2013x, Mon Jul 1, 2013

         

Flight From Livermore to St. Hubert (Day 1, Livermore CA to International Falls MN)


7/1/2013    KLVK→06U  2.8 hrs  Jackpot/Hayden, Cactus Peet's  call for service and pay inside the casino
7/1/2013    06U→KBYG  2.6 hrs  Johnson County, steep descent from the Rockies
7/1/2013    KBYG→04Y  3.1 hrs  <fuel pump not staffed>  Added oil and replanned.  One botched landing and go-around.  Getting tired.
7/1/2013    04Y→KDTL  0.2 hrs  Detroit Lake MN with a working automated fuel pump
7/1/2013    KDTL→KINL 1.2 hrs  International Falls, (9.9 flight hrs today), courtesy car and hotel stay

7/2/2013    KINL→CYAG 0.3 hrs  super short border crossing
7/2/2013    CYAG→CYQT 1.2 hrs  Thunder Bay, Shell Aviation, fuel stop
7/2/2013    CYQT→CYSB 2.8 hrs  Sudbury, Shell Aviation, fuel stop
7/2/2013    CYSB→CPH2 1.2 hrs  Rolph Airstrip, caught out by low clouds, spending the night in Deep River Canada (5.5 flight hrs today)
      
7/3/2013    CPH2→CYHU 1.6 hrs  St. Hubert, under low clouds 1300ft after diving through a hole

The flight was 9.9 hours flying time with 3 fuel stops and one failed attempt to get fuel at 04Y Hawley Municipal. The flying was long enough for me to get sloppy with my landing at Hawley.


























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