Separate flights to West Virginia
Emilie Phillips
Tyson flew direct from New Hampshire down to Canaan Valley to meet my parents. He and Isaac stuffed the Bearhawk full of luggage and fuel. The Bearhawk should take an hour longer to fly the route then me in the RV4. But I had a significant detour first. I had to be in northern NH by 8:30AM for the vacation house pre-buy inspection. Thus, I started my day with a glorious flight through Franconia Notch. I landed at Twin Mountain not long after the overnight thunderstorms passed.
After the inspection, I flew from Twin Mountain NH to Skyhaven Airport in Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania. The ground got greener once I left the drought in New England. Skyhaven had the best defended fuel tank I have seen. It was surrounded by tall metal pillars, probably filled with cement.
From Skyhaven south to Windwood in Cannan Valley, I followed the ridges of the Appalachians. I tried to guess where there might be some ridge lift, but only briefly found it. At the end of my flight, I pass the Mount Storm coal power plant. It’s heartening that every year I come down, more of the ridges to the north have wind turbines.
Photos
These are mostly from Emilie’s flight, but a few from Tyson’s arrival in WV.
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- Flying northbound in the morning
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- Loon Pond and Scaur Ridge
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- Franconia Notch and Cannon Mountain
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- Bearhawk stuffed with luggage
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- Bearhawk stuffed with luggage
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- Green Vermont
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- Southern Green Mountains
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- Skyhaven Airport in Tunkhannock PA
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- Cub at Skyhaven Airport
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- Best defended fuel tank
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- Skyhaven Airport in Tunkhannock
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- Farm Fields of Pennsylvania
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- Trudy and Isaac tug-a-war
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- Wind turbines in WV
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- Canaan Valley, WV
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- Sunset over Canaan Valley, WV
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- Trudy and Tyson on Cabin Mountain
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