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Photos that inspire

Every now and then I talk a focused browse though the BCP photo gallery to see what people have been uploading, and think WOW -- there is some cool stuff in here.

The ski flying season always brings some good ones from the likes of BRD and the Minnesota crew.

I can't imagine a better place to be on a summer sunday morning. (Winger)
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If I could fit skis in my plane, and afford the ones to go on the plane... (DenaliPilot)
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The genesis or terminus of a day, I'm not sure. I like to think the BBQ is lit and the beers are erupting from the ice chest. (BRD)
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5 planes in the middle of a natural quarry, this some real backcountry action. A groundloop into those boulders would the opposite of fun. (Coyote Ugly)
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About ready to schralp some fresh powder... (MattGCBC)
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Post your BCP photo gallery favs.
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a great collection of pictures. Nice job. Bob
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Sure makes me want to go those places - especially the second one by the mountains. Beautiful!
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View from afar

Until you view photos like this from afar (as I am now in my Mumbai residence) you will never understand how unique it is to be able to do these things in the world, or how lucky we are. For most of the world has no GA, no places like this to fly, or the ability for people of a normal workady class to do these things. Think about that. I do. And when I get back to Montana, nobody gets between me and my 170! Its a flyfest beyond description....everytime I get back to the U.S. So reflect on what it would feel like to not be able, even once to do this kind of flying.....

Not good......right?
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My son snapped this in AK last summer. He has more at http://www.shaunlunt.com

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Wow Norm, just spent the last half hour viewing your sons photos. WHat fantastic pix. They outdo anything I've seen here yet. But it seems you can't take a bad picture in alaska. Kudo's to Shaun and congrats on what was a fantastic voyage...... :P
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iceman wrote:Wow Norm, just spent the last half hour viewing your sons photos. WHat fantastic pix. They outdo anything I've seen here yet. But it seems you can't take a bad picture in alaska. Kudo's to Shaun and congrats on what was a fantastic voyage...... :P


Thanks. He is a great photographer and a good super cub pilot (he was one of the planes in Loni's cubdriver alaska DVD).

He's headed back to AK in a few days and will be posting more pix. His site has had almost 157,000 hits in the last year.

Glad you enjoyed them!
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norm wrote:My son snapped this in AK last summer. He has more at http://shaunlunt.typepad.com/shootings/


I've thoroughly enjoyed your son's photos too. I *wasted* many an hour at work drooling over them.

Can't wait to see more.

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