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Friday, June 16, 2006 8:30 PM

Leesburg, VA (KJYO) to Elkin, NC (KZEF)

We flew down to visit my brother in North Carolina for the weekend where the most convenient airport is Elkin ( KZEF ). As is my habit, I filed an airways route of CSN-V453-GVE-V476-LYH-V222- FREON (basically, Casanova-Gordonsville-Lynchburg-direct) and
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Monday, November 28, 2005 7:44 PM

Thanksgiving Travel (GA-Style) - KJYO-65J

This year is the first year we've taken the plane to visit the family in Georgia for Thanksgiving and I was really looking forward to avoiding spending 10+ hours on the road - one way. As one might expect, planning for the 425 nm trip began days ahead
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Thursday, June 11, 2009 7:46 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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Monday, June 19, 2006 1:03 AM

Elkin, NC (KZEF) to Leesburg, VA (KJYO)

The 4-year-old nephew helped with the pre-flight (anything to be around the airplane) and, later as I took off, I rocked the wings to wave goodbye to family on the ground. The video captures an airborne activation of an IFR flight plan and demonstrates
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Thursday, November 08, 2007 8:48 PM

Winter Flight Decision Path

Pop quiz: Planning a flight from Leesburg, VA (KJYO) to Elkin, NC (KZEF) to visit family for the weekend. This is purely a social call. Plan is to leave Friday, November 10 around 6pm and the flight is generally about 2 hours 15 minutes in a Cessna C182. Rain showers are predicted for the early part of the flight. Go or no-go?
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Thursday, June 11, 2009 8:42 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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Saturday, June 13, 2009 11:57 AM

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 11:50 AM

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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Saturday, June 13, 2009 4:40 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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Thursday, June 11, 2009 7:00 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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