A 4 Day Trip: 162 gallons, 3100 miles flown, 29 hours flown, 5.6 avg GPH

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Aaron Isaiah Knights Father-Son Sonex Cross
Country from MA to OK and back again
A 4 Day Trip 162 gallons, 3100 miles flown, 29
hours flown, 5.6 avg GPH
On the way out, dodging Tropical storm Fay
blocking the entire NE
Clear shot home! Flew straight home in one day -
perfect clear conditions in 14 hrs
Dodging more major weather from the N
Stuck overnight, then early AM start, and stuck
for 3 more hours due to weather!
Lots of rides for family an amateur Sonex
Aerobatics show!
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Our sweet Sonex Glass Cockpit rental XM Weather
Center!
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Test flight around Marthas Vineyard
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Getting all the gear ready
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Looks like everythings ready for the big trip!
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Crossing MA NY
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Starting to see some bumps
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Happy to be over and around the other side of the
weather
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Easily negotiated showers
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Middle America Flatlands
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Long day getting tired?
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Approaching relatives ranch
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Getting high-altitude goofiness disease...
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Giving out rides an aerobatics show over Aunts
ranch
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Pictures with my Grandfather (Isaiahs
Great-Grandfather)
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Isaiah just had to pose in gun-country...
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Hopping the tops
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Nice ride home
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Getting bossy
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Nice sharp line of clouds extending forever...
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Your taildragger is bigger than mine...
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More loopy moments...
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Boy the sun hits that paint job nice
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Konked out again
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Isaiah wanted to stop here for a drink from the
river
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The evening home-stretch
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The End
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