A Few Day Trip Cross Countries
This page has a pictures of a few day trips. Flying to new airports and Fly-ins is a great way to spend
a Saturday or Sunday morning - there are fly-ins and breakfasts every weekend in easy flying distance
Fly-in at Hodges south of Macon - 280 mile round trip
On route to Hodges
Field
Nice smooth 1400ft grass runway
good turnout of aircraft
Owner used to own Hodges Hobbies
(RC Aircraft) - had a nice hangar behind
Good Barbecue lunch
Morning trip to Blairsville - 110 mile round trip over 4000ft Mountain Ridge
Jackson County
(KJCA)
KJCA
Flight to Blue Mountain Airpark Fly-in - KCJA to GE05 - 180 mile round trip
Lake Lanier on flight to GE05
Chattanoga
Blue Mountain
Airpark GE05
Jackson County
KJCA
80mph airspeed - tail
wind was giving
95mph ground speed
Nice views of Ridges
of South GA
Mountains
Me trying to look cool!
Great breakfast - nice
relaxed setting
Quinn, Fly-in
organizer, has an
Apollo Trike
Aircraft lined up - good attendance
Return trip climbed up
to 8000ft to fly in
smooth air above the
clouds
Nice 2500ft Grass Runway
Flying back with a
slight tail wind -
ground speed 85mph
My GTR
Jackson
County - 19A
Atlanta International
airspace
Hodges
Field
Macon
Blairsville
(KDZJ)
