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really nice rick! thanks for posting that. it was really fun meeting and getting to know you and debbie up there. hope to see yo down here in the desert someday soon.Comment on "16 hour Trike Annual Certification Course S/W US"
Thanks Ken, Wishfull thoughts on my part without even checking conditions. Its been nice back at the beach. Finished my drive into BC at the right time. Cault the Joshua trees outside of Nipton in the perfect light. Love the desert at Magic hour.Comment on "Salton Sea (CRUSTY SEA) Fly-In Feb 15-17: in the fat sweet air 200' BELOW sea level Hosted by Paratoys"
I'm still planning to be there on Sunday, maybe Saturday. By the way, TFR is indeed for a presidential visit. Apparently he is meeting with the king of Jordan at Rancho Mirage. http://www.pe.com/local-news/politics/politics-headlines-index/20140212-desert-summit-syria-likely-on-the-agenda.ece- Heather, Jim Waters used to love flying Death Valley. It has its own beauties. I love flying here in dead calm sunset time. the sky and rocky mountains turn so red with the shadow on desert flats.
- Oh there ARE power lines quite a bit Joz, and some are impossible to see. I always look for the poles and go up even if I don't see the lines. Even out in the middle of the desert you would be surprised how many power lines are just waiting to snag the unsuspecting.
- Thanks guys! Yes, t is breathtaking, but 'every rose has it thorns'... I learned to fly in Nevada (part of Ken's Sunday posse) where I got used to wide open deser...
- Wow! What's your altitude here? Atacama "It is, according to NASA, National Geographic and many other publications, the driest desert in the world." I know you crossed over the Nazca lines as well, do you have photos and the back story?
...lying. I had a work friend Daryl come out for a first experience in the trike. He got the ants pants tour. W...k flew with us and we landed on a dirt road at the top of a hill in the desert. Very quiet and relaxing, a...- Riz, if you took off on a calm morning, say sub 5 mph, and crested over a hill, or any other area that the sun star...you will find turbulence. That's knows as convective heating. In the open deser...
- I added an extra oil cooler to my 912 as the temps would get too high in the summer. During the winter I just cover the extra cooler to keep air from flowing over it and the temps are normal. I fly in the desert of St. George Ut. and it gets really hot in the summer.