Saturday, December 6, 2008

Willow Grove, PA (USA)

After a restful sleep at the Delta St. John's Hotel and Conference Centre, I met up with the crew for an early start this morning.  When we reached Torbay (Esso Woodward Aviation), we were glad that we had put the plane in the hangar last night (temps were below freezing with ice all over the ramp). After a lot of logistics to get the aircraft ready, we departed for Willow Grove, PA. Along the way, we got some awesome views of Nova Scotia and could see all of Cape Cod and the Boston Area. It was a beautiful day for flying! Ended up getting descended really early (before coastline of New Jersey) but this allowed us to fly very close to Lakehurst - we saw the blimp hangar!. Also saw the Philly skyline - cool. Passed a formation of A-10s - were they going to the Army-Navy game? On the ground at Willow Grove for a short time and, in the meantime, I surrendered the flight controls to the other guys.  This meant I was in the back for the last flight. No matter - I read and rested.  We arrived in Fort Worth with great weather at around 1630. Nicky was waiting to pick me up, but I had to help the guys get airborne again (they were having problems with air traffic control). Eventually made it home to see the kids - whew!