Day 9 - We leave Lake Placid and cross the Canadian border to land at Bromont Quebec.
After clearing customs it's off to Riviere Du-Loup (River of the Wolf?) Quebec.
I promised to tell you about the complicated customs process for light airplanes. There are multiple steps to take, each with different time-frame limits. These include: arranging eAPIS departure with US Customs, filing a cross-border Flight Plan with American Flight Service, getting an on-line weather briefing from the American Laidos system (a prerequisite for filing a flight plan), prearranging customs clearance with Canadian Customs, getting a Trans-Border Transponder Code from Canadian Flight Service (the US won't issue it), and arranging to communicate with the appropriate agency while flying over the border. Some of these things have to be done on-line, others can only be done on the telephone. Some cannot be done more than 2 hours in advance. Some cannot be done less than 2 hours in advance. We've carefully arranged all the required URLs and phone numbers and credentials and time-lines on a single piece of paper ready to execute.
You can read more about the planning that went into this leg on this blog: flysea2sea.ca/...
The "Flying Across Canada" series chronicles our trip in a Cessna Skyhawk from the West Coast of British Columbia, through the breathtaking Rocky Mountains, across the vast expanse of the prairies, into the US at eastern Manitoba, to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for a special event. From there, we continue our adventure East, crossing the border back into Canada - exploring charming towns and breath-taking landscapes along the way through Quebec and New Brunswick to the stunning Red-Sands of Prince Edward Island. At least that was the plan. In reality the adventure has a few unexpected twists and turns caused by weather, forest fires, and airspace restrictions.
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