XC TrikerAir Creation Tanarg 80hp BioniX 15M
0O2, 0O4, 0S5, 0Q5, 14S, 1O3, 3S8, 3W5, 9S3, A39, AVENAL, CALIFORNIA VALLEY, CN12, CYQS, DIXON, FOT, Headquarters, ID85, K1O3, K3O1, K3O8, KAST, KAVX (Catalina Island), KAWO, KBOK, through KBUR, KC80, KCCB, KCMA, KDAG, El Mirage Dry Lake & Flying J Ranch-El Mirage, KFHR, Over LAX midfield & LAX school, KFUL, KGCD, KHAF, KHRI, KINW, KIYK, KIZA, KKIC, KL52, KLGD, KLKV, KLPC, KLSN, KLVK, KMPI, KMRY, through KNTD, KO22, KOKB, KONP, KORS, KOXR, KPGA, KPRB, KRBG, KRBL, KRNM, KSBA, KSBP, KSDM, KSHN, KSMO, KSMX, KSNS, KSZP, KSZT, KTOA, KUAO, KUKI, low pass KVBG, KWHP, KWVI, KZPH, L06, L08, L09, L61, MATANCHEN, Monument Valley, NV74, Dry Lakes, O46, O69, Over KLAX, PHHN, PHDH, S16, S51, S89, SALTON Sea x3, Slab City, Stocking Meadows, through KSEA, A few that won't be mentioned (OR/MX/Sltn), Through TRONA GAP, UT25, WA09, Yosemite, 49X, KHII, L62, L17, KFCH, KCVH, CA66, KOAR KSFF 73S 72S S94 KPUW S68 Bill's Ranch S27 KGPI (Glacier) 58S 2MT1 53U 8S1 7S0 52S S09 S34 KTHM S83 KDEW, L88 (New Cuyama "X"d- low pass), KRIR (FlaBob), L35 (Big Bear), KSBD (KTOA <->San Bernadino @ NIGHT ! :) L45, KBFL, L05, O26, Over Mt Whitney Summit at 17,200', L73, KMIT, L19, L84, KOXR, P20, L54, KFUL (Trike Lecture), KCLR, YYWG YCOR YHAY YIVO YWTO YMIA YBRN YDLQ YTOC YPOK YWGT
~ 166 Airports, Fields, or off road (4 Countries- hopefully more soon :)
If you put all your airports/off airports on SkyVector, you can make a cool map of the places you've been. These are mine:
In North American Continent (US, Mex, Canada, Hawaii)
In AUSTRALIA (MegaFauna 2014, etc)
ALL (get's a little crowded in this view)
EXIF
| Model | iPhone 5 |
| Shutter | 1/15 |
| Aperture | f/2.4 |
| ISO Speed | 2500 |
| Focal Length | 4mm |
| Captured | 2013:10:07 20:53:09 |
What LA looks like flying at night
Have to fly > 50 miles away and 3 hours with 10 landings at night.
Among other things, it's hard to judge your altitude at night. Clouds are just blacker spots in the sky.
Black spots on the ground are either airports, or mountains, or lakes/ocean, or rough terrain.
Comments
View from a TRIKE! Sweeeeet
I can still remember my first airplane ride. It was in 1961, flying out of LAX at night. I had my nose pressed against the window feeling like Peter Pan as I watched the millions of lights below me....
Congrats David
Beautiful!
David, I absolutely love these pictures....this is amazing.
Thank you again guys! I was thinking that anyone could do this and I'd be very glad to take anyone on a night flight over a city (mine or yours)- Just takes a little planning. Matt reminded me how nights are often calmer conditions-- can be just spectacular- last night was near perfect and very Peter-Pan-like (my favorite ride at Disney even though it's a "kiddy ride" just for that reason). I've helped a bunch of people get into XC and put one foot in front of the other, would be very glad to help any of you. Then I thought, hey give me an excuse to come XC to visit you and we'll do it!! Actually, that was the point of this group: Share Local Flights Around the World. -- What are the cool things to fly over near your home, why should any of us come visit you??? I shared some of the cool things to do when you guys come visit me!! YFT (@yarrawonga), you up for an LA night flight? Or actually, I was just thinking that up where I live it's more rural (not great for night flying- all blackness / hidden dangers), but then realized that it's easy to fly with a safe glide between my home airport and the local beach. Can you guys imagine a calm moonlit night flight along the ocean-- maybe when bioluminescence is going off???!!! Awesome. The point is we need to share more-- the real purpose of websites like this is to do just that!!!
Very cool XC!