Leg 322, Seneca Falls, New York via Pennsylvania to Kelleys Island, Ohio, USA
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Almost back home, but still a couple more PG areas to visit, hence a loop around lake Erie before the final push home. This leg, visiting Niagara Falls, Pittsburg and Clevelend.
07-09 Finger Lakes Rgnl 0G7 5:36 AM
07-09 Seneca AAF KSSN 5:41 AM
07-09 Penn Yan KPEO 5:47 AM
07-09 Midlakes 92G 5:52 AM
07-09 Canandaigua D38 5:58 AM
07-09 Greater Rochester Intl KROC 6:10 AM
07-09 Manitou Field 91NY 6:14 AM
07-09 Hendershot 34NY 6:19 AM
07-09 Maynard’s 56NY 6:26 AM
07-09 Tiger Paw Aerodrome 35NK 6:35 AM
07-09 Olcott-Newfane D80 6:41 AM
07-09 Shear 63NY 6:46 AM Whirlpool Jet Boat Tours 43°15’21.2"N 79°03’50.0"W
07-09 St Catharines/Niagara District CYSN 6:53 AM Niagara Falls PG Area 43°4’58"N 79°4’23"W
07-09 Rainbow Bridge Niagara Falls 43°5’25.65"N 79°4’4.69"W 7:19 AM
07-09 Niagara South CNF9 7:38 AM
07-09 Mesmer NY49 7:41 AM
07-09 Ft Erie CNJ3 7:45 AM Peace Bridge 42°54’25.1"N 78°54’21.2"W
07-09 Buffalo Niagara Intl KBUF 7:53 AM
07-09 Buffalo 9G0 7:58 AM
07-09 Hamburg Inc 4G2 8:05 AM
07-09 Evans Airways 4NK3 8:08 AM
07-09 Chautauqua Co/Dunkirk KDKK 8:17 AM
07-09 Chautauqua County/Jamestown KJHW 8:26 AM
07-09 Sanders Personal Use 70PN 8:33 AM
07-09 Brokenstraw P15 8:38 AM Bad stuttering, forests plus fog, 26 GB ram in use
07-09 Mountain Crest 17PS 8:49 AM Marker off by 0.81nm
07-09 Mc Cauley’s 8PN3 8:57 AM
07-09 Pittsburg Northeast 9G1 9:15 AM McCandles PG Area 40°36’25"N 80°2’33"W
Pittburgh PG Area 40°26’59" 80°0’46"W
07-09 Pittburgh Intl KPIT 10:19 AM
07-09 Beaver County KBVI 10:30 AM
07-09 New Castle Mun KUCP 10:38 AM
07-09 Youngstown-Warren Rgnl KYNG 10:46 AM
07-09 Thompson rag Raceway 73OH 11:00 AM
07-09 Willoughby Lost Nation Municipal KLNN 11:08 AM
07-09 Burke Lakefront KBKL 11:17 AM
07-09 Cuyahoga County KCGF 11:27 AM
07-09 Cleveland-Hopkins Intl KCLE 11:48 AM PG Area
07-09 R & M Aviation 4OI7 11:54 AM
07-09 Kelleys I 89D 12:20 PM
Flight time 6:44 38 stops
Finger Lakes Regional Airport
I’m leaving at about the same time as yesterday, yet further west and it’s cloudy
Seneca Falls in the rear view mirror
A watery sunrise promising a mostly gloomy day
First stop at Seneca AAF on Seneca lake
The sun is trying to get through
Canandaigua on Canandaigua Lake
It’s always sunny above the clouds
Back down to Rochester
Located on Lake Ontario and the Genesee River
Greater Rochester International Airport
Landing at Manitou Field
Same weather here, looking out the window, light rain all day
Hendershot
Tiger Paw Aerodrome
Olcott-Newfane
Heading for Canada, across the Niagara River, Old Fort Niagara below
Originally built (1726) to protect the interests of New France in North America
Whirpool Jet Tours at Niagara-on-the-lake
I’ve been on that boat a couple times, awesome
Sir Adam Beck No 2 Generating Station on the right (Canadian side), No 1 just behind me
Robert Moses Niagara Power Plant on the left (US side)
Water gets diverted before the waterfalls (by canals and tunnels) to giant reservoirs that get topped up at night. Extra water gets diverted at night so only 25% of the available water goes over the falls, during the day 50% gets to fall down. This reduces the movement of the falls to 1ft per year instead of moving 3ft per year towards lake Erie. And generates close to 4.9 million kilowatts, enough to power 3.8 million homes.
