Leg 321, Augusta, Maine via Vermont to Seneca Falls, New York, USA
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A long leg today, exploring Maine and Vermont, then to the Finger Lakes in New York. A little bit of Canada in there as well (New Brunswick and Quebec), following the border.
07-08 Augusta State KAUG 5:38 AM
07-08 Knox Co Regl KRKD 5:57 AM
07-08 Matinicus Island 35ME 6:06 AM Trees at end of runway
07-08 Mary Talbot Meml Airfield ME55 6:15 AM
07-08 Witherspoons ME41 6:20 AM Short runway
07-08 Stonington Mun 93B 6:26 AM
07-08 Banks ME5 6:35 AM
07-08 Hancock County-Bar Harbor KBHB 6:42 AM
07-08 Cherryfield KDHE 6:53 AM
07-08 Drisko 05ME 7:07 AM Short runway, sloped
07-08 Cutler Regl ME2 7:15 AM
07-08 Grand Manan CCN2 7:24 AM
07-08 Lubec Mun 65B 7:30 AM
07-08 Eastport Mun KEPM 7:34 AM
07-08 St Stephen CCS3 7:42 AM
07-08 Princeton Mun KPNN 7:47 AM
07-08 Lincoln Regl KLRG 8:08 AM
07-08 Webber Jones ME03 8:23 AM
07-08 Two Falls ME79 8:29 AM
07-08 Sugarloaf Rgnl B21 8:45 AM
07-08 Bean Mun 8B0 8:57 AM
07-08 Stanhope CSN5 9:16 AM
07-08 Weller CTQ2 9:25 AM Haskell Free library 45°00’20.7"N 72°05’51.7"W
07-08 Mansonville CSK4 9:34 AM
07-08 Franklin Co State KFSO 9:47 AM
07-08 Northern Lights VT46 9:54 AM
07-08 Savage Island VT15 10:00 AM
07-08 Shaw Meadow VT52 10:04 AM Gordon Landing 44°41’16.2"N 73°20’57.9"W
07-08 Plattsburgh Intl KPBG 10:14 AM
07-08 Secret Spot 3NK5 10:18 AM
07-08 Richter Aero NY84 10:27 AM
07-08 Basin Harbor B06 10:31 AM
07-08 Mad River Fly-in VT29 10:44 AM Montpelier 44°15’43.5"N 72°34’50.5"W
07-08 Edward F Knapp State KMPV 10:51 AM TeleAtlas Hanover 43°40’44"N 72°15’43"W
07-08 Lebanon Muni KLEB 11:12 AM
07-08 Rutland - Southern Vermont Rgn KRUT 11:24 AM
07-08 Granville 01NK 11:32 AM
07-08 Floyd Bennett Memorial KGFL 11:38 AM
07-08 Plateau Sky Ranch 1F2 11:49 AM Low quality terrain area
07-08 Oneida Co KUCA 12:11 PM
07-08 Curtis NY62 12:16 PM
07-08 Kamp 1B4 12:19 PM
07-08 Syracuse Hancock Intl KSYR 12:30 PM Syracuse PG Area 43°2’20"N 76°8’5"W
07-08 Marcellus NK71 12:49 PM
07-08 Skaneateles 6B9 12:54 PM
07-08 Finger Lakes Rgnl 0G7 1:07 PM
Flight Time 7:29 45 stops
Augusta State Airport, the sun is up, time to go
Leaving Augusta behind to head further into Maine
Preparing to land at Knox Co Regional airport in Thomaston
Approach over Dragon Products Company
Vinalhaven, located on the larger of the two Fox Islands
Landing at Banks Airport in Atlantic on Swan Island
Drisko Airport in Jonesboro on the Chandler River
Grand Manan Island, New Brunswick, Canada at start of the Bay of Fundy, Gulf of Maine behind
Grand Manan Airport with traces of snow… (16c/61F there)
Eastport on Moose Island, Maine, USA
West Grand Lake in Grand Lake Stream district
The Frog (peninsula) at Horseshoe Lake
Number Three Pond
Thinking up names for thousands of lakes isn’t easy! There are over 6,000 lakes in Maine
South Branch Lake, Seboeis Plantation
Kennebec River feeding Wyman Lake
Sugarloaf Regional Airport in Carrabassett Valley
Steven A Bean Municipal Airport at Rangeley Lake
Heading into the rain. It’s been raining (at home) since I woke up with the clouds drifting east to where I am in the game. Live weather is working
Haskell Free Library at Derby Line and Stanstead
The US-Canada border, looking at Derby Line in Maine, Stanstead, Quebec behind
That’s at Church st / Rue Church in Canada
Haskell Free Library and Opera House, border marked with black tape inside the building
The Opera House opened on June 7, 1904, having deliberately been built on the international border. The building was the gift of Martha Stewart Haskell (1831-1906) and her son, dedicated to her late husband. The family’s aim was to provide the border communities with a center for learning and cultural enrichment,
From he visitor page:
The Haskell Free Library & Opera House is not a border crossing. We have one entrance, which is in the United States. Visitors from Canada are able to access the building. They must park on the Canadian side, and follow the sidewalk from Church St to the entrance. After leaving the building, they must return to Canada by the same route.
