Midwest and Great Lakes Autumn Adventure
| << Leg 5 - Toronto, ON to Detroit, MI | Trip Home | Leg 7 - Fort Wayne, IN to Chicago, IL >> |
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Leg Stats
- Time Enroute: 1.3 hrs
- Distance (direct): 123nm
- Distance (actual): 136nm
- Fuel Used: 14.2 gal
I knew that the weather on Friday would be good for moving onward, so we planned for that. We checked out in the early afternoon and transferred to the airport. Katherine and I had a few meetings, so we borrowed a conference room at the FBO and worked for a bit, and when we were done we went right out to the airplane and got loaded up and departed.
The weather allowed for filing IFR, so I filed direct and were on our way quickly after a short detour back over Canada again. We got the visual and then canceled IFR airborne on the way into Smith Field in Fort Wayne, and I pulled up to the FBO. The FBO is more like a flight school that obviously doesn't see many transient aircraft, and they evidently had no fuel truck. So I pulled the Mooney over to the self serve manually and filled it up, and then tied it down myself. (At least there were no tiedown fees!)
We got an Uber (with some difficulty) and checked in. We decided to walk around downtown some, and I found a pretty cool (The Hoppy Gnome) brewery where we had dinner. After that, we settled into the hotel to watch some Netflix and looked forward to sleeping in on Saturday morning.
Trip Leg Navigation
<< Leg 5 - Toronto, ON to Detroit, MI
