Coast to Coast, 65 hp

[bob turner]

I was putting this in my "weather" thread. Not sure most of you noticed.

This is a blow-by-blow description of what is probably my last lightplane transcontinental - a true adventure in a 65 hp Aeronca Chief.

Seven days, start to finish. One day lost to weather, one day lost to maintenance and a half day lost trying to find a way out of very low clouds in central Texas.

I will fill you in on some details in intermittent posts. As you read these posts, bear in mind that my first transcontinental, 52 years ago, was also 65 hp - my personal J-3.

 

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