Well, I guess not really around the patch. Stu had put out a call to go to Coronation and as it turned out, I was busy that day. I checked the air miles, and it was only about a hundred miles as the KitFox flys. In the KitFox that would only be about an hour but other things were on the schedule so it might have to wait for another day. A few days later Jim Corner was looking for a place to fly and after some discussion we thought the Flagstaff regional might be a good choice.

128 air miles from Carstairs, a little farther than Coronation but why not. We caught a good tail wind from Carstairs and we quickly passed over the Stettler airport on the way to the Killam/Sedgewick airport, now called the Flagstaff Regional.

There is a courtesy car in the garage next to the terminal building/Clubhouse and it took us to a great little restaurant called the Wooden Spoon in Sedgewick. I enjoyed lunch as did Jim and then it was back to the airport, but not before we visited Killam. We had to check out both towns to see if we picked the right one for lunch. There seems to be a few more restaurants in Killam including a Smitty’s. Still lunch was great at the wooden spoon.

Our return flight home was gonna include winds on the nose of up to 30mph at altitude but on the surface, winds were light to nonexistent. Guess what altitude we flew at.

About 100 to 200 ft/ I gotta say 100mph is kinda quick at 100ft, but lots of fun.

Keep your eyes open for towers and other obstacles and let her go. The air was super smooth with only some small burbles as we flew over the rolling terrain near Elnora.

The air has been exceptionally smooth for flying this month with temps in the mid-teens.

Enjoy it folks/ Dec is not supposed to be this nice and January is just around the corner.

The KitFox ready for another December flight. This day Rob and I shot circuits at Netook and then off to Linden for Lunch with Glenn, Mike and Richard. Photo on the Cover. What an amazing winter flying season.

Keep the shiny side up.

Norm