Greetings from North Pole, AK and the Santa Express DC3.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
May 2025 bring us all Peace, Happiness and Joy
Welcome to Evergreen, AL
First leg of my annual trip from KTIX (Christmas, FL) to PAFA (North Pole, AK) and 12 of the Jolliest Towns in the USA.....Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all.
DA62 pulling into parking spot in Nervino....love the new XP-12 WX upgrades.
DA62 FL150 over San Fernando Valley on the way to Nervino on the Cascade River Tour.
GL550 Final Approach at KMSP
Piper Seminole with Mt Shasta off port side enroute to Fall River Mills
Flying over the beautiful Cascades on a clear late Summer morning in the Piper Arrow..
PC-12 out of Madang on the way to Nadzab...final leg of Section 4 of the ATW in 80 Shipwrecks Tour.
DHC5 Buffalo getting ready for an AirDrop for Dinangt New Guinea on the Peanut Delivery Run.
A little sightseeing on the Mississippi River Run over the "Big Easy".
Super Cub following the Mighty Mississippi on our Great Mississippi River Adventure Tour
The Pineapple Express is no joke.The Epic E 1000 at the FBO in beautiful downtown Burkank.(KBUR)
Bell 407 Over Tampa Bay....Beautiful Fort De Soto Park off the starboard. Great place to watch the Kite Boarders at East Beach.
Just arrived at KCWF, Lake Charles, LA in the Tecnam 2006T. WX most of the trip at minimums. Broke out at 1100" about 2.5NM from threshold. Good landing on RW15 with 24KT wind and -RA right on our nose. Hope that Limo is for us !!
Epic E100 G1000 FL280 over Central, AK on a beautiful Winter morning. Flying from Rudolph, WI to Garland, TX and later to North Pole, AK
My attempt at a Holiday paint for the Islander. Flying my annual X-MAS shopping trip starting in Christmas, FL and ending in North Pole, AK, Just landed in Noel, MO.
On the way to Marco in the DHC2 Beaver on a beautiful Autumn morning.
Finally a DHC2 Beaver for XP-12! Getting ready for a short flight from KGIF to KMKY
Van's RV-10 on the way to fall River Mills on a beautiful early AM flight in the Cascades.
PA18 flying past Mt Rainier on the Cascades Tour.....yes it's peak is hiding in the high cloud layer.
The Hemisphere Dancer out of Key West headed for "One Particular Harbour"
Consolidated PBY5A, the Amphibian equivalent to the DC3/C-47, on the way to Cold Bay from Anchorage.
C206 sitting at the dock in PAJN waiting for my charter group.
C-119 on the way to KMCI on the Anniv Tour
AVRO headed for KABI....."prettiest town I've ever seen"
Caribou on the first leg of our FRT schedule. First flight between Calgary and Prince George in the Fraser Valley.. Looks like a great way to blow the carbon out of the exhaust stacks of our under utilized Cargo Fleet and explore some of our large and small cargo destinations.
Lancair Evolution 850 out of KJAX enroute to KDTS and a Deep Sea fishing trip.
T-6 Texan from the Fantasy of Flight hanger overflying KMIA on the way to OpaLocka Airport
OK, so it's not always beautiful in Paradise. Piper Cherokee KEYW to X51 (Homestead General)
XP-12 CH47 Chinook over the VAB at Cape Canaveral.
Caribou out of the island nation of Sri Lanka to Chennai, India on the ATW in 80 Wrecks Tour
L-188 in Toliary, Madagascar on a rainy Monday morming
Lockheed L-300 short stop in Beira, Mozambique on the ATW in 80 Wrecks Tour.
Getting ready to put a little mud on the tires.
Diamond DA42 turning final at Pamandzi (FMCZ) on the ATW in 80 Wrecks Tour
FL360 over the Indian Ocean about half way between Diego Garcia and Coetivy Island in the Seychelles on the ATW. Only about 50 legs to go!
OK, so it's raining in Miami but it's 58 F this morning !
Maule M-7 on the way to Billings from Denver Intl. XP-12 is great once you get the hang of it!
AC690 turning final at Jinnah Intl in Karachi on the ATW in 80 wrecks Tour
CH47 Chinook at KSRQ ready for early morning take off with much needed relief supplies for SE FL
Pilantus PC-6 over famous Boca Grande Pass delivering Hurricane Ian relief cargo
C119 out of KMCO on the way to KMCF ( MacDill AFB) with supplies for SW FL Hurricane Ian victims.
C119 turning final over Sanibel Island for a landing at KRSW
Dornier 328 JET initial descent to Abha, Saudi Arabia on the ATW in 80 Wrecks Tour
The Shorts SC-7 SkyVan over Bergen, Norway en route to Floro on Leg 1 of the ATW in 80 Wrecks Tour.
Falcon 50EX at FL400 over the Louisiana's' Mississippi River Delta on the way to Palm Springs
Citation 560XL over the Grand Canyon at FL390 enroute to KSLC
Falcon 50EX on final approach at Essendon (YMEN) near Melbourne Intl
Beechcraft Staggerwing
over Lake Amedeus, one of the largest Salt lakes in Australia and near Ayer's Rock
Staggerwing at Ayer's Rock in Central Australia
MU2B Over the Mt Bold reservoir in South Australia
Customs Ramp at KEYW. I'll bet this SVMI arrival going to get checked with at fine tooth comb.
