Where did you fly today?

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Re: Where did you fly today?

Postby Hafast » Thu Apr 19, 2012 2:15 pm

You're looking mighty handsome these days, how come you didn't get that prettied up when you came to fly the SuperCub with me? :roll:
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Re: Where did you fly today?

Postby Tadpole » Thu Apr 19, 2012 2:53 pm

Hafast wrote:You're looking mighty handsome these days, how come you didn't get that prettied up when you came to fly the SuperCub with me? :roll:


I try to look nice at work...flying Cubs is just dirty fun...though I dressed this way flying for CC most days I was there. They won't let me take the DA-40 into sweet strips like Matt's, so no need putting on the jeans, boots, and BCP T-shirt. :mrgreen:
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Re: Where did you fly today?

Postby robw56 » Sat Apr 21, 2012 12:20 pm

Found this nice gravel bar this morning...
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Now off to Gravelly Valley in a few hours!
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Re: Where did you fly today?

Postby RanchPilot » Sun Apr 22, 2012 6:18 am

Got my Drift camera yesterday. Did a local lap to gather some test footage, then mashed it together in my first attempt at a video. Fine tuning this camera is going to be a great excuse to do a lot more flying!!!! :lol:

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Re: Where did you fly today?

Postby courierguy » Sun Apr 22, 2012 6:47 am

20min. Of deadstick ridge soaring, at 9 to 10k. 29" airstreaks and foulding mountain bike and all, what every well equiped motorglider/ bush plane should have!
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Re: Where did you fly today?

Postby SixTwoLeemer » Sun Apr 22, 2012 11:40 am

RanchPilot wrote:Got my Drift camera yesterday. Did a local lap to gather some test footage, then mashed it together in my first attempt at a video. Fine tuning this camera is going to be a great excuse to do a lot more flying!!!! :lol:



Nice work, I enjoyed it. Where are those sand dunes?? Legal to ride there? Looks fun.
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Re: Where did you fly today?

Postby RanchPilot » Sun Apr 22, 2012 12:14 pm

Thanks, 62.

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Killpecker Sand Dunes in the Red Desert, less than 15 miles north of Rock Springs, WY. http://www.blm.gov/wy/st/en/field_offic ... dunes.html
They go on for miles and miles and there are some huge dunes.

A big part of the dunes are open for riding--and a lot of fun. The rest (and the more fun part, from what I've ... heard) is contained within a Wilderness Study Area.

In addition the riding, I regularly see antelope, coyotes, deer, elk (including some 7x) when flying out there.
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Re: Where did you fly today?

Postby OregonMaule » Sun Apr 22, 2012 10:31 pm

On Saturday my boy, his friend and I went to Madras for some plane work, house work, and lunch at The Black Bear Diner. Shot guns some and went for a hour hike.
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Then back to Troutdale. On the way by Mt Hood we did a loop around the top at 11235MSL
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This has been the best flying weekend of 2012 so far.

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Re: Where did you fly today?

Postby S-12Flyer » Mon Apr 23, 2012 7:52 pm

Nothing too exciting but a heck of a lot of fun. Chasing Randy around.

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Postby RanchPilot » Wed Apr 25, 2012 5:37 am

Second attempt at a Drift video. Having a lot of fun learning.

This was my 40 minute joyride before I had to go in to work on Monday.

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Re: Where did you fly today?

Postby PoorMan's180 » Wed Apr 25, 2012 6:11 pm

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Re: Where did you fly today?

Postby Zzz » Wed Apr 25, 2012 6:13 pm

Nice use of the Airbag B-sides ^^ :)
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Re: Where did you fly today?

Postby Tadpole » Wed Apr 25, 2012 6:16 pm

Nice! Even a quick glimpse at Pioneer Peak! =D>
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Re: Where did you fly today?

Postby PoorMan's180 » Tue May 01, 2012 12:03 am

BOLD Strip

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Re: Where did you fly today?

Postby courierguy » Tue May 01, 2012 7:46 am

With the Airstreaks back on, I have been hitting some of my local sites that I can't hit in the winter while on the skis. This one is 3 miles away, about 6 K, and is hard to land unless the wind is right, I land it about every 4 times I check it out, the rest of the time the wind gods don't cooperate!Image
The second site is new to me, though very close by I just never got around to landing it until the other day. That day I landed 3 new sites so I guess I was just feeling lucky :twisted: Image
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Re: Where did you fly today?

Postby Aviatorpa11 » Wed May 02, 2012 2:46 pm

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Re: Where did you fly today?

Postby Lizard » Thu May 03, 2012 3:03 pm

Just seemed like a monochrome kind of day in New Mexico.
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Lordsburg NM rainforrest.

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High altitude recon.

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Pasture parking with plenty of Frisbee shaped wheel chocks.

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Re: Where did you fly today?

Postby 88H » Thu May 03, 2012 3:47 pm

Lizard:

Great shots, thanks! Where from Lordsburg were you?

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Re: Where did you fly today?

Postby Lizard » Thu May 03, 2012 4:03 pm

88H wrote:Lizard:

Great shots, thanks! Where from Lordsburg were you?

Regards, Larry


The ranch is about 15 miles NE and the Playa is pretty hard to miss :roll:
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Re: Where did you fly today?

Postby wtxdragger » Thu May 03, 2012 4:37 pm

What an awesome country we live in! :D

Let's all do our best to not them damned political tards screw it up. :twisted:




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