Schenectady Trip Report

George Clark writes: ... SteveF and Dewey wrote in with a bit of a trip report. Sounds like it was a good time. Hopefully we'll get some pictures to put up as well.

SteveF writes: The trip was a success in that we had a Cherokee from Fitchburg, a Skylane from Sterling, a Cheetah from Hyannis, my Cessna 170 and a Skyhawk from Spencer. It was a large enough group of congenial and brave souls that I will start to work on another trip. There were some good suggestions from the group that will be taken into consideration.

And Dewey adds: I just wanted to thank Steve Fogarty for organizing the Schenectady flyout.

I went with a friend from the Cape who picked me up at ORH and we went out at 6500 against a 34kt or so headwind, experiencing some light turbulence below 4000 and a very smooth ride above. While I probably wouldn't have enjoyed that much pattern work, it was an excellent day for a cross-country.

We arrived while they were still serving, had a good breakfast and wondered around their modestly sized though good museum. They were carving a path through the snow past the outside static displays as well, so we went down that path as well.

The return flight was at 7500 with a 38kt direct tailwind (178kt ground speed at times!).

Many thanks to Steve for the work he put into that -- it's too bad so many had their airplanes frozen to the ground.

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-- GeorgeClark - 20 Feb 2007