Not a fan of shooting cracks in the ice!

With the big storm barreling down on us tonight bringing an anticipated 4-6 feet of snow I spent yesterday flying around looking at the various water bodies in the backcountry and re-familuerizing (is that a word?) myself with the meadows and high smooth ridges for ski flying next week. Its that time so skis are going on today! Goodbye bushwheels (for now).

Check out these pics of the shooting cracks. The ice is close in some parts and not even kind of in others. Currently its 12F outside and should stay cold for the next week at least with the big storm. Ski flying will be on next week...

Anyone else have their skis on yet? Tom?







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Jealous... I'd love to try ski flying, just no more winter here in MA.

I really enjoy winter flying pics. Awesome

This is the time of year I always regret selling the skis I had for my Luscombe.

Put mine on a month ago. Maybe I'll do a better job getting some pictures this season Whee. What's all this about POW hats?

aktahoe1 wrote: re-familuerizing (is that a word?)

It's totally a word, you just used the French version.

fa·mil·iar·ize
verb /fəˈmilyəˌrīz/ 
familiarised, past participle; familiarised, past tense; familiarises, 3rd person singular present; familiarising, present participle; familiarized, past participle; familiarized, past tense; familiarizes, 3rd person singular present; familiarizing, present participle

Give (someone) knowledge or understanding of something
- to familiarize pupils with the microscope and its uses

Make (something) better known or more easily grasped
- exercises which will help to familiarize the terms used

Cool pics, man. Yesterday was beautiful. I flew over Yosemite and Tahoe in a 737 and could see all the way to Fernley.

Got the fatties off and the hockey pucks on. READY.....but I think I may have pinched a tube when putting the wheels back together, or maybe the valve stem wasn't snugged down. Minor detail. READY! But, made 23 kwh with the wind turbine today, in other words it's been a tad breezy, but dam it I am READY.