Norwood,

We took part in the 2nd part of relocating endangered sea turtles from Norwood, MA to Jekyll Island, GA. We carried two Loggerheads (~50 lbs. each) and 14 Kemps (~10 lbs. each) in the back of our Bonanza.

We met the first pilot in Richmond. He had picked them up in Norwood that morning. Arriving at Jekyll Island airstrip 3 hours later we were greeted by the veterinary staff from the Georgia Sea Turtle center. We were fortunate to get to see the turtles being unloaded from their crates and placed into pools for rehabilitation (they were hypothermic and some had developed pneumonia resulting from the unseasonably cold water temps in New England).

Although our job was done, the staff at Jekyll were just getting started and would have yet another all-nighter treating the turtles. Hundreds have been airlifted from Boston to centers all over the south east and the need continues. Goto http://pilotsnpaws.org/ for information on how you can help.

Landing in a Symphony 160 during private pilot training.

Cessna 150 departing from Trinca Airport, NJ

Coming in over Peconic Bay

A helicopter crashed at Taunton Airport Tuesday afternoon. The two men on board were uninjured. WBZ-TV"s Anaridis Rodriguez reports.

Took a longer flight to KSCH (Schenectady, NY). I always check airport NOTAMS but this one was issued after I checked – runway 10/28 was closed. ATIS was out of service. The wind favored 28. The video doesn’t really show it but runway 28 looked very appealing from a distance. With the OBS set to 22 (the designated landing runway) things didn’t look right so I wiggled over to 22. On the way back at KOWD, I bounced the landing so not a good landing day. Next time study the runways at a new airport and consider asking for an instrument approach.

Maule M5 Taking off from Lake Hood Airstrip, Anchorage, Alaska
Lake Hood Strip (FAA LID: Z41) is a state-owned public-use general aviation airstrip adjacent to the Lake Hood Seaplane Base (ICAO: PALH, FAA LID: LHD), three miles (5 km) southwest of downtown Anchorage in the U.S. state of Alaska

N515VT landing at KBID RWY 10

A small plane crashed Monday in Canton, killing the pilot.
Police said Agnes E. Imregh, 57, of Dover, was the only person aboard the 1979 era Mooney M20J Single Wing Aircraft that crashed at about 10:15 a.m. near the former site of the Canton airport, between Neponset Street and Rote 95.
An independent helicopter pilot, Mike Peavey of Aerial Productions, was in the area and helped in the rescue operation by hovering over the crash site until police and firefighters could get through the swampy area.
The plane took off from Pittstown, N.J., on the the way to Norwood airport.
State and local police, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Aeronautic Commission, the National Traffic Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration are investigating.
It will most likely continue over the next 24-48 hours.
Imregh was married and had an adult son.
Police spokesman Paul Bishop said the plane went down in thick woods between Route 128 and Neponset Street.
Norwood Airport officials lost contact with the plane at about 10:15 a.m. Drivers on the highway reported seeing the plane flying unusually low.
The wreckage was found near Old Airport Runway Road in Canton.
The Route 95 exit on Route 128 was temporarily closed.

Landing at Poughkeepsie after flight from Farmingdale in N526ER.