201er Posted August 22, 2017 Report Share Posted August 22, 2017 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. If you think flying 7.5 nonstop through an eclipse on 65 gallons makes us MOONiacs, then please vote for our photo: http://lasar.com/contest/?contest=photo-detail&photo_id=1863 15 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SethKeefer Posted August 22, 2017 Report Share Posted August 22, 2017 Did you have to circle, to see, it was waaaay up there!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godfather Posted August 22, 2017 Report Share Posted August 22, 2017 What a perfect way to see the eclipse! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gsengle Posted August 22, 2017 Report Share Posted August 22, 2017 Nice! We were on the ground in SC, but Mooney got us there Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradp Posted August 22, 2017 Report Share Posted August 22, 2017 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
201er Posted August 25, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2017 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! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradp Posted August 26, 2017 Report Share Posted August 26, 2017 Mike how much traffic did you encounter along your route? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
201er Posted August 27, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 27, 2017 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seth Posted August 27, 2017 Report Share Posted August 27, 2017 Mike- That is very cool. Glad you two had such a great trip!! -Seth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carusoam Posted August 28, 2017 Report Share Posted August 28, 2017 Another great video, M&M! Best regards, -a- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sled Posted September 7, 2017 Report Share Posted September 7, 2017 Very cool experience. Thanks for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M20FanJesse Posted September 7, 2017 Report Share Posted September 7, 2017 I love how you have "201er" stitched into the headrest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradp Posted September 7, 2017 Report Share Posted September 7, 2017 ... which begs the question: where is stinkypants embroidered? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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