Leg 303, Peachtree City, Georgia via Alabama to Tifton, Georgia, USA
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A double leg today. First flying through the tail of Claudette in the morning. Then after a 5 and a half hour break (enjoying the local weather) continuing on in clear skies with a beautiful sunset at the end.
06-20 Atlanta Rgnl Falcon Field KFFC 7:42 AM Peachtree City PG Area
06-20 Griffin-Spalding County 6A2 7:53 AM fps already down to 5
Terrible stuttering, already up to 29 GB RAM, end task, restart
Internet connection problems, game stuck on loading screen, restart routers, end task, restart
06-20 Griffin-Spalding County 6A2 8:23 AM Griffin PG Area, 27 knot winds
06-20 Broken Ranch GA76 8:46 AM Marker in the wrong place
06-20 Macon Downtown KMAC KMAC 9:02 AM Macon PG Area
06-20 Middle Georgia Rgnl KMCN 9:22 AM
06-20 Butler Mun 6A1 9:36 AM
06-20 Columbus KCSG 9:54 AM PG Area
06-20 Auburn University Rgnl KAUO 10:24 AM Auburn PG Area
06-20 Lanett Mun 7A3 10:41 AM
06-20 Lagrange-Callaway KLGC 10:51 AM Lagrange PG Area
06-20 Anniston Rgnl KANB 11:28 AM Anniston PG Area
06-20 Talladega Mun KASN 11:46 AM
06-20 St Clair Co KPLR 11:56 AM
3:54
06-20 St Clair Co KPLR 5:33 PM
06-20 Birmingham-Shuttlesworth Intl KBHM 5:54 PM Internet connection problems
06-20 Bessemer KEKY 6:34 PM Birmingham PG Area
06-20 Shelby County KEET 6:41 PM
06-20 Ware Island 01AL 6:57 PM
06-20 Maxwell Afb KMXF 7:15 PM Montgomery PG Area
06-20 Troy Muni At N Kenneth Campbel KTOI 7:45 PM
06-20 Dothan Rgnl KDHN 8:04 PM Dothan PG Area
06-20 Early Co KBIJ 8:25 PM
06-20 Southwest Georgia Rgnl KABY 8:41 PM
06-20 Henry Tift Myers KTMA 8:57 PM
Flight time 7:18 22 stops
Atlanta Rgnl Falcon Field, ready for departure, sort of
Fayette County, still getting dumped on by the remainder of Claudette
Heads Creek in Spalding County
Griffin-Spalding County, a little break now and then
Griffin-Spalding County Airport
The break didn’t last, after reloading (ram and internet issues) the rain had moved back in
Griffin in 27 knot winds
N6th st - E Broad St
E Taylor St - S Hill St
Griffin Memorial Stadium (on my right)
High Falls Lake
The mystery of Broken Ranch, not where the marker is
This is the ‘runway’ I believe, now to turn around and find it again
A little break from the rain helps, the ‘runway’ starts where the lonely trees stick out
Safely down, ah I can charge my HEV suit here
Lake Juliette
Ocmulgee River, probably a bit bigger for a few days
Town Creek into Jevos Lucas Lake
Jevos Luca Lake
Jones County, power lines are easy to follow here
Macon Downtown Airport
Macon in central Georgia
St Joseph Catholic Church
Central City Park on the Comulgee River, home to the Cherry Blossom Festival
Across the river is the Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park
Further over Macon County
Graphic Packaging International
Flash photography
Middle Georgia Regional Airport
Butler Municipal Airport
Columbus Airport Approach
Columbus Airport
St Francis Hospital
Columbus in western Georgia
Eagle & Phenix Dam in the Chattahoochee River
Golden Park stadium, Columbus Civic Center and South Commons Softball Complex further back
E 10th st - 6th Ave
First Presbyterian Church
Next stop Auburn University Rgnl Airport
Jordan-Hare Stadium, home of the Auburn’s Tigers at Auburn University
Not much else to spot in this weather
Lanett Municipal Airport, getting brighter
West Point Powerhouse at Maple Creek (lake) on the Chattahoochee River
Milliken & Company at LaGrange
LaGrange, the county seat of Troup County
Lafayette Fountain
R. l. Harris Dam on the Tallapoosa River
Oxford, Alabama
Anniston, the county seat of Calhoun County
Home to the World’s Largest Office Chair
https://i.imgur.com/vIYiIF2.png
Talladega Municipal Airport
https://i.imgur.com/PcfRRSn.png
Talladega Superspeedway
https://i.imgur.com/bapEf6u.png
Great racing and made for a lovely movie as well
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myKtVl8N7jU
Lincoln, Alabama on the Coosa River
https://i.imgur.com/cUmxufY.png
St Clair Airport
https://i.imgur.com/21FHw0J.png
Time for a break. It was a lovely day out here, good day to take the crossroads bike out on the trails.
