Parliament Building in Ottawa
We met Deb, Martin and Chris for breakfast in their lovely backyard. Then, together, we looked at the weather for George and Ashley flight towards Winnipeg. It seemed that they would be able to fly to Chapleau before weather would get in their way. It was time to separate. Martin took George [...]
Getting ready to go at the Charlottetown Airport
We knew it when we decided to stay an extra day in Digby. Today would be a long flying day. To make it easier, we decided to start early and fly to Rivière-du-Loup in Quebec for lunch before proceeding west to Ottawa, Ontario. We had no idea how [...]
One last look at Digby
We woke up excited about flying to Charlottetown. This was going to be our longest over-the-water flight (approximately 12 miles at the narrowest crossing). The Diamond DA40 has a glide ratio of 8.8 with a windmilling propeller and a glide ratio of 10.3 with a stationary propeller. That meant that we [...]
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