I took off at 1 minute after civil twilight on a 3.8 hr flight to Angel Fire, CO. First stop was an early morning flight over the Sandia Moutains, then over to Sante Fe Baldy, at the southern end of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. From here I hopped...
I have been visiting the Caldron of Hell and Jaws of Death since late 2004, for over 12 years now. However, it is only recently have I flown through these beautiful spots the way they are meant to be, down low in calm conditions. I had no clue of...
West of the Rio Puerco, near Mt Taylor is La Ventana Mesa with a maze of canyons connected by windows eroded in the sandstone. I first "discovered" these windows about a year ago in September 2016. When I overlayed my GPS track over topo maps, I saw...
This mountain captures the spirit of New Mexico like no other.
On the first day of a trip up to Colorado, Paul and I flew up to ShipRock Peak, in the 4 Corners area of New Mexico. We followed the 6 mile long spine from the south, then circled the...
In the Rio Puerco Valley between Mt Taylor and Albuquerque, NM is a chain of volcanic plugs. On this trip I took my wingtip mounted GoPro Fusion over the tops of Cerro Nuesta Senora, Cerro de Jacobo, Cerro Santa Rosa, Cerro Chato and Cerro Vacio....
This is a compilation video of all my flights from 2017. The clips are in chronological order, which mixes them up in a nice way. I had some great trips in 2017. The highlights were a weeklong trip to Colorado and a trip to the Bar10 ranch on the...
Paul and I took a long 5.1 hour flight over the Jemez Mountains on July 13, 2017. We had perfect calm winds for the flight and on the way to Jemez we made a pass over the "Vents". These are some amazing travertine springs near the Jemez Caldera....
http://www.jeffsflightlog.com/2018/2018_10_29_grand_gulch.pdf
Here is Day 3 of my Arizona Flying Adventure. A short hop to the Grand Gulch Mine and Airstrip, followed by an ATV tour to the rim of the Grand Canyon.