The Joy of Aviation

[B18] officially opened a couple of days ago. About a dozen of us from PurpleBoard.net met there today.
It was an exciting flight for me as this was my first ice airport landing in my low wing, retractable gear, new-to-me (about 20 hrs in her to date) Mooney 205. I was slightly apprehensive about getting snow [...]

Ice cream at Sky Acres Airport is a great summer evening destination. Edy’s and novelty bars. Awesome sunsets and friendly folks.

Guess what I did this past Sunday… I landed on a lake with my wheeled airplane. Ok.. it was a frozen lake but it was, none the less, a lake (smirk).

The place: Alton Bay on Lake Winnipesaukee, NH at the former Alton Bay Seaplane base (B18). To the best of my knowledge, this [...]

This was a four-part mission:
1) Give my friend, Pete, a memorable birthday present.
2) Enjoy some Maine-fresh lobster.
3) Expand my navigation envelope.
4) Place a new “pin” in my Airports Visited map.
5) Check off one of my life’s “to-do list” items.
First, let’s go back to the late 1970s. I was in High School and had a teacher [...]