From a flight planning service (for Gulfstreams and similar jets):
As mentioned last week and in yesterday’s webinar, we now have a program to help you eliminate the wasted time and risks associated with securing pre-arrival COVID tests on international missions – by getting your N-registered aircraft certified as a mobile testing center.
You administer the tests yourself, safely and discretely onboard your own aircraft. Our lab partner … remotely analyzes the results and issues you a digital COVID test report – accepted in over 150 countries.
This is a new service we’ve been slowly scaling up over the past several months, and it’s proved to be a VERY EFFECTIVE alternate to trying to coordinate COVID testing abroad.
A reminder that the elites who order the various restrictions on crossing borders don’t necessarily have to scramble to meet those restrictions when they themselves feel like traveling…
Related: Let’s look at the other end of the spectrum of general aviation. Here are photos from a stop for Southern Soul Barbecue, walking distance from KSSI, during our Cirrus SR20‘s escape to the Florida Free State:
This Quik GT-450 is perfect for reassuring passengers that a Cirrus, Piper, or Cessna is comparatively safe!
“Safety” is relative to the circumstances at hand, but dishonest is always dishonest.
It would be really great to read some flight reviews of the GT-450 by Phil! Rate of climb looks pretty favorable to the SR-20. Certainly, the take-off roll on these Ultralights is pretty impressively short, especially with winds from a favorably direction. Then, in the same vein of thinking, enough with the mini-van reviews, and let’s get Phil up on a Ducati or Harley, now that he’s in the Sunshine State, and the land of endless smooth roads!
One fond memory of my flying days was watching an ultralight equipped with pontoons landing outside Greenport Harbor on Long Island. I felt the urge to ditch the 50 y/o flying minivan, and go take up Ultralights!
What say Phil: powered parachutes, skydiving, maybe parasailing now that you have a great home base to work from!! Get out in the Sun now that you’re out of the shade of Masskachusetts. Those of us abandoned in the Northeast lockdowns will need to live vicariously through your adventures!