Ralph and Glenn Baird's East Coast Trip

From Houston to New Bedford, Massachusetts via
Tunica, MS, Bowling Green, KY, State College, PA,
Belmar, NJ, Manassas, VA, London, KY and Minden, LA

Day One
April 16, 2005
Glenn Arrives in Houston, TX
A look at the plane
  

Day Two
April 17, 2005
Start of trip Ralph and Glenn Baird departed UWS West Houston Airport.
Landing at Tunica, MS to stretch their legs and refuel.

Departing West Houston Airport (IWS) at 11 am
  
Landing at Bowling Green, KY, cousin Jim Powers met his cousins at the airport.

Met up with Jim Powers (cousin Jim)
  


Stopped in Tunica, MS and drove to Engineer flood control dam and reservoir south of Memphis.
Departed Tunica, MS and over Memphis departures of 747’s Fed EX planes just under us.

We arrived Bowling Green last night 4:30 pm on time.

Went to Corvette Factory tour this morning at 9am then the National Corvette Museum
Drove to Cave, KY for a lunch then out to Mammoth Cave National Park.
Back at motel for a break. Tomorrow off to State College and a meeting with Dr. Mr. Peter Flemings at PennState and an extra day in PA.

Day Three
April 18, 2005
Bowling Green, KY Tour of GM Corvette Factory and visit the National Corvette Museum

  
"Corvette Only" parking

9 am Corvette Factory
11:00am National Corvette Museum
1:00 Mammoth Cave National Park

Day Four
April 19, 2005

in flight from Bowling Green, Kentucky to Pennsylvania
arriving State College, PA; Penn State University
  
Landing at University Park Airport, State College, PA

Nittany Lion Inn, State College, PA

Penn State University (PSU) campus.


Day Five
April 20, 2005
from University Park Airport, State College, PA

Information and Technology Library Building

Visit with Antarctica expert Dr. Sridhar Anadakrishnan.

 
   The Penn Stater
 

   Winds and sky coverage

Always checking the weather.

Day Six
April 21, 2005
from University Park Airport, State College, PA to New Bedford, MA

We require fuel and overnight tie down. Planned departure is
Saturday morning April 23 southwest bound to KBLM via
Tower Cab KLGA and Class B exclusion East River NYC.
If there is a pilot at EWB who knows this exclusion route,
I would like to speak with him/her for advice.

Day 10: April 25, 2995 Flying over New York City

New York, New York from the Hudson River.

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