Mooney Eclipse

[201er]

Strange thing happened on my flight from NJ to FL today. One moment it was bright and sunny and the next it went dark and I had to put my panel lights on!

7.5 hours nonstop to Lakeland. Almost 1000nm. Took it slow and only burned 65 gallons. No fuel stop. A bit of weather dodging. Fun fun.

 

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[SethKeefer]

Did you have to circle, to see, it was waaaay up there!?

[Godfather]

What a perfect way to see the eclipse!

[gsengle]

Nice! We were on the ground in SC, but Mooney got us there


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[bradp]

Mooney got Olivia and I to TN where some of the beechtalk ers were hanging out. We got to see it on the ground I'll post some pictures in Today's flight 2017. 

[201er]

Just got my video together. We flew nonstop from NJ to FL and saw the solar eclipse on the way in SC. The video includes some time lapse footage of how it went dark!

 

[bradp]

Mike how much traffic did you encounter along your route?  

[201er]

On 8/26/2017 at 10:47 AM, bradp said:

Mike how much traffic did you encounter along your route?  

Typical amount enroute but it was pretty hectic near the zone of totality. ATC dropped me even though I was enroute passing through. Atlanta was the one that didn't want to spend their time on advisories. Because of high clouds, ADSB showed everyone hanging out around 10500ft so I climbed up to 12500 and stayed over most of the traffic. Didn't see any but ADSB showed maybe 20 airplanes in a 20 mile area going in random directions.

[Seth]

Mike-

That is very cool.  Glad you two had such a great trip!!

 

-Seth

[carusoam]

Another great video, M&M!

Best regards,

-a-

[Sled]

Very cool experience. Thanks for sharing.

[M20FanJesse]

I love how you have "201er" stitched into the headrest. 

[bradp]

... which begs the question: where is stinkypants embroidered?