Friends and Family, Incoming weather looks like it's stepping up our departure plans! Final decision will be made tonight, but it looks as though if the group doesn't launch Friday, a line of weather is going to linger through the middle of next week... see the photo... So the scramble is on! Lawns being mown, personal gear packed, checklists checked... Stay tuned! ... read more

Bucky the Dragon -- official mascot of the Congressional Flying Club -- supervised the C2C bag packing party...which was really much nicer to do out on the picnic tables near the club trailer as the sun set on a glorious spring evening at Gaithersburg. "Bucky's ten ounces," declared loadmaster Geoff Hornseth. "If the good Lord wanted us to enjoy sunrise, he'd have moved it to 10 am," opined Bob Hawkins. Each plane gets a survival kit, plus a bag of pilot gear, including charts. Donna created custom stationery so we can write thank you notes along the way. We have a discussion about emergency firestarters...including dryer lint, shaving from aircraft windshields... "I like C4, but the army won't give me any," offered one traveler unhelpfully. ... read more

Bagged! We have $400 worth of charts, thanks to a boondoggle trip Bob Hawkins made earlier today, and survival kit gear lovingly prepared by Anne. Donna An brought some cleaning rags we'll need...but we didn't actually get around to doing the bag-packing party. So, we'll try it again next week, with everybody bringing all their pilot junk so we can create the three aircraft flying gear bags. We refined the plans for the Grand Canyon area. A friend of Donna An's might be able to provide a boat trip for those who will get to Glen Canyon! We defined out return trip through the midwest. ...and we want to be sure we get to the geographic center of the USA. We are now aspiring to get to Metor Crater near Winslow AZ and also Mount St ... read more