Greetings from Mason City, Iowa, home of Meredith Willson and The Music Man! Today was a perfect day for my 360 nautical mile three-and-a-half hour trip from North Platte, Nebraska, to Mason City. The skies were clear, the ride was smooth and I even had a tailwind for much of the time.
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The day dawned cold and clear in North Platte, with no wind at all. I loaded and untied the airplane, did my walk-around preflight, and took off.
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This is a floating dredge in a gravel pit next to the airport.
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Flying over southern Nebraska, you cover miles and miles of nothing but miles and miles.
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Go Z's! Erm... "N's". The playing field in Norfolk, Nebraska.
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Two Rorschach Test Ponds today:
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Approaching a left downwind for Runway 30, KMCW Mason City Airport, you fly along Clear Lake.
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I spent the afternoon at Music Man Square and touring Meredith Willson's boyhood home. The weather forecast for tomorrow's flight to Oshkosh looks good, so I expect that by tomorrow afternoon I'll be at the EAA Chapter Leaders Academy.