New England Cirrus Tours

prepared by Philip Greenspun, September 2018, for Dr. T

Dates: October 12-19 (8 days total)

Overall shape: 10-5 with 3-4 hours of flying during that period. Budget 100 nm per hour including taxi and practice approaches. Unless otherwise noted, intermediate airports are practice approaches, not stops.

Local Area familiarization (about 1.5 hours)

KBED Boston city tour. (see http://philip.greenspun.com/flying/boston ), BOS KBVY KLWM KASH KFIT KORH KOWD KBED

https://skyvector.com/?ll=42.460598886735696,-71.51776885311385&chart=301&zoom=3&fpl=N0120%20KBED%20BOS%20KBVY%20KLWM%20KASH%20KFIT%20KORH%20KOWD%20KBED

Trip 1:

KBED - KLEB - KBTV with lunch in Burlington, Vermont

See https://www.burlingtonvt.gov/Visitors 

KBTV - B06 - KRUT - KBED

(recon on B06 for possible landing on this grass runway later)

https://skyvector.com/?ll=43.392874131869476,-72.35183715150634&chart=301&zoom=5&fpl=N0135%20KBED%20KLEB%20KBTV%20KRUT%20KBED

Trip 2:

KBED - KPYM - circle all the way around Martha's Vineyard (talk to KMVY tower) - KACK with lunch downtown Nantucket

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Tourism-g29527-Nantucket_Massachusetts-Vacations.html 

KACK - KEWB - KOWD - KBED

https://skyvector.com/?ll=42.190576292540264,-71.17293547906866&chart=301&zoom=3&fpl=N0135%20KBED%20KPYM%20KMVY%20KACK%20KEWB%20KOWD%20KBED

Trip 3:

KBED - 2B2 - circle Cape Ann/Rockport - KPVC, lunch in Provincetown

See https://provincetowntourismoffice.org/ 

KPVC - KCQX - KUUU - circle mansions Newport, Rhode Island - KBED

https://skyvector.com/?ll=42.356311347270314,-71.52868651668878&chart=301&zoom=4&fpl=N0135%20KBED%202B2%20KPVC%20KCQX%20KUUU%20KBED

Trip 4:

KBED - KPSM - KBHB, lunch in Bar Harbor or adjacent to airport at Smoke BBQ

See https://www.visitbarharbor.com/ 

KBHB - KRKD - KPWM

https://skyvector.com/?ll=43.69836050477719,-67.71697997347948&chart=301&zoom=5&fpl=N0135%20KBED%20KPSM%20KBHB%20KRKD%20KPWM%20KBED

Trip 5:

KBED KBXM KRKD with stop in Rockland Maine for transportation museum and lunch

http://owlshead.org/  and also https://www.saltyowlcafe.com/menu/ (closed Thursday)

KRKD KLEW 63B KLCI (see Sebago Lake and Lake Winnipesaukee)

https://skyvector.com/?ll=43.24120120826217,-71.29920958796335&chart=301&zoom=5&fpl=N0135%20KBED%20KBXM%20KRKD%20KLEW%2063B%20KLCI%20KBED

Trip 6:

KBED KALB KAQW, stop Mass MoCA for lunch. (closed Tuesdays)

https://massmoca.org/ 

KAQW KBAF KBED

Stop at KBAF to see Rectrix and fuel.

Trip 7:

KBED KORH KBDL KHVN

13-minute drive to Yale University Art Gallery and Yale campus (one of the most beautiful in the U.S.)

https://artgallery.yale.edu/ (closed Mondays)

KHVN KFOK KHTO KBID KPVD KBED

maybe stop KBID to walk around if WX is nice

https://skyvector.com/?ll=41.464392533862835,-71.97940062804534&chart=301&zoom=3&fpl=N0135%20KBED%20KORH%20KBDL%20KHVN%20KFOK%20KHTO%20KBID%20KPVD%20KBED 

Trip 8:

Sunny day peak foliage trip. Need calm winds aloft.

KBED 2N2 1B5 IZG HIE KPWM

Fly over http://www.kancamagushighway.com/ 

Circle Mt. Washington. Then lunch and walk around Portland.

Mac Jets awesome FBO. KPWM for waterfront lobster lunch or Duck Fat. Grab Tony's Donuts on way back to share with line personnel.

https://www.visitportland.com/ 

KPWM to KBED

https://skyvector.com/?ll=44.02740849347855,-71.33865737238968&chart=301&zoom=1&fpl=N0135%20KBED%202N2%201B5%204403N07140W%20IZG%204416N07118W%20HIE%20KPWM%20KBED 

KBED to 0B1

Mineral Museum in Maine: https://mainemineralmuseum.org/

http://www.airnav.com/airport/0B1