Wish me luck!
 

Later this coming week, I am planning on making my low and slow trek to Florida from Ohio. I sure hope that a hurricane doesn’t delay the trip. I am doing it alone as my wife is driving to Florida from D.C. and my brother prefers flying in jets.

My overnight stop is at an airport west of Atlanta where a fatal mid-air occurred this past month. Other than going down in mountainous terrain, a mid-air is what I fear most about flying. While in Florida, I might add landing in a swamp with alligators to that list.

I hate driving to Florida because it’s a long drive and I find it’s hard for me to stay awake while driving. As the flight will require six refueling/ pit stops, I hope to not fall asleep at the stick. However, the time spend flying will equal that of a road trip to Florida. A J-3 Cub is a very slow aircraft.

I recently watched the movie Sully to get me in the right frame of mind. However as Ernest Gann wrote, Fate is the hunter. :icon_wink:

You can do it. We have faith in you. If you need to alter the plan and add an extra day whats the big deal. Good Luck!

My sister just drove down from Tennessee, and she was unaware that Georgia and some other states through there are having gas delivery problems. She found some stations with bags over all the pump handles. You might want to keep that in mind.

Maybe you can get some jerry cans and tie them to the wings then you would be modern with wing tanks. That really would be a long way with a cub. Where do you keep it when you are here. Let us know when you get here hope all goes well.

With that positive and up-beat attitude.... what could happen? :plane:

Usually I root for the Noles.... next week.... go Gators!

You missed the wink!

I truly love to fly or I wouldn’t be doing it. I am excited to be able to take aerial pictures of all of the new construction in and around TV to share with others on this site. And, for those that weigh less than 230 and are physically able to enter and exit the Cub, I share an invite to take a flight with me around TV in the future.

Good luck, fellow Buckeye! Barb, from Troy. :wave:

Be very careful. I like jousting with you.

You have a St. Christopher statue in that airplane?

What KK said...except my name's not Barb and I'm from St. Mary's. :)

Awesome!! Enjoy!!

Doh! Have fun!

Lord guard and guide the men who fly
Through the great spaces of the sky;
Be with them traversing the air
In darkening storms or sunshine fair.

Thou who dost keep with tender might
The balanced birds in all their flight,
Thou of the tempered winds, be near,
That, having thee, they know no fear.

Aloft in solitudes of space,
Uphold them with thy saving grace.
O God, protect the men who fly
Thro' lonely ways beneath the sky.

Amen

--Mary C.D. Hamilton

Wish I could fly with you. Be safe and Roll Tide!

I am leaving early this Friday to fly into the eye of the storm. Actually, I hope to arrive in TV late Saturday if the weather is flyable and the damage minimal. All of the hotel rooms, I got the last one were booked in a small community just west of Atlanta for my overnight stay. People are traveling that far to miss Matt.

So, I might have to sleep in the Cub if I get closer to TV yet can’t make it to the Inverness airport. Then, if there is a little wind I get rocked to sleep. :wave:

Why would you even try before Saturday...at the earliest? :ohdear:

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I have returned and my cub is now at the Inverness airport. Have much more to say but my my house is without water and Internet so am working with a lot of good people to get things working. Water water everywhere but not a drop to drink. And I did have the water turned off. What stories to tell about flying and the house

Why do you not have water? We all have water. I am glad you arrived safely, but you do have a lot of trouble mr. kid.

Someone hit the outside water valve between houses that caused water to gush both outside and in when I turned on the house water. As I was tired after flying I took to much time to check for leaks. Will stay at my brothers house waiting for things to dry and get fixed
Will tell you more when I dont have to use the phone. They claim no internet because of Matthew?

Sounds like you had better luck with the Cub than anything else. I guess I would take the problems with the house than the plane.

Flying the Cub was the easy part compared to opening the house after a three month leave. There is nothing quite like turning on the water to discover a leak that sends water through a wall into a bathroom, walk-in closet, and two bed rooms.

I want to thank The Villages Insurance rep who promptly returned my Sunday evening call for help. She arranged for Paul Davis Restoration to arrive early Monday morning to begin the drying out process. She also called ASI to start the insurance claim.

The plumber that the restoration firm contacted arrived today and fixed the short broken PVC pipe connector to the outdoor faucet. Two more days of drying, installing new wood trip strips and then painting should be all that is need to return our house to when we left it three months ago.

After this week of rest/problems, I will be anxious to again fly the Cub and take aerial pictures of the new areas of TV. Thanks for your concern and best wishes. :thumbup: