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Best of day 4: Busy, busy, busy in Houston

This post is  a summary of today’s flight that took us from Baton Rouge (KBTR) to Houston Hobby Airport (KHOU). Once again we decided to start early in the morning to avoid convective weather and once again the weather radar reports were showing serious weather already at 6am. Most of the route was clear but [...]

Best of day 3: Baton Rouge

This post is a summary of our day in Baton Rouge. No new destination today but N512R took off on a very important mission: passing the passion for aviation along. Jason gives introductory flights at our stops. Contact us if you want to book one - this is a unique opportunity. No one comes out [...]

Best of day 2: Destin - Baton Rouge

This post is  a summary of today’s flight that took us from Destin (KDTS) to Baton Rouge (KBTR). But before, we’ve to kill a myth. While we were preparing this project, many people said that we have to fly shoulder against shoulder, or joked that fitting two tall guys like us in a Cessna 150 [...]

Day 1 - Video Recap

Best of day 1: Dunnellon - Destin

This post is  a summary of today’s flight that took us from Dunnellon (X35) to Destin (KDTS) via Willinston municipal (X60), Daytona Beach (KDAB) and Marianna (KMAI).
We got our fair share of surprises today. It started even before getting to the airport. A short look at ForeFlight weather radar display shown thunderstorm activity over the [...]