KBYG-KLNK
Distance: 504.1 nm
Estimated fuel burn: 25 gal
ETE: 5hr 23min

We start our journey on a rainy, cloudy day in Buffalo. But it is a good looking Buffalo now that I figured out I have to load up GEX every time I run FSX. A quick trip to the maintenance hangar shows that my Cessna is still in good shape after 8.6 hours. Weather reports show some bad turbulence for about an hour after takeoff, and clouds pretty much the whole way with scattered rain.

Take off was dicey with the crosswind. After about 30 minutes, I looked up and noticed my FSX was frozen. Damn, time to try again.

Well I restarted and so far, so good. I am currently over South Dakota and cruising along at 4x speed. The weather has cleared up nicely, blue skies as far as I can see.

Really haven’t written much, but then again there hasn’t been much to write. Nebraska is a boring state to fly over. Here’s a quick Google of the 20 most “Interesting” facts about Nebraska:
1. Nebraska was once called "The Great American Desert".
2. In 1927, Edwin E. Perkins of Hastings invented the powered soft drink Kool-Aid.
3. J. Sterling Morton founded Arbor Day in Nebraska City in 1872.
4. The state nickname used to be the "Tree Planter's State", but was changed in 1945 to the "Cornhusker State".
5. State insect is the honeybee.
6. State motto: Equality before the law.
7. The goldenrod was declared the state flower on April 4, 1895.
8. The Naval Ammunition Depot located in Hastings was the largest U.S. ammunition plant providing 40% of WWII's ammunition.
9. The Lied Jungle located in Omaha is the world's largest indoor rain forest.
10. Nebraska is the birthplace of the Reuben sandwich.
11. Spam (canned meat) is produced in Fremont.
12. Nebraska has the U.S.'s largest aquifer (underground lake/water supply), the Ogalala aquifer.
13. Nebraska has more miles of river than any other state.
14. The Union Pacific's Bailey Yards, in North Platte, is the largest rail classification complex in the world.
15. Nebraska is the only state in the union with a unicameral (one house) legislature.
16. Nebraska was the first state to complete its segment of the nations mainline interstate system, a 455 mile stretch of four lane highway.
17. Nebraska is both the nation's largest producer and user of center pivot irrigation.
18. Nebraska's Chimney rock was the most often mentioned landmark in journal entries by travelers on the Oregon Trail.
19. The 911 system of emergency communications, now used nationwide, was developed and first used in Lincoln, Nebraska.
20. Nebraska has more underground water reserves than any other state in the continental U.S.

…right. Anyways the sun set over Nebraska was pretty cool, and I like the way my gauges look at night. Took me a bit to find the runway but everything went smooth on descent and the landing was a greaser. I’ve been flying traffic patterns a lot lately and it’s really helping me with hand flying the aircraft.

So now we’ve crossed the mountains, what a relief. I can’t wait to get to the Great Lakes.