October 17, 2023 - Annual Foliage Flight
Day One - Part Three
Stephen A. Bean Airport to Millinocket, Maine
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| From Bean Airport, I continued northeast into central Maine. |
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| Approaching another big lake: Flagstaff Lake. |
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| That's Bigelow Mountain (4,160 feet) on the right there. |
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| An interesting rectagular patch of evergreens, interspersed with some yellow trees. |
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There are are many lakes and rivers. I believe this one is the Kennebec River. I followed it north.
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| Still following the Kennebec River. |
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| The Kennebec River led to the Harris Station Dam and Indian Pond. |
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Squaw Mountain (3,262 feet) stands by itself to the east.
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| Then I came to big Moosehead Lake. Biggest lake in Maine. I was at the southern tip. |
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The little town of Greenville, Maine. Population 1,437. Greenville is a popular name for cities. I know there is one in South Carolina and Mississippi. Other states too.
Greenville is the historic gateway to the north country and a center for outdoor recreation in the area.
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A closer shot of Greenville. There is a seaplane base down in that little harbor.
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| Just east of town is the good-sized airport, Greenville Municipal Airport. |
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A closer look at Greenville Muni.
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| Looking out over Moosehead Lake. I didn't fly the lake today because I knew I'd be back. |
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Now heading almost due east straight for my final destination today: Millinocket.
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| Passing by an area that must have been recently logged. |
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| There is Maine's tallest mountain, big Mount Katahdin (5,268 feet) in the distance. It almost marks the end of the Appalachian Trail. I'm almost to Millinocket. |
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And there it is! Millinocket Municipal Airport. I know it well, having based here last year. In the foreground is the abandoned Paper Mill, the town's leading employer at the time, which closed in 2008.
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A good look at the town proper. Population 4,114.
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| A close-up of Main Street. |
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Millinocket has two long runways. A little bumpy but not too bad.
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| A shot of the airport with Mount Katahdin in the background. |
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Parked in front of the FBO building.
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| Tied down for the night. |
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| The first night I stayed in the Katahdin Inn, which is an easy walk from the airport, although the nice airport manager gave me a ride. The Inn doesn't look like much from the outside but it had a big atrium with pool inside and the rooms were fine. |
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| Inside the Inn was this map of the Appalachian Trail which ends at Baxter Peak, at the base of Mount Katahdin, southeast side. |
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| My track for today. |
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