We maded it to the south rim, and could see the Grand Canyon Airport about 5 miles to the...o long over the center of the Canyon. On the south bound Zuni Corridor crossing, we flew parallel to...higher north rim of the Grand Canyon and deflecting up. I was...
We headed south along the edge of the Grand Canyon. We had a 25 mph headwind, which slow...35 to 45 mph. We lined up on the Zuni Corridor and it took over an hour to...the turnpoint on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon. I am not complaining, th...
We crossed over to Cebolita Canyon, a long winding canyon through the pinion forests. When we dropped down low, so did the temperatures. Today was October 24, so I expected cool fall temperatures, but the temps at the bottom of canyon were down to 20F.
We continued north and crossed the Little Colorado River again. Here it is a very steep and narrow canyon. It definitely was a th...re than it would over the large Grand Canyon the next day.
We follo...he "Special Use Airspace of the Grand Canyon"...
After leaving Mexican Mountain Airstrip, we headed for the Mineral Canyon Airstrip to check our our wings, then fly upstream along the Green River with the sun at our back. Here I am crossing over the edge and diving down into Mineral Canyon