REFLECTOR: Flight to Toronto

[Bob Jackson (Jax Tech)]

Great video, Geoff!  It was almost 'like being there'!

 

I flew in and out of the Toronto City airport last summer -- cool airport
and great place to fly to!  The only part I didn't like about my trip was
getting the bill afterwards from Canada's FAA equivalent for the air traffic
control services I had received.  I forget exactly how much or exactly what
for, but I got several little bills for the service that I had to pay.

 

Gives you a glimpse into what some are trying to do here in the states.  I
don't mind paying for services rendered, but doing it service-by-service and
bill-by-bill is way too messy and inconvenient.  I like it better just
adding a few cents to every gallon of gas we buy.

 

Just curious, Geoff -- how did you have your camera mounted to the winglet?
Suction cup, or something else?

 

Bob Jackson

N2XF

 

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From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On
Behalf Of Geoff Gerhardt
Sent: Monday, March 25, 2013 10:56 PM
To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list
Subject: REFLECTOR: Flight to Toronto

 

Guys,

 

My plane has been flying great so it was time to take it on a long flight.
I'm Canadian and plan to visit my folks (I live in MA, they live in
Saskatchewan) this summer.  I've been researching flying to Canada, prepared
all the things I needed and decided to take a trip up to Toronto on Sunday,
just for lunch.  It was a nice long flight that would allow me to go through
the border crossing process.  It was an excellent flight.  Heavy overcast
over most of upstate NY, but we were at ~10k' and it was clear sailing.  I
get a steady 150kts LOP burning ~8.3gal/hr.  Going there, we were bucking a
bit of a head wind, but on the way back were clocking ~180-185kts GS.

 

Not sure if any of you have flown into Toronto City Airport, but its quite a
treat as you'll see in the video.  The plane performed perfectly, was a very
comfortable flight, ~2.5hrs each way.

 

Here's a video I put together of the flight:

http://youtu.be/OnKzl4Cneyw

 

Geoff

 

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