I felt bad for Judy when my Sun and Fun trip cancelled.
She had taken the week off so we could make it to Lakeland after being absent since 06. When I told her that I had a student who wanted to make the trip she cancelled the time off saying it would be better for me to make money on the trip than spend the $800 to $1000 a light aiplane trip to florida and back would cost.
Because she submits her vacation schedule in January by April it is set in stone so chances are she'll lose the time.
Anyway the weather was pristine and I had a pile of NOS Charts that were going to expire on May 5th so she bagged out of work at 1PM last Friday and we flew to the outer banks. Dare County Regional in Manteo NC.
We stayed at the Days Inn Orville and Wilbur on the beach and 1 block east of Wright Brothers National Park
It was a whirl wind of a trip departed DXR @ 330EDT IFR -JFK V1 ORF and got cleared direct about 3/4 of the way down the Delmarva Peninsula
That put us about 10 miles off shore past Norfolk and Oceana Naval Air Station where the demeanor of the military controllers reminds you that there is a couple of wars going on (that and the complete absence of any navy vessels in Norfolk harbor)
Landed at 6, rental car, check in, dinner, sleep, sunrise beach walk, breakfast, wright brothers, lunch...back to the airport at 2pm and IFR filed to Oxford, home drinking vino by 5.
Vacation concentrate
2.5 hours down 2.3 back.
That's what its about, It don't get any better than that.