The Whirlpool, as far as the jet boats go
90 degree turn in the river created a bowl, rotating counter-clockwise
Whirlpool Aero Car and view from Whirlpool Beach
And in winter time
There is a great Butterfly conservatory a bit before the Whirlpool, one of our favorite places to visit
Behind it are the hydro canals, not acessibile, probably quite fast flowing water
On to the falls, first Whirlpool Rapids Bridge and White Water Walk
Train bridge and closed traffic bridge (walls build on the bridge)
Rainbow International Bridge with border inspection areas on either side
Visiting the American falls first
American Maid of the Mist tours depart at the bottom of Niagara Falls Observation Tower
Nikola Tesla Monument sits there overlooking the falls
Cave of the winds is there as well with a boardwalk along the bottom of the falls
Back on the Canadian side, past Fallsview Indoor Waterpark to line up for
a landing on Rainbow Bridge, buzzing the Canada Border Services Agency tower
It works, only because there is no collision detection with the lamp posts
Looking towards the falls, raining again
The Horseshoe Falls
Looks kinda weird without the huge plume of spray, the gloomy weather actually helps here
Now imagine twice as much water going over and taking a barrel down the falls…
First time I saw the falls was on national geographic, which made it seem like they were pristine in the forest. Color me surprised to find a huge amusement park the first time I visited. My wife ahd already warned me, but the scale of the tourist trap was as imposing as the falls themselves
That’s Skylon tower and at the water’s edge is Hornblower landing, Canadian Maid of the Mist dock
Fallsview Tourist Area with casinos and well everything
Flying by Goat Island while going further up the Niagara River to Buffalo, NY
Peace Bridge connecting the US and Canada
It has been very quiet since March 2020, the border is still closed
Landing at Buffalo Niagara International Airport
Hamburg Airport-4G2 along a busy road (Heltz rd)
Irving, where Cataraugus Creek flows into Lake Erie
Silver Creek
Busti in Chautauqua County
Youngsville in Warren County, Pennsylvania
Deerfield Township, Pennsylvania
Tidioute on the Allegheny River
The Allegheny River at Grove Run
Finally, some sunshine while taking off from Mc Cauley’s
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Still so cloudy
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Pittsburgh NorthEast Airport
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Allegheny County
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Following the I 76 Pennsylvania Turnpike
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Turned off to Wexford when I realized the i 76 isn’t going to Pittsburg!
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Perry Hwy 19 is going to Pittsburg
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McCandles, the fountain of youth is here in Allison Park
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Looks scary, bring a flashlight. After you
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Ross Park Mall
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Pittsburgh in western Pennsylvania at the junction of 3 rivers
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David L. Lawrence Convention Center and The Andy Warhol Museum on the right
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Andy Warhol (1928-1987) was born and raised in Pittsburgh
PNC Park on the Allegheny River, home of the Pirates
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Heading downtown
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Melon Square below, dubbed the emerald oasis
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Allegheny County Courthouse
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At Grant Street
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At Gateway subway station with the Roberto Clemente Bridge ahead
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Heinz Field, home of the Steelers & University of Pittsburgh Panthers
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Located at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers, forming the Ohio river
PPG Paints Arena, home of the Pittsburgh Penguins
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The University of Pittsburgh
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University Honors College (tower) and Carnegie Museum of Art (behind the tower)
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McKees Rocks Bottoms along the Ohio River
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Neville Island
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Pittsburgh International Airport
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Cortland on Mosquito Creek Lake
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Thompson Drag Raceway / Thompson Raceway Park, opened 1958, doubles as a landing strip
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At least in FS2020 it’s an airstrip Willoughby Lost Nation Municipal Airport (Lakeland NDB LQL 263) Chagrin Lagoons Yacht Club Timberlake, Eastlake on Lake Erie Whitcraft Cleveland (formerly TECT Power) CSX Intermodal Terminals, Cleveland Following the Cleveland Memorial Shoreway to Cleveland Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and FirstEnergy Stadium FirstEnergy Stadium is the home of the Cleveland Browns The Terminal Tower Residences at Cleveland Public Square Progressive Field, hom e of the Cleveland Indians and Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse The Cleveland Museum of Art University Hospital Main Campus at Case Western Reserve University Health Sciences Research Campus Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport R & M Aviation NRG Energy, Inc on Lake Erie US Steel corporation in Lorain Lorain, where the Black River flows into Lake Erie Lorain Yaght Basin Kelleys Island in Lake Erie Final stop today at Kelleys Island Airport Next to Scheele Preserve https://i.imgur.com/oeXV0XE.png Next leg on to Toledo and Detroit before the final part of the way home via London, Ontario.
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