Crossing the Country
Colin reporting here.
N971RD has flown from coast to coast nine times now. Here are the various routes we took, and the people on board. (Boldface identifiers are where we spent a night.)
August 2007 Eastbound: Me and Adam on the first crossing. We were halted in Albuquerque with a bad magneto, which made the rest of the trip a mad dash. I dropped Adam in Maryland before overnighting in Providence and picking up Nell and the boys at Logan the next morning.
We flew: SMO – SEZ – AEG - ABQ – ICT – STL – I69 – FDK – SFZ – BOS
August 2007 Westbound: Me and Bob. I left Nell and the boys in New York City and flew out of Bridgeport to Scranton to pick Bob up. I wrote it up all in one post.
We flew: BDR – AVP – CMH – CMI – SPI – COU – MHK – GLD – COS – FMN – SEZ – SMO
August 2008 Eastbound: Me, Nell, Rudy and Dexter flew all the way from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic, it was our first family cross continental flight in the little plane.
We flew SMO – SEZ – ABQ – GUY – MKC – PNT – CMI – BKL – ITH – LEB – HTO. It is all detailed in this post (which links to a bunch of other posts).
August 2008 Westbound: I flew the plane back home solo.
I flew: CDW – AGC – EYE – JEF – ICT – GUY – AEG – SEZ – SMO. The trip is detailed in this post.
April 2009 Eastbound: Me, Nell, Rudy and Dexter fly from Santa Monica, CA to Washington, DC and then up to the New York area. There are a bunch of posts from that trip and the summary is here.
We flew SMO – RYN – MAF – 50R – NEW – PDK – IAD – MMU.
April 2009 Westbound: Me, Nell, Rudy and Dexter return west from the trip to NYC, but Nell and Rudy fly home from St. Louis after a flat tire.
We flew MMU – AGC – IND – STL – ICT – DHT – ABQ – DVT – SMO.
July 2009 Eastbound: Me, Nell, Rudy and Dexter headed to New Hampshire for a week. Subject of the lost trip report.
We flew SMO – HND – 36U – JAC – RAP – FSD – MSN – IAG – LEB
August 2009 Westbound: All four of us returning from New York City. Included in the lost trip report.
We flew MMU – CAK – CMI – SPI – RVS – BGD – ABQ – DVT – SMO.
July 2010 Eastbound: All four of us headed to New Hampshire.
We flew SMO – SEZ – SAF – LBL – HUF – ISZ – ELM – LEB. Report to follow.
August 2010 Westbound: All four of us returning from NYC.
Homeward Bound
We flew N07 – IPT – CRW – CPS – NVD – ICT – LVS – ABQ – DVT – VNY (and to SMO in the morning). Report still being written.