Leg 230, Chigago, Illinois to Stanley, North Dakota, USA
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04-08 Gary/Chicago Intl KGYY 4:48 PM
04-08 Michigan City Muni-Phillips Fi KMGC 4:59 PM PG Area
04-08 La Porte Muni KPPO 5:04 PM
04-08 Starke Co KOXI 5:12 PM
04-08 Alley Oop 68IN 5:22 PM Landed on a farm strip first, oops, so many strips
04-08 Greater Kankakee KIKK PG Area 5:40 PM
04-08 Hugh Van Voorst 5LL8 5:48 PM
04-08 Dwight KDTG 5:54 PM Narrow runway
04-08 Marshall Co C75 6:11 PM
04-08 Kewanee Mun KEZI 6:22 PM
04-08 Quad City Intl KMLI 6:34 PM Rock Island PG Area
04-08 Muscatine Mun KMUT 6:57 PM
04-08 Washington Mun KAWG 7:09 PM
04-08 Oskaloosa Mun KOOA 7:24 PM
04-08 Pella Mun KPEA 7:34 PM
04-08 Des Moines Intl KDSM 7:59 PM PG Area
04-08 Ankeny Regl KIKV 8:06 PM
04-08 Ames Mun KAMW 8:14 PM
04-08 Iowa Falls Mun KIFA 8:26 PM
04-08 Mason City Muni KMCW 8:41 PM
04-08 Albert Lea Mun KAEL 8:53 PM
04-08 Faribault Mun KFBL 9:06 PM
04-08 Minneapolis-St Paul Intl KMSP 9:25 PM
04-09 Minneapolis-St Paul Intl KMSP 8:01 AM PG Area Lowry Avenue Bridge 45°0’47"N, 93°16’28"W
04-09 Crystal KMIC 8:38 AM
04-09 Buffalo Mun KCFE 8:46 AM
04-09 Maple Lake Mun KMGG 8:52 AM
04-09 Sauk Centre Mun D39 9:14 AM
04-09 Chandler Field KAXN 9:23 AM
04-09 Fergus Falls Min-Mickelson KFFM 9:40 AM
04-09 Ellig Field ND99 9:59 AM 3 approaches, no visibility
Flight time 6:35 29 stops
Continuing on from Chicago to Michigan City
Located at the south end of Lake Michigan, just south of Michigan in Indiana
Michigan City Municipal Airport - Phillips Field
La Porte
Kankakee on the Kankakee River
Crossing the Illinois River
Rock Island, the actual island now called Arsenal, flying over the Atomic Cannon
Rock Island Arsenal US Army base
Casino boat in the Mississippi river off Davenport, to get around gambling laws I assume
It’s right on the border (the river) between Iowa and Illinois. Davenport on one side, Rock Island the other.
Black Hawk Forest at Rock Island
Nature preserve that has been associated with the Sauk people for hundred of years
Hauberg Indian Museum, depicting the Native American history of the Quad Cities area
Lake Red Rock at the Mile Long Bridge
Approaching Des Moines over the Union Pacific East Yard
Des Moines houses the Iowa State Capital Building from the 1800s
Downtown Des Moines, Raccoon river joining the Des Moines river on the far right
Iowa Women of Achievement Bridge in front of the Wells Fargo Arena
Flying under it works (without damage) The landing gear extents though indicating contact with something
Iowa Falls Municipal Airport. The landscape is so flat
Ofcourse Iowans don’t agree
Sunset over Iowa, still flat
pproaching Mason City Municipal Airport
The sun makes a final appearance at Brookfield
Approaching Albert Lea along I-35
Albert Lea, Freeborn County, Minnesota
Faribault, Rice County on the Cannon River
Burnsville, just south of Minneapolis, flying over The Rivers
Crossing the Minnesota river near the Old Cedar Avenue Bridge
Minneapolis-St Paul Intl
Dark, raining, continue in the morning
The sun is back, rain has stopped, time to move on
Lake Nokomis near the airport
Heading for downtown Minneapolis
Central Lutheran Church next to the Minneapolis Convention Center
Shiny tall buildings to fly in between
Target Field, home baseball stadium for the Minnesota Twins
US Bank Stadium, under construction
Construction started in 2013, the stadium opened in 2016, the PG data must be from 2014
Basillica of Saint Mary
Which is close to the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden
Lawry Avenue Bridge on the north side of Minneapolis across the Mississippi river
You can’t fly under the middle part or along the road deck, but the sides work
Maple Lake Municipal Airport
St Martin Township, that front doesn’t look good
Fergus Falls Min-Mickelson, pouring rain
Ellig Field just south of Fargo
That was hard to find in the rain, hopefully it clears up in the afternoon to explore Fargo