Pete & Hamilton

A beautiful fall day in the upper midwest made for a cross-country flight with a purpose for Pete Howell. Hamilton (Hammy) was a young Boxer boy out of Cincy that had some health issues and needed relocation to the fantastic rescue folks up in Minneapolis, MN. The logistics office went into high gear and arranged a multi-hop, mutli-layover trip, with Schaumburg, IL (06C) to Anoka, MN (KANE) being the last hop.

We are past peak color, but there are still some nice patches out there.

A nice tail wind on the way down at 7500 and flight following from the ground at Anoka to the edge of the Bravo in Chicago made the trip quick, safe and effcient. Less than 2 hrs later he was on the ground at Schaumburg looking for Hammy.

Another RV airplane builder/pilot on the ramp came out to check out the homebuilt plane and say hello. He didn’t know it, but he was about to be a great help in getting Hammy loaded.

After saying goodbyes all around, Hammy and Pete snuck out of Schaumburg under O’Hare’s airspace – one of the world’s busiest airports is right there! – and set the autopilot for home at 3800 to stay below the wailing winds upstairs.

Yep, it was bumpy, but Hammy studied the radio chart and was ready to help out.

Hammy slept most of the way and was a huge snoring machine – his throat vibrating on Pete’s thigh even overtook the plane’s vibrations! He was a great passenger!

Man, Hammy can sure snore!

Some stats from a two-seat airplane built in the garage….

584 Miles Traveled
25 Gallons Burned
Flight Time 4hr 5 min
Speed Average 142Kts/163mph
Fuel Burn 23.4 nmpg/26.9 smpg

Taking another Boxer to a better life….
Priceless