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So when most people think about how they are going to spend a birthday they probably think about cake, cocktails, dinner, maybe presents. I thought a reasonable way to celebrate another year in the books was to complete a pretty major milestone in my flying career.
After the short solo cross country you have to complete a long one. Long meaning over 150NM with landings at 3 airports. I chose BGM (Binghamton, NY) and FZY (Oswego County).
With some fortune from the weather gods it was an ideal day for a hike across NY state by air. It really was the best birthday present I could have gotten myself.
It was smooth sailing, everyone was awesome. I'm not extremely pleased with several of the landings but all in all it was an experience to remember.
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The obligatory landing and takeoff videos are up of KBGM... Landing Binghamton including taxi to parking and shutdown Departing runway 16 at Binghamton