Cheyenne III out of Caracas....next stop Key West
PA-42 Cheyenne III on a typical late Summer afternoon over the Amazon Basin
A320 at the gate in Buenos Aires.
A320 Santiago, Chile to Buenos Aires, Argentina.over the Andes Mountains, followed by some nasty WX over the Pampas of Argentina.
TBM850 over the mountains of Columbia at FL230 enroute to Bogota. First leg of a little trip around South America visiting every SA capital.
C119 Flying Boxcar over the mountains of Costa Rica on the way to Panama City
MU2-B turning final at Rotan off the coast of Honduras
Fairdhild C-119 Flying BoxCar, my newest toy from Santa, over Melbourne Intl on the way to Mildura (YMIA). Departed from Launceston (YMLT in Tasmania so I could check out my ORBX scenery.
TJSJ to KMIA flight and a beautiful sunrise climbing out of San Juan
ATR72-500 following the Chattahoochee River over Columbus, GA and Ft Bragg on the way to the Conch Republic
WX is always a factor in the early Spring in Indonesia and Malaysia.The mountains, valleys and warm sea water can affect the WX in the blink of an eye.
Consolidated PBY-6A arriving at Gezik Seaplane base near Merritt Island,FL on a flight from Destin-Walton Beach
Aloha Y'all.....B787-10 out of Honolulu on a little 8 hour flight to Atlanta.
They don't call it "The Big Sky" state for nothing. B737800 BBJ greeting the rising sun over western Montana on the way from KSEA to KMIA..
DC-3 landing on a stormy afternoon in KGIF. First flight using the new computer.
C-17 Globemaster out of Kabul with a max load enroute to Qatar.
B737-MAX Beautiful sunrise over Florida's Emerald Coast on the way to Billings,Mt.
ATR72-500 KLAX to Cabo (MMSD) at FL220
PC-12 at FL240 on the way to KLAX. Telluride Valley is off the starboard side.
Letting down to Bogota, Columbia and El Dorado International (SKBO) to begin the Andes Mountain Tour. Next stop EL Bagre (SKEB) the first leg on the tour.
DH-2 Beaver over the Northern Cascades. Out of, my favorite airport name on the Canada Border Tour, Chilliwack, BC.
Falcon 50 parked at the Signature FBO ramp in KMSP ending this year's' around the world trip. It took 27 days and approximately 107 flight hours to complete the SPA 2021 Around the World Tour. Great adventure with 67 legs and a truly unique itinerary. WX ranging from the heat of the North African desert to the bitter cold of Arctic winters added to the challenge.
Cessna 310 over Glacier National Park
Little plane Big mountains and clear skies on the way to Billings equals a beautiful flight.
DH-2 Dease Lake,Yukon thirty minutes after landing. Guess we know where we spend the night. Typical Spring afternoon in the hills and valleys of the Yukon Territory.
DH-2 20minutes out of Dease Lake, Yukon.
LearJet35A about to touchdown at Whitehorse Intl on leg 60 of the 2021 World Tour
Whitehorse Intl Air Freight area ready to pick up a load.
ATW31 Final Approach at Afghanistans' Kabul International in the C17 Globemaster III.
MU2-B at the gate in Nurnberg, EDDN, on leg 18 of ATW21. The big round steel ball behind the airplane is an observation deck for plane watchers
Piper PA42 Cheyenne III departing Vagar . Next stop North Connel in Scotland.
LearJet 35A over Bilbao, the defacto Capital of Basque Country, on the way to Foronda on Leg 15 of ATW21.
Follow Sørvágsfjørður Fjord to the east and you'll wind up in Vagar Airport. It's the the only airport in the Faroe Islands. I might add Vagar is the only place I've flown to on the ATW21 Tour so far that isn't covered in snow.
Cherokee 180 out of Anderson, Washington on the way to Omak on last Wednesday night's multi- flight itinerary. Edit
Off to Niagara Falls in the newest addition to my hanger on leg two of the 2021 ATW. Liked the Cessna 310 since the old Sky King "Song Bird".
PC-6 over Panama City, Panama with a view of the locks below.
Cooling our heels in Augusta, Maine waiting for the fog to burn off. The coffee's free but the vending machine is almost empty.
DC3 departing the Port at Isafjordur, BIIS, on the Iceland Tour
DH3T over the frozen lakes on approach to Hofin Hornafirdi, BIHN
Approach at Vestmmanaevyjar, BISV
On the deck at Thridarranger, BIVV
Near touchdown at LEXI, Santander, Spain, in the Viking. Last leg of this week's Multi.....great scenery
MU2B over Lake Tahoe on a crisp Winter morning enroute to KDEN and reports of freezing fog.
Hemisphere Dancer Albatross over the Southern tip of Florida en route to Key West
Final approach at Key West through the morning haze.
G44A WIDGEON on the way to Sandy Point in Abaco. What a great Sunrise.
UH-1H HUEY approaching the North Rim of the Grand Canyon on an early AM flight
Aero Commander approach on PHNL 8L with Pearl Harbor below.
Goose departing PHNL enroute to PHOG. That's Diamond Head offf the port side.
