He took off from Mifflin County Airport in central Pennsylvania at 9:58 am yesterday and landed back there over ten hours later.
In the meantime, he'd been to Tazewell, Virginia, 340 miles from home. The flight was huge:
The winds that day were slightly south of the ideal direction, which allowed him to make the return trip at an average speed of just over a hundred miles per hour. He spent just 6% of his time circling.
It was the longest glider flight in the world yesterday.
We hope he's spending today resting up and writing the story for us.
Now that is truly a cross country flight. Holy Smokes!
ReplyDeleteThat feeling you get when it's 2pm and you're 340 miles from home...
ReplyDeleteI once sat in a barcalounger for 8 hours straight watching Seinfeld reruns. I thought that was an accomplishment. I guess you have me beat...10 hours, averaging 95 mph, in a plane without an engine...very cool!
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