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Ryan Ferguson and Noel Heraty's
Marathon Blitz across the United States
from Sanford, Florida, to Deer Valley, AZ (and back)
in less than 72 hours

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There she blows... on the ramp at Abilene, TX.
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View from the rear.
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Breaking out on the localizer back course for runway 25 at Abilene. Ceiling: 600' AGL.
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Driving along under the ceiling, approaching runway 25 at ABI.
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An airport... somewhere out there in the soggy distance.
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Diverting around convective activity in Louisiana.
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More cloudz.
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Noel definitely likes cloudz.
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Sunrise over the gulf. Northwest-bound.
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Step into my office, please.
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On the ramp at Abilene.
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Although it's an undercast from our perspective, it's a 500 ft. overcast for those poor Texans.
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It's Noel, looking rather glum about the prospect of another 15 hour flying day. Sorry, bucko!
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There's something cool about this photo... a dark and terrible skyscape illuminated by sunlight. Or something.
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What a good lookin' old girl.
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The view ahead.
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More cloudz. Sigh.
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Visual now on the ILS to runway 13 at Baton Rouge (BTR).
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Last leg home, departing Baton Rouge for Florida.
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Night-time arrival to SFB.
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RIGHT down to minimums for the localizer approach to runway 36 at False River, LA. I was just starting to clean the airplane up for a missed approach when we broke out, and Noel snapped this photo.
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Looks strikingly similar to the previous pic, doesn't it?
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Noel Heraty, CFII/MEI. Don't hate him because he's Irish.
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Departing Deer Valley (DVT) for Abilene. Comin' home.
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Final approach to Deer Valley, approximately 12 hours after departing SFB earlier in the day.
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Looks like we're landing at BTR in this pic.
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Short final for HZR (False River).
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Believe it or not, Noel toured with Riverdance as the percussionist in an 11-piece band. No, he wasn't beating on the panel with sticks when he was the PNF.
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Noel's side of the panel. He appreciated the second AI that I had recently installed.
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Yep, that's me. No, my double-chin is not normally so prominent. I think I need to do something about that...
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O-dark-thirty departure out of DVT.
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Paralleling nasty stuff.


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