Dawn at FlyPPG in Fowler, Illinois:
Flight 143, first in Illinois:
The motor went lost power for a few seconds mid-flight. I thought I was going to land out, but power came back, so I came back and landed.
Admiring the crops:
I packed up and continued east to Lincoln Home National Historic Site in Springfield, Illinois:
The Lincolns purchased this home in 1844, two years after their marriage and sixteen years before Lincoln was elected president. It is the only home the Lincolns ever owned:
Touring the house:
I had arranged to fly with a group of pilots at Wilbur Wright’s birth home in Indiana, but winds were too strong, so I continued East to overnight at the Cracker Barrel of Sunbury, Ohio. See the trip map for today’s drive.