CapnMike wrote:Okay, this was a couple days ago, but some of you will recognize this from the movie, "Always"... The fire bomber base in the movie was filmed at Libby, Montana. Neat little paved strip just south of the Kootenai River valley.

courierguy wrote:=D> And, the Ohio Bush Plane sticker

iceman wrote:

courierguy wrote:I was in West Yellowstone last week, and since I had my new "senior" life time free national parks pass (which only cost $15.00!) I realized that I may as well fly over Yellowstone AND Grand Teton Park on the way home, as it now wouldn't cost me the usual entry fees.

Flying over Yellowstone the other day, I happened to catch Old Faithful blowing it's top.



Right about at the junction of YS and GT parks, all these good looking gravel bars down there above Jackson Lake going to waste, what a shame I couldn't get down there and play, 2,000 agl min alt. and I stayed well above that in order to keep above the Jackson CT class D coming up. Rare to have any haze these parts but the recent heat wave seemed to make it that way.

great pictures as usual... but on the senior pass.... that is by far the best deal I"ve come across in a long time... free entry to National parks and forest areas with that pass for everyone in your car... can't beat it....
Then, well south of Jackson and at 9K over the river canyon below and just starting to hang a right towards Alpine, 2 airplanes appeared. In tight formation, they passed under me and off to one side, my left, with about 2 or 300' clearance. I recognized one by it's distinctive paint job, (and sound, I could hear it pretty well) Jackson local STOL in his hotrod

Then a high up bathroom break, and home again soon there after. For those that have not flown that route, try it, you'll like it. Going the other direction works pretty well also.

CamTom12 wrote:Flew from Soldotna to Anchorage. Overnighting due to weather in the mountains. More pics in my other thread!

piperpainter wrote: