Leg 316, Richmond, Virginia via Delaware and District of Columbia to Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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A visit to the capital of the USA, unfortunately no PG data for Washington, DC. I guess because it’s a heavily restricted air space; Google also doesn’t have PG data there. But it has some great landmarks to look at instead.
07-03 Hanover Co Mun KOFP 5:47 AM
07-03 Toddsbury Farm 25VA 5:54 AM
07-03 Tappahannock-Essex County KXSA 5:59 AM
07-03 Branham Mill Airpark VG29 6:05 AM
07-03 Sanford Field VA23 6:13 AM
07-03 Piney Point MD96 6:17 AM
07-03 Webster NOLF KNUI 6:22 AM
07-03 Chandler 3MD9 6:24 AM
07-03 Tangier I KTGI 6:37 AM
07-03 Midway VG56 6:51 AM
07-03 Taylor 4VA6 6:57 AM
07-03 Wallops Flight Facility KWAL 7:00 AM
07-03 Ocean City Mun KOXB 7:15 AM
07-03 Carey Field 4MD3 7:23 AM
07-03 Warrington Field DE27 7:25 AM
07-03 West Pvt DE21 7:28 AM
07-03 Eagle Crest-Hudson DE25 7:35 AM
07-03 Cape May County KWWD 7:48 AM
07-03 Paramount Air JY04 7:52 AM
07-03 Woodbine Mun KOBI 7:58 AM
07-03 Millville Muni KMIV 8:07 AM
07-03 Dave’s Aerodrome 7NJ9 8:13 AM
07-03 Dover Afb KDOV 8:25 AM Dover PG Area 39°9’27"N 75°31’10"W
07-03 Dover International Speedway 39°11’18.02" N75°31’53.27"W 8:41 AM
07-03 Delaware Airpark 33N 8:49 AM
07-03 Taylor Field 0MD1 8:56 AM
07-03 Flying Acres MD70 9:00 AM
07-03 Saxon Farm MD91 9:04 AM
07-03 Kennersley MD23 9:06 AM
07-03 Ashland Landing Farm MD21 9:08 AM
07-03 Bay Bridge W29 9:17 AM Chesapeake Bay Bridge 38°59’25"N 76°22’1"W
07-03 Lee KANP 9:34 AM
07-03 Joint Base Andrews KADW 9:45 AM
07-03 Ronal Reagan Washington National KDCA 9:54 AM
The Pentagon 38°52’16"N 77°3’21"W
Lincoln Memorial 38°53’21"N 77°3’0"W
White House 38°53’52"N 77°2’11"W
Washinton Monument 38°53’22"N 77°2’7"W
United States Capitol 38°52’23"N 77°0’33"W
United States National Arboretum 38°54’37"N 76°58’3"W
07-03 Washington Dulles Intl KIAD 10:29 AM
07-03 Montgomery Co KGAI 10:41 AM
07-03 Baltimore-Washington Intl KBWI 10:52 AM Baltimore PG Area 39°16’55"N 76°36’42"W
Fort McHenry 39°15’47"N 76°34’47"W
07-03 Essex Skypark W48 11:54 AM
Flight time 6:07 37 stops
Hanover County Airport, leaving before sunrise
Hanover County at dawn
Here comes the sun over Aylett
Tappahannock-Essex County Airport
Branham Mill Airpark
Landing at Sanford Field, my plane is a little dot over the field below
Grass strips are so much nicer to land on
Webster NOLF at Beachville, Maryland
This is what those sunglasses are for
Tangier Island where Chesapeake Bay, Tangier Sound and Pocomoke Sound come together
Tangier Island Airport-Tgi
A popular destination for a day out in a Cessna
Midway Airport, Accomack County, no longer exists it seems
A trace of an old strip on Google, nothing on Bing. Nope scratch that, I just checked again and that’s a power line corridor on Google. There is no trace of any air strip around. I landed in the field anyway.
Taylor Airport, farm strip
That nice smooth path is actually a dirt trail with tractor ruts. It somehow ended up in the road database and gets drawn as a smooth grass road
Newport Bay, Worcester County and Sinepuxent Bay (left to right)
Ocean City Golf Club and Rum Pointe Seaside Golf Links at Golf Club Shores
Eagle’s Landing Golf Course at Ocean City Muni Airport-Oxb
Landing at Eagle Crest-Hudson Airport at Overbrook next to Red Mill Pond
Higbee Beach Wildlife Management Area
Cape May County Airport
Millville Municipal Airport with Thunderbolt Race Track At NJMP, New Jersey Motorsports Park and NJMiniGP (motorcycle driving school)
And rainbows, so many nowadays
Dave’s Aerodrome
Dover AFB, Delaware
Arriving in Dover, the capital of Delaware, here at the Dover Division of Motor Vehicles
Dover Legislative Hall: The State Capitol
Old State House (built 1791) and First State Heritage Park’s John Bell House, the oldest surviving wooden structure in Dover, believed to be built before 1743
John Bell house is hidden by a tree, Old State House is where my left wing is pointing
Dover Public Library with a garden on the lower roof
Dover International Speedway with Miles the Monster Statue at the entrance, lower left
Good place to land to let the rain pass
It didn’t take long, blows over quickly
And off again
Dover Mall, Dover International Speedway visible behind
Delaware Technical Community College - Charles L. Terry Jr. Campus
Taylor Field
Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge
Chesapeake Bay Bridge across Chesapeake Bay
Opened 1952 and 1973 (parallel bridge) 7km in length
Another bridge that can’t make up its mind, you can’t fly under it the ‘normal’ way
But this works
And up here (but not lower to the road deck)
Daily rainbows added to the daily lightning, what’s next 
Annapolis, Maryland’s capital city, state capitol,on the left, US Navel academy on the right
Kunta Kinte-Alex Haley Memorial in the middle: Kunta Kinte is a character in the 1976 novel Roots, written by Alex Haley (1921-1992) The book was adapted to a mini-series viewed by over 130 million people, raising awareness of black American history.
Annapolis got left out of the PG treatment so on to Washington, DC
Landing at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
I’ve been there a couple times, both times ‘randomly’ selected for further inspection. Third time I had to be in Washington, DC I drove from home, 9 hour drive but much more relaxing than flying. I took a rural more direct route while testing the sat nav system we were working on, Pennsylvania is beautiful.
The Pentagon, the world’s largest office building with about 26,000 people working there
Lincoln Memorial, 16th president of the USA, born 1809, assassinated 1865
Washington Monument, honoring George Washington (1732-1799), the 1st president of the USA
555-foot marble obelisk (constructed 1848-1884) with 2 red glowing eyes at night on all sides
The White House, has been the residence of every U.S. president since John Adams in 1800
The porch lantern was made by Edward F. Caldwell & Co, installed in 1902, cost $500. The chains stop it from twisting in the wind. It was lit by 18 light bulbs before they were replaced by LEDs in 2008.
The US Capitol, built in 1800, destroyed in 1814 (Burning of Washington) restored the 5 years after
The Statue of Freedom on top of the dome (installed 1863)
United States National Arboretum with the Anacostia River behind
National Capitol Columns, twenty-two Corinthian columns, part of the Capitol from 1828 to 1958
Ivy City, Washington, DC
The Washington Hilton (curved building) and the Potomac River ahead
Wolf Trap along Dulles Access Rd
Washington Dulles International Airport
Blockhouse Point Conservation Park & Trails on the Potomac River
Montgomery County Airpark aka Gaithersburg NDB GAI 385
Baltimore-Washington International Airport
Arriving in Baltimore on the Patapsco River
CSX terminal at Curtis Bay and Stonehouse Cove
Fort McHenry, whose War of 1812 victory inspired “The Star-Spangled Banner”
Built in 1798, played a vital role holding off a British Navy attack on Baltimore Harbor in 1814
USS Denobla at BWC Terminals
MECU Pavilion, seasonal harborfront pavilion, music venue
Columbus Center and the USCGC WHEC-37, museum in a WWII-era cutter
Baltimore City Hall
M&T Bank Stadium, Home of the NFL Ravens, so named for a poem by Edgar Ellen Poe
Oriole Park at Camden Yards, home of the MLB’s iconic Baltimore Orioles
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and Joint Force Headquarters Fifth Regiment Armory
Baltimore Museum of Art at Johns Hopkins University
Babb Field at Stromberg Stadium, home of the John’s Hopkins Blue Jays
Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) House & Museum
Edgar Allan Poe is widely acknowledged as the inventor of the modern detective story and an innovator in the science fiction genre. His most famous poem 'The Raven" first appeared In the New York Mirror of January 29, 1845, which gave him national fame at once.
B&O Railroad Museum featuring nearly 200 locomotives
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was the first[common carrier railroad and the oldest railroad in the United States, with its first section opening in 1830. And since 1986 part of Avalon’s Hill board game 1830: The Game of Railroads and Robber Barons, which we played through many nights in the late 80s and 90s.
Leaving Baltimore behind with Baltimore Beach Volleyball and Pride of Baltimore memorial below
Dundalk on the The Back River
Final stop today at Essex Skypark, just on the other side of the Back River, Hawk Cove ahead
Next leg to Philadelphia.