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Where did you fly today?

Did you fly somewhere cool, take photos, and feel like telling the tale to make us drool from the confines of our offices? Post them up!
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Tue Jan 25, 2011 2:52 pm

Re: Where did you fly today?

OH I figured you were gettin hammered like the rest of the country... :P
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Tue Jan 25, 2011 3:35 pm

Re: Where did you fly today?

From facebook, I found out that an old kayaking buddy lived near one of my pipeline routes. He sent me coordinates (only degrees and minutes, no seconds) along with a google earth photo of his place.

So while deadheading home I zeroed in on those fast moving gps numbers and found his place. So I landed in a snowy corn field with fairly high stalks (scout's tire tread goes down 30 inch rows just fine) right behind his house.

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Sun Jan 30, 2011 6:38 pm

Re: Where did you fly today?

Not much snow here.... maybe a different kind of skiing in order?

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Mon Jan 31, 2011 8:46 am

Re: Where did you fly today?

So Rob, did you and Gary make it to Lake Martinez this weekend... Sunday was a bust for flying here... IFR all day. and did he touch down on that water in the picture... :P need more pictures.... :P
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Mon Jan 31, 2011 10:10 am

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iceman wrote:So Rob, did you and Gary make it to Lake Martinez this weekend... Sunday was a bust for flying here... IFR all day. and did he touch down on that water in the picture... :P need more pictures.... :P


ice,
I live about 5 minutes from Martinez and have some great river bars to share... been waiting for Gary to quit fiddle f'ing around with the chainsaw powered wonders and buy a cub :wink:

C'mon by sometime

sundays flying was real nice here...

I would never get the wheels of my airplane in the water on purpose... I suspect neither would Gary :^o

sorry.. not much of a picture guy, but I think Gary mighta got a few. Here's the best I can do... and with a little help from Halfast:

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Shortfieder in high gear heading for the river


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A lot of forum topics find themselves taking a turn down this road nowadays


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A wise old man once told me he just couldn't get enough of looking at good pictures of his own airplane... maybe he was on to something ;)


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The same wise old man tells me God Bless Steve Knopp ... again, I concur


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I suspect one more 'wise old man' crack and I will be getting an ass whoopin ... :lol:
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Mon Jan 31, 2011 11:05 am

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Mon Jan 31, 2011 11:13 am

Re: Where did you fly today?

This wasn't today, this was Friday...I was out of town and away from my computer. I went to Yakima for an interview and got to fly around the valley after the fog burned off enough in a Sport Cub.

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Mon Jan 31, 2011 11:28 am

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Tadpole wrote:This wasn't today, this was Friday...I was out of town and away from my computer. I went to Yakima for an interview and got to fly around the valley after the fog burned off enough in a Sport Cub.


Hey Tadpole- is that an airbag shoulder harness?
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Mon Jan 31, 2011 12:15 pm

Where did you fly today?

Flew to SLE for breakfast yesterday.
Brian is flying the Husky on amphibs. We are trying to talk him into pulling the floats and joining us at JC.
I volunteered an excavator for the lifting, should be fun.
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Mon Jan 31, 2011 12:22 pm

Re: Where did you fly today?

I was going to fly today but it's snowing and blowing...Maybe tomorrow or Wednesday or Thursday or Friday... When ever.
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Mon Jan 31, 2011 12:26 pm

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Off to a good start this week. :)
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Mon Jan 31, 2011 12:46 pm

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denalipilot wrote:Hey Tadpole- is that an airbag shoulder harness?


Yes, quite comfy.
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Mon Jan 31, 2011 1:56 pm

Re: Where did you fly today?

Hello Backcountry Pilots,
Flew down to Elk River, Idaho on skis this morning. A good breakfast at the Elk River Lodge too.

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Tue Feb 01, 2011 5:52 pm

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Talkeetna Mountain ski flying on Sunday:
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Wed Feb 02, 2011 10:28 am

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Rob, do you have your own strip... SOunds like a good sunday flight when our weather is conducive to getting over the Laguna mountains... THis Sat a bunch of guys from Gillespie are headed to Calexico for breakfast but I have to work. Butch...
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Wed Feb 02, 2011 11:10 am

Re: Where did you fly today?

ice,
yes, specs in your PM.

Take care, Rob
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Wed Feb 02, 2011 11:51 am

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These are from Sunday. (took me a bit to work the kinks out of the new Droid)
Took the chainsaw for a quick hop down the Colorado river towards Moab.
Not bad for the end of January.
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Wed Feb 02, 2011 8:13 pm

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Sat Feb 05, 2011 7:16 pm

Re: Where did you fly today?

Flew out to Mountainmatts. A bit snowy today. Did a little flying with Kneel as well.
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Sat Feb 05, 2011 7:21 pm

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New tires? Looks good!
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