Friday, October 5, 2013.
There is a 3 and a half day break in the weather, s...ould mellow out in the afternoon north of Cal Black airport. Our goal is the Dirty...ded and had our “last good meal” at the Airp...
Needed something > 7ft wide to fit this beast. Ended up modifying a car tow dolly to keep it nice and light, Could use some type of bra to keep the rocks etc down on longer trips, but gets it to the airport or drylake really easily
While we have an airport nearby we seldom fly from there. This is our local "aerodrome" with a 360 degree runway, where your landings are always upwind if you so choose
We maded it to the south rim, and could see the Grand Canyon Airport about 5 miles to the south. It's a busy airport, so we passed on landing there. We flew west for 25 miles then lined up on Drago...
Here's a shot from @trikecif Paul Hamilton's wing cam of the two of us approaching Lake Tahoe. We met up over Carson City airport by chance. What a beautiful day to be a trike pilot!!
Refueling in the little town of Ivanho. The bus takes anyone who does not want to fly, all our luggage and tons of fuel. It also ferries us around form the airport to hotel and adventures in town