She’s our pride and joy — N8475Y, a 1967 Twin Comanche. We bought her in 2015, and are enjoying exploring with her. Bob is a licensed pilot with 6,000+ hours of flying experience, including as a commercial airline pilot. He holds many licenses and a type-rating to fly the Boeing 737.
But nothing is as fun as tooling around in 75Y. A trip that might take 6 hours in a car is reduced to an hour-and-a-half flight. And no long security lines! We love flying somewhere for sightseeing and lunch — pilots have a joke about eating “$100 hamburgers.”
Pandemic update: Turns out, flying in a small airplane is ideal for a pandemic. No TSA lines, no lines at all. At some small airports, we self-fuel and sometimes don’t interact with anyone. It’s like taking a road trip … just a bit faster.
Island-Hopping (Bahamas) in N8475Y — Mar. 2023
Winterthur & Nemours Estates (Wilmington, DE) — May 2022
Flight West (Antelope Canyon, Bryce Canyon, Monument Valley) — September 2021
Asheville, NC — June 2021
Niagara Falls –May 2021
Charleston, SC — March 2021
Flight West (Mount Rushmore, Grand Canyon, Horseshoe Bend, Leadville, Sedona) — Sept./Oct. 2020
Eastern Shore, Maryland — August 2020
Deep Creek Lake, Maryland (escaping the heat during the pandemic) — July 2020
Statue of Liberty & Hudson River (second visit) — November 2018
Newport, RI and the Gilded Age — July 2018
Key West, FL — December 2017
Great American Eclipse – August 2017
Tangier Island — August, 2017
Martha’s Vineyard, Block Island & Montauk — June 2017
Kitty Hawk & First Flight — April 2017
Lady Liberty & New York City – aerial excursion, February 2017
See more 75Y adventures, follow us on Flight Aware and check us out on Instagram — we post with the hashtag: #N8475Y.
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