Trip to Worchester

Much needed Russell Time

10 April 2021

After way to many weeks it was time to fly down to Worchester and restock Russell’s cookie supply.

The weather was accommodating with a broken layer over the green mountains and light to moderate turbulence but overall the weather was good enough to accomplish the mission at hand.

Jaimie was away at a Girl’s weekend so this was a man and his airplane affair.  Takeoff and the flight down were uneventful – picking up our VFR clearance from Burlington as we crossed over the greens just north of Camels Hump.  We deviated just a bit to the west so we could get a good picture of Sugar Bush were Scott and his buddies were enjoying their last ski day of the year.

Landing at ORH was uneventful and I got to pass over some early season baseball.

The FBO let me borrow their car so Russell and I could run out the New England Roast Beef Inc Restaurant for a sandwich and them up to Bancroft Towers for a picnic lunch and game of catch.

After lunch we ran a few errands then I dropped Russ off at his dorm and headed back to the airport.

Before taking off I did a quick walk through the Collins foundation hangar located next to the FBO.  In it were a P40, Spitfire and a P38.  I had seen the P40 and Spitfire before but the P38 was new. 

Still I think the prettiest airplane on the line was still 95VT.

The flight home was again uneventful though I did have to deviate west through some buildups IVO Rutland, popping out into clear air again on the west side of the green mountains.

Overall way to quick of a trip and not enough time hanging out with Russell, but thank goodness for the RV that made even a few hours possible.