After flying from New York to Florida in my trusty C172, it was time to switch aircraft for a couple of flights. At Ormand Beach (OMN/KOMN) I picked up an Aircreation Ultralight Trike. I would need the extreme STOL ability of the Ultralight to land at my next destination, Epcot Center Ultralight Flight park (44FD). Yes, Disney World has an airport. After taking off from Ormond, I headed southwest towards Orlando. Not wanting to get in the way of incoming Airbuses and Boeings, I avoided the Class B airspace around KMCO. The flight was pretty quick. Before I landed, I took some time to see the pieces of Disney World that are modeled in FSX. These include the Cinderella Castle, Space Mountain, and Spaceship Earth. They are pretty well modeled, although the first two are strangley covered in a dense growth of trees. After visiting the airport, I headed to land. Like Safford (GA20), the grass runway made for a difficult approach. In real life, the airport is a circular pad. In FSX, it has a E/W runway designation. Problem is, the runway is indicated in GPS and on the map as running N/S. Combine that with FSX's poor resolution of grass runways, and the approach wasn't easy. After several attempts, I was able to land the trike, and surprisingly was able to stop it with a decent amount of runway left. It was time to go see Mickey.
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