St Clair Airport, 5 1/2 hours later, all cleared up
https://i.imgur.com/LJFJzST.png
St Clair County
https://i.imgur.com/scuWPsc.png
Birmingham Race Course, live greyhound racing
https://i.imgur.com/8d8LRRb.png
Not anymore, another casualty of the pandemic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viNuN_aBPJM
Norfolk Southern North Tower
https://i.imgur.com/uNq6vKv.png
The ultimate game of Frogger
https://i.imgur.com/yfPCqY4.png
Northfolk Southern Norris Yard
https://i.imgur.com/7fePGsy.png
Ruffner Baseball Park in Irondale
https://i.imgur.com/dZdN5Cz.png
Lawson Field Stadium and Hawk’s View Overlook on the right
https://i.imgur.com/DQXOBtI.png
Birmingham-Shuttelsworth International airport at the end of my turn
https://i.imgur.com/2NTesVc.png
Vulcan Materials Company in Birmingham
https://i.imgur.com/hPwHI7x.png
ABC Coke in Tarrant
https://i.imgur.com/ZzlT5MX.png
CEMEX - Birmingham Cement Plant
https://i.imgur.com/AhuHUdB.png
ERP COKE in Harriman Park district
https://i.imgur.com/Y5FLcYq.png
Birmingham, the seat of Jefferson County
https://i.imgur.com/rPCPfKy.png
Birmingham Downtown
https://i.imgur.com/RtNWWWo.png
https://i.imgur.com/E8SbulN.png
Regions Field at Railroad Park Foundation
https://i.imgur.com/oc5c92S.png
American Freight (Sears Outlet) in Glen Iris district
https://i.imgur.com/pUY0z2D.png
Wells Fargo ICCC at 210 Wildwood Pkwy, that building caught my attention
https://i.imgur.com/bUyUbdx.png
Huntington Park in Jefferson County
https://i.imgur.com/Q5OIhTF.png
Bessemer Airport
https://i.imgur.com/hFuQycs.png
Kirkpatrick Concrete Inc
https://i.imgur.com/HVNmBRg.png
Vulcan Materials Company in Celera
https://i.imgur.com/1D503QI.png
There sure are a lot of holes in Alabama
Alabama Power Co on the Coosa River, landing on Ware Island
https://i.imgur.com/I6KEmLA.png
Approach to Ware Island Airport over the Coosa River, Hwy 55 behind me
https://i.imgur.com/URVghy2.png
Another Alabama Power Co dam in Coosa County on the Coosa River
https://i.imgur.com/DZhVQt4.png
Maxwell Air Force Base
https://i.imgur.com/ZXT9pFD.png
The National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery (empty field, opened April 2018)
https://i.imgur.com/Ltp9r7e.png
Informally known as the National Lynching Memorial, commemorating the Black victims of lynching in the USA. It is intended to focus on and acknowledge past racial terrorism and advocate for social justice
https://i.imgur.com/Vpo33As.png
Freedom Rides Museum and Rosa Parks Museum at the tip of my wing
https://i.imgur.com/oPukgPx.png
Court Square Fountain - Artesian Basin and Montgomery Riverwalk Stadium
https://i.imgur.com/UGZhrNQ.png
Riverwalk along Gun Island Chute (river)
https://i.imgur.com/I2oXsZi.png
Commerce st
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Alabama State Capitol (left) and Supreme Court of Alabama (right)
https://i.imgur.com/HdOcTe6.png
Civil Rights Memorial on Washington Ave
https://i.imgur.com/3hSRt8X.png
Alabama Department of Archives & History, First White House of the Confederacy (Built 1835, residence of Jefferson Davis during the Civil War).and Alabama State Capitol
https://i.imgur.com/gndZwMO.png
Troy Muni At N Kenneth Campbel
https://i.imgur.com/Au0KCGy.png
Dothan Regional Airport
https://i.imgur.com/0LLnMhC.png
N Oates St in Dothan lccated in in Dale, Henry, and Houston counties
https://i.imgur.com/X7dTCKT.png
Dothan City Civic Center
https://i.imgur.com/IqLLY2v.png
Gulf State Cold Storage on Columbia Hwy
https://i.imgur.com/pryMX8k.png
Alabama-Georgia border formed by the Chattahoochee river, heading back into Georgia
https://i.imgur.com/6VzeNmw.png
Early County Airport
https://i.imgur.com/j6qdK6N.png
Arlington, Georgia
https://i.imgur.com/HsleOi6.png
Calhoun County
https://i.imgur.com/fO5LRq3.png
https://i.imgur.com/e0yAWTx.png
Sunset over Georgia
https://i.imgur.com/Sdyemdl.png
Southwest Georgia Regional Airport
https://i.imgur.com/qsRDBgZ.png
Albany, Georgia
https://i.imgur.com/26el0CD.png
Dougherty County, looks like I’ll be ending back in the rain
https://i.imgur.com/5I7pbIi.png
Tifton - Baseball Field next to WXJF-FM Omega radio tower
https://i.imgur.com/AyxZ8Gf.png
Tifton in Tift County, Georgia
https://i.imgur.com/OiPnPhB.png
Final stop today at Henry Tift Myers Airport
https://i.imgur.com/5UtOcd0.png
Well done crew, you can take those sunglasses off now
Next leg, to the Gulf of Mexico.