Ellis: got to intersection of route 63 and I70 (near Huyett) - there was a cloudstreet that started at the Hagerstown airport and continued directly over Hagerstown. I longingly looked at it and then elected to avoid the prohibited airspace and with a heavy heart tried to traverse blue space to the west. Top altitude around 6000 ft MSL, about 22 miles.
Tom: landed 3 miles south of exit 20 on I 81 - Berkely, WV (Martinsburg), top altitude around 2000 Meters MSL. If you don't want to look it up, that's around 40 miles. Just a pleasant little walk in the park for Tom.
Ben: also landed near Martinsburg (about 40 miles)- and did so the whole way at about 3500 MSL!!! If that boy ever gets a higher performance wing, he'll probably end up in North Carolina (good luck with the retrieve
)Maybe Tom and Ben will give some details on their flights.
) Still a great flight for Ben and Tom!
. Hagerstown Airport is at 704' MSL, hence the 2500' high 8 nautical mile diameter of restricted (what HGer/PGer carries an aviation band transmitter?