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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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Fri Sep 09, 2011 2:54 pm

Re: Where did you fly today?

Bold Strip Eklutna Lake

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Fri Sep 09, 2011 3:34 pm

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saturday am left cortez to caveman(visited with the clan there) then dolores point then mack(thanks to Paul for the fuel) then gateway, monticello and back to cortez. Great day of flying and first bc stuff with the landis fork and the 29's :DImage
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Fri Sep 09, 2011 5:27 pm

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Got home a few hours ago from 3 day trip. Flew the Chevy to the hospital with my pregnant wife and came home today with this in the baggage compartment...

My new son, born Wednesday! Now my 4yr old daughter will have someone to play with. Dang, now I really need a plane with 4 seats!
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Fri Sep 09, 2011 7:36 pm

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courierguy wrote:UtahMaule stopped by today


Wait... I thought your Maule was white/blue? How many Maules do you have??! :)
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Fri Sep 09, 2011 8:01 pm

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Wonderful!! =D> =D> =D>
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Fri Sep 09, 2011 8:19 pm

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Congrats. He's even Vulcan. :)

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Fri Sep 09, 2011 8:42 pm

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Tadpole wrote:Got home a few hours ago from 3 day trip. Flew the Chevy to the hospital with my pregnant wife and came home today with this in the baggage compartment...

My new son, born Wednesday! Now my 4yr old daughter will have someone to play with. Dang, now I really need a plane with 4 seats!
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CONGRATS Tad!! fantastic...Our girl is due Nov 6th and I've already planned ahead for the 4 seater thing...a Tundra should be in the works for you!! Felicitation =D> =D>
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Fri Sep 09, 2011 8:56 pm

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Zane wrote:Congrats. He's even Vulcan. :)


You have no idea how funny that is to me and how deep in my family history that goes... :mrgreen:
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Fri Sep 09, 2011 9:04 pm

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McKinzie Bridge. Talked to one of the chopper pilots. The bottle of Merlot is gone and so am I.

Cheers...Rob
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Sun Sep 11, 2011 6:05 am

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My bride and I took the 701 into Mexican Mountain yesterday, 1st time. It was lovely, although the weeds are trying to overtake the strip in places. I'm still working on coming up with a camera mount that doesn't shake, so the video is not as nice as what some of you post.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxihW6X3Eis
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Sun Sep 11, 2011 2:40 pm

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Flew to Payson Az today for breakfast and then stopped by Redcreek for a little while.
Sunrise just East of Scottsdale Arizona

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Two Ol jalopys at Redcreek.

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Looking East from the parking area at Redcreek.

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Sun Sep 11, 2011 2:49 pm

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Nice pictures, looks like a cool spot.
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Sun Sep 11, 2011 3:19 pm

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Here's a video of it. Great place to camp in the cooler months.

http://www.vimeo.com/1759315
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Sun Sep 11, 2011 5:10 pm

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Flew to Marble CO on Friday, back today...good flying, good time, good company...pics to follow.
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Friday night after the rain shower
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A few guests passed through Saturday morning, fertilizing the runway as they went. (About 2800 of them)
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3 L-19s flew into Marble..Nice planes!
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A few Planes at Marble
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Sun Sep 11, 2011 5:21 pm

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Hafast wrote:Flew to Payson Az today for breakfast and then stopped by Redcreek for a little while.
Sunrise just East of Scottsdale Arizona

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Two Ol jalopys at Redcreek.

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Looking East from the parking area at Redcreek.

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Red Creek's one of the best places Flagstaff BCP's go to get out of the wind and cold 6 months of the year. Nice shots of a great spot!

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Sun Sep 11, 2011 7:34 pm

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Troutdale to Hood River, Oregon. I think this was the last 90+ day of 2011 Went to the WAAM fly in. This is a 3 day event. The Friday night pilot party look pretty fun. Next year it is going on my to do list. The museum is really great too. Grass runway, grass parking, bonfire, beer. Yep on the list.

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I like the stacks and leather belt cowl latch.
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video to come

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Mon Sep 12, 2011 9:38 am

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hicountry wrote:.......
A few guests passed through Saturday morning, fertilizing the runway as they went. (About 2800 of them)
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I've noticed that cattle aren't esp graceful or careful-- I'd be pretty nervous about them being driven by so close to the airplanes. Any livestock rash incidents?
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Mon Sep 12, 2011 10:46 am

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A few of my favorites from a circumnavigation of Montana's Flathead Lake this weekend:
Your very own island would be pretty cool 8) Image
I've been watching this place go up over the last few years, on it's own pennisula. I wonder what kind of boats they keep in the indoor boat "hangar"?Image
Same place, a front view:Image
This is probably the caretakers shack, plus enough room for a few more boats :shock: Image
The lengths, literally, some of the shoreline people go to for direct access to their boats, I'm not sure if this is a people or boat mover, maybe both?Image
A great place to keep your hot tub.Image
I flew the entire route over two days (early AM) at 45 mph, with the window wide open and the heater on, the second day listening via my Sirius to live coverage of the 911 events, which made for a weird mix of emotions :D :cry: I also hit a few of the bars later near Kalispell, the gravel bars that is!
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Mon Sep 12, 2011 1:45 pm

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hotrod150 wrote:
hicountry wrote:.......
A few guests passed through Saturday morning, fertilizing the runway as they went. (About 2800 of them)
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I've noticed that cattle aren't esp graceful or careful-- I'd be pretty nervous about them being driven by so close to the airplanes. Any livestock rash incidents?


Not that I know of..the only casualty that I know of was when a sheep dog got ahold of Bill Hollis' burrito. [-X
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Mon Sep 12, 2011 2:18 pm

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hicountry wrote:Not that I know of..the only casualty that I know of was when a sheep dog got ahold of Bill Hollis' burrito. [-X


Well that's never good! :mrgreen:
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