
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