Like all Cessna 150, N512R is a great but little aircraft. With two of us on board and full fuel, there’s room for luggage equipment, but not too much of it. Two weeks before departure, we start working on the list of equipment that will be on-board with us…
Portable radio and portable GPS - Because [...]
15 days before our departure, there are no days off anymore. Preparing the collaborations at all our stops is a lot of work and it’s great to see the General Aviation community reacting to our project. I just checked while wrting this post, my @flyingacrossamerica.com inbox contains more than 3000 messages… Getting everybody posted is [...]
The countdown before our departure is now in days. Just like in NASA’s shuttle launch countdowns, we plan some activities before reaching zero. But unlike NASA, we have a lot of possible changes in our countdown. Here’s what is planed and fixed so far for the begin of our flight across America:
Day -3 - 18th [...]
As our departure date gets closer, so does the moment of making the decision to start the flight… or not. The funding is not ensured yet and we don’t know if it will be possible to fly all the way from Florida to California and back as planed. We had a long discussion about that [...]
The dates are set for our first event: this will be the 19th of June, at Dunnellon Airport (X35) in Central Florida, starting at 12pm. Food, Flying, and Fun at the Dunnellon Airport. Fly or drive in there will be ample parking for both. Join in and listen to Jason as he does a brief [...]
I have to confess something. Most of my flying so far was in low-wing aircraft. Even if I logged few dozen hours in a Cessna 172, the fact that I’m most a low-wing pilot makes Jason nervous. He seems to think that I will slam his aircraft at the first landing and jeopardize the project.
Any [...]
How could would it be for you to meet us at one of our stops, and then fly in N512R for 30 or 60 minutes, with Jason in the right hand seat? Even if you’re not a pilot, this is possible and Jason is a Certified Flight Instructor! Pilots will be able to log time [...]
On the 24th of June we’ll be at Houston Hobby Airport and visit the 1940 Air Terminal Museum. The museum is run by a great team of volunteers which organize events and care for the collections. They also run a giveaway to help with the funding. The prize is nothing else than… a Cessna 172! [...]
As a European guy, I’m not familiar with all details of US geography and history, not to mention states’ mottoes. I recently learned from our friends at the Texas Aviation Association (TXAA) that Texas’s motto is “Friendship”.
I’m not really sure where this motto comes from, but I suspect it has something to do with TXAA’s [...]
myTransponder.com is a social network for pilots, and one of our earliest partners. In other words a kind of aviation-oriented facebook where pilots and aviation enthusiasts can connect, share information, and exchange about aviation.
We had a group there from the begining of the project, and we now created a dedicated account: FlyingAcrossAmerica. If you’re already [...]