Ground Stop in South Florida. CJ3+ Single Pilot: Fort Lauderdale (KFXE) to Wilmington, NC (KILM)

We got a 20 minute ground hold after starting our engines at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport just after Christmas! See how we talked to Clearance Delivery to get our departure procedure switched to one that was open. I can't say enough good things about the Miami Approach and Fort Lauderdale Executive controllers! Come fly this amazing Textron CJ3+ with me. Right seat is open! Enjoy the flight! Routing: KFXE FEALX2 ETECK GRUBR Y299 SEELO GARIC ILM KILM On this flight: - Miami Approach ground stop after engine start - Changing our departure from the FRSBE2 to the FEALX2 - Watching a Learjet and Global land in front of us - Line up and wait before departure - Why there was a ground stop - We discuss EDCTs - Departure speeds on the FEALX2 and climb offsets - Climbing at 250 knots in the Textron CJ3+ - Fuel planning with ForeFlight / Taking extra fuel - Transition Altitude checklist - Climbing on FLC (Flight Level Change) and not VS (Vertical Speed) - Flying in the weather the entire way home - Amazing traffic saturation in the Jacksonville sector - Turbulence down to 11,000 feet - Beautiful Cape Fear on the descent into Wilmington - Master Caution caused by unknown VNAV path - Airspeeds on approach - False Glideslope indications - N1% settings for approach speeds More info on EDCTs: Advisory Circular 90-102A https://www.faa.gov/documentLibrary/media/Advisory_Circular/AC_90-102A.pdf Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/accidentalaviator/ Our home FBO: https://aerocenters.com/ilm-wilmington-nc/ Chapters: 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:09 Taxi 00:05:15 Ground Hold Solution 00:06:33 Watching Airplanes 00:07:33 Takeoff 00:12:38 EDCTs (Estimated Departure Clearance Times) 00:13:56 Departure Speed Restrictions 00:15:43 Fuel Planning 00:16:54 Climbing with FLC instead of VS 00:18:39 Climb Timelapse 00:19:06 Descent 00:24:47 Approach 00:27:41 Landing