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Pictures from 19-Jun-10
Here are some pictures.
Looking at the sky from home
Looking west at 8:00
Looking southwest at 8:00
Looking west at 10:50
Looking at the sky from Spirit of St Louis Airport (SUS)
Looking east at 12:10
N6464R - a 19xx Cessna 172RG - Cutlass
From the Right Front
From the Right Side
From the Left Rear
Flight 1
SUS –> I83 –> 3R8 –> IMS –> 64I –> FFT –> LOU
Looking north towards Downtown St Louis, MO
About 7 miles south
St Louis Downtown Airport (CPS) at Cahakia, IL
Approaching from the southwest
Flying past runway 12/30
Centreville Rail Yard at Centreville, IL
Not many cars stored here today
Approaching Carlyle Lake from the southwest
Olney-Noble Airport (OLY) at Olney-Noble, IL
Clouds to the northeast
Layer starting to thicken around 4,000 feet
BIG smokestacks near Madison Municipal Airport
Madison Municipal Airport (IMS) at Madison, IN
Approaching from the southwest
Approaching from the southwest
On final for runway 21
Almost to the runway
Turning final for runway 21
On final for runway 21
Lee Bottom Airport (64I) at Hanover, IN
The propeller kept getting in the way
The airport is a 4,000 foot turf runway straight off the end of the nose of the plane
Power Plant near Lee Bottom Airport
This is non-nuclear, though the cooling tower makes you think it is.
Clouds are getting a little thicker
Capital City Airport (FFT) at Frankfort, KY
Approaching from the northwest
On final for runway 24
On final for runway 24
Rolling down runway 24
Kentucky State Capital Building at Frankfort, KY
This is probably 5 miles off the end of the runway
Around the Frankfort airport
Downtown Frankfort
An abandoned Home Depot
A sports complex
Bowman Field (LOU) at Louisville, KY
On final for runway 24
On final for runway 24
Louisville Executive Aviation
Looking towards the control tower
Planes on the ramp
A plane landing
Their Plane rental rates
Fuel is an additional 5.75 per gallong
A 172 burns about 10 gallons per hour
N43016 - A 19xx Stearman
Flight 2
LOU –> VLA
Louisville-Standiford Airport (SDF) at Louisville, KY
Approaching from the northeast
It is only 4.6 miles from Bowman
Flying past the runways
Lots of runways
Downtown Louisville, KY
Papa John's Cardinal Stadium at Louisville, KY
Churchill Downs Racetrack at Louisville, KY
Where they run the Kentucky Derby
Clouds headed west
The are starting to thin out
Thinner still
My instruments
114 Miles from SUS
Heading: 279 degrees
Altitude: 6,500 feet
Airspeed: 129 knots
Ground Speed: 129 knots
9.3 miles from Fairfield, IL
16.3 miles from Flora, IL
More Clouds
Starting to get thicker
You can see the Thunderheads forming
Vandalia Municipal Airport (VLA) at Vandalia, IL
N8560T - 19xx Cessna 182
Used by Arch Skydiving
N9838Z - 19xx King Air
Used by Arch Skydiving
Main Building
Flight 3
VLA –> 3LF
Clouds headed for Litchfield, IL
Rain coming
Getting closer
and closer
Litchfield Municipal Airport (3LF) at Litchfield, IL
Clouds over the airport
Clouds over the airport
N48SX - A 19xx Z - named Die Silberkugel (The Silver Bullet)
Mail Building
Hangars
Flight 4
3LF –> SUS
Looking towards Downtown St Louis, MO
About 25 miles away
St Louis Regional Airport (ALN) at Alton, IL
4 miles to the north
Flying past at 3,500 feet
Looking back towards the airprot
Approaching the Mississippi River
Lambert-St Louis International Airport (STL) at St Louis, MO
Approaching from the northeast
Almost there
Runways and taxiways
Looking at the sky from Spirit of St Louis Airport (SUS) at Chesterfield, MO
Looking east
Looking north
Created on 06-19-2010 @ 22:38:59
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