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After a long windy night, we got ready before dawn (moonlight) for flight to Yose...to tie them down better and drove the RV's around them to block the howling winds. Vance (gyro guy) email...- We continued down the Rio Puerco Valley to Belen. We landed around noon and the winds were still light at 8mph, but...
- Today was expected to be the windy day of the trip with 20mph winds in the afternoon. We preflighted and were ready to leave Marble Canyon Airstrip for the final time. Our goal for...
- We passed the confluence of the Colorado and Green Rivers, then headed upstre...t up worked great. We were able to tour the Canyonland area in calm winds in lightly loaded trikes.&nbs...
- Had time to verify the best settings for optimum/maximum glide ratio. I flew over the beach, but high. Nice and calm and surprisingly warm. I'll share that in the AC Owners Group.
- About 47.5 % support flying or even getting their own aircraft / license About 51% don't support flying, almost 6% wish they would stop Well, about 50:50 (slightly skewed to the negative side). they need to fly in a trike, where the bang for the buck is HIGH!!
- I found “Royal Arch”, 175ft high with a span of 80 ft, ample clearance for a trike. On the other side of the ridge was a mini Monument Valley. It was too windy to explore today, but I plan to return and check it out in the future.
- Children used to work much of this mine because the passageways were so small. I prefer to be high above ground ;) In fact this solidified that I don't want to be buried in the end, and get a good job, because some jobs can really really really suck
- A shot from this morning's flight of Lake Las Vegas. Completely artificial lake built just for putting in a high end golf community! Vegas Baby!
East Shore of Lake Tahoe Nevada with California in the distance
Paul Hamilton (Reno) training Jon Carmichael (Las Vegas) for private pilot high altitude above 10,000 at Lake Tahoe at the North Shore looking south