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About Colin Summers

I am an architect, programmer, private pilot, husband and father. A couple of those I am good at.

Monday: Albuquerque, NM to Champaign, IL

Okay, no one is going to purposefully stop in Champaign, IL are they? (Actually, not true. Bob and I stopped on our way west in 2007.)

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Sunday: Santa Monica, CA to Albuquerque, NM

Santa Monica’s little airport has a restriction on early morning departures. You can’t start your engine earlier than 7am on a weekday or 8am on a weekend. So we all rolled out of bed at 6:15am, finished packing up the … Continue reading

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Tip of the Finger Lake

This is the view from our hotel room window, overlooking the Cornell campus. I haven’t been back for twenty years, since I escaped. We landed last night ahead of a thunderstorm which we chased along the length of New York … Continue reading

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Happy on the Ground

Totally amazing to get so close to Chicago and hear that they had evacuated the tower at the field we were headed toward (Midway). We are (very) happily on the ground in Champaign,IL.

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Pushing On

We weren’t able to get out of Albuquerque last night (thunderstorms, night, mountains), but we were up early and out in the morning. A fuel stop on Guymon, OK made us think of our friend Dean. Now we are in … Continue reading

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Wind Shear

The tower here at ABQ pointed out twenty knots of wind shear off the departure end. So we are delaying another half hour. We still hope to make Witchita tonight, although there will be no early morning departure tomorrow.

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Second Stop: Atomic

We have found the Natural History Museum in Albuquerque. We dodged thunderstorms on the way here. We might stop on Guymon, OK.

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Sedona!

We made the first leg! It went great. Off to Albuquerque soon.

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Onward!

Well, if you are reading this on the web page (as opposed to in a newsreader like Google’s Reader), then you’ve noticed a layout change. I upgraded the software (WordPress) which publishes the blog. Oh, exciting, I know. But, it … Continue reading

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Words from the Wise

Back in January of this year Diamond Aircraft Industries called and asked if I would mind talking with them a little about my plane. I am always happy to talk about the plane. Perhaps ad nausea. I don’t think I … Continue reading

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