While you can not exchange goods, you can meet people at the library
On to Mansonville Airport in Highwater, Quebec
Northern Lights Airport-VT46, Vermont
Virtual travel, no passport necessary, no hassle at the border!
One time I drove from Montreal, QC to Lebanon, NH, border crossing at Blackpool. I still had a Dutch passport at the time and was on the way to Lebanon for work. I had flown in to Montreal to drive the rest, instead of flying to Boston and drive the other way.
Thinking ahead I had filled out one those green visa waiver forms at the airport, which the US border control promptly rejected. I had to fill out one of their forms (same one) and pay $8 in exact change. Only cash allowed. Well of course I didn’t have exact US change on me. They kept my passport and car and I had to walk back across the border to Canada to a border shop to get change.
Sometimes I think the US border agency is just there to harass people. On our honeymoon we flew to Vancouver, rented a car there and drove to Seattle to meet friends. (Plan was to visit there, then vacation in BC, fly back from Vancouver). They took my passport, had us sit in the waiting room while searching the entire car.
When I crossed the border at Buffalo (to drive to Washington, DC for work) they took my passport, had me sit in a concrete bunker (waiting room) packed with other people for over an hour to get interrogated before being allowed to go on.
At airports I always got the pink slash on my ticket ‘randomly’ selected for further investigation. The only time I didn’t have trouble was right after 9/11 happened and I crossed the border back to Detroit from Canada, to fly back to The Netherlands. (after visiting my later to be wife)
Gordon Landing, VT, where I took the ferry over Lake Champlain
The hassle was worth it, the trip through Vermont was amazing
Cumberland Head, NY, other end of the ferry crossing
Bridges are great to look at, ferries are always a joy to take, such a nice break
Plattsburg International Airport
https://i.imgur.com/w8Jnyct.png
I got lucky with a break from the rain at the ferry crossing, back to down pour
Secret Spot Airport-3NK5
https://i.imgur.com/1CLZzYz.png
Basin Harbor Airport
https://i.imgur.com/y3O2A6S.png
Montpellier, the capital of Vermont with Vermont State House right ahead of me
https://i.imgur.com/VZsMZnv.png
Edward F Knapp State Airport at Montpellier
https://i.imgur.com/gq1NQoa.png
Flying over (former) TeleAtlas, Lebanon office
https://i.imgur.com/C3RwqmX.png
That was the destination of my visit. The navigation company I worked for got their map data from TeleAtlas (founded 1984), which had bough Geographic Data Technology (founded 1980) based here in Lebanon.
TomTom later bought TeleAtlas in 2008, hence the TomTom sign
https://i.imgur.com/g8X9exa.png
The mapping vans are equipped with six cameras, two side-sweeping lasers and a GPS navigation device. The vans capture about three photos per second while traveling at normal speeds, resulting in more than 100 million images per year from each van. 3-D scanning lasers record the width, height and contours of the first reflective surface they encounter, producing data that when combined with the images create a three-dimension representation.
Unfortunately the Lebanon office got downsized in 2017, happened all after my time, but I still feel bad for the people that lost their job in Lebanon
https://www.vnews.com/Tomtom-lays-off-about-35-employees-at-Lebanon-office-9543956
TomTom currently provides its road data to Bing maps, and the roads you see in game are originally coming from TeleAtlas and Geographic Data Technology
https://www.tomtom.com
Great company to work for, nothing but fond memories. However after turning hobby into work, I now rely on paper maps or simple memorization when I go anywhere. I haven’t used a navigation device in well over a decade.
Lebanon Municipal Airport, Vermont
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I decided to climb above the clouds with a longer distance to the next stop
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Over Salisbury, NY, sunshine
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Over Norway, NY
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And back down, Oneida County Airport
https://i.imgur.com/bvgJVs0.png
Lakeport on Oneida Lake
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Syracuse Hancock International Airport
https://i.imgur.com/0feBHaO.png
Syracuse on Onodaga Lake
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NBT Bank Stadium, home to the Syracuse Chiefs
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Onondaga Lake
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The mall next to Metropolitan Syracuse Wastewater Treatment Plant
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Downtown, Clinton Square below
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Syracuse City Hall and the Erie Canal Museum further back
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tracing the waterway’s history in the 1850 Weighlock Building
Carrier Dome at Syracuse University
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Another pass over downtown with a break in the rain
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Syracuse Family Court ahead, as well as more rain
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E Jefferson St at Columbus Circle
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And the Museum of Science & Technology
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Skaneateles Aerodrome, next to Skaneateles Lake, part of the Finger Lakes
https://i.imgur.com/UVNAdTg.png
Owasco Lake
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Melrose Park at the north end of the lake
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Last stop today, Finger Lakes Regional Airport at Seneca Falls
https://i.imgur.com/jq5HlMw.png
Located on the northern end, west side of Cayuga Lake, east of Seneca Lake
https://i.imgur.com/WT2A6DT.png
Tomorrow maybe better weather to see the rest of the finger lakes, then making my way to Niagara Falls via Rochester on Lake Ontario.