I had been wanting to do this flight for a while. I had flown to Catalina before, but in some ways...e challenging-- very isolated, no public airstrips (1 di...at whites, blue whales-- and the tip of the 4th Island,...Whitney video-- almost done, really !!! ;)
Here are a couple of photo taken in my neighbourhood just the other day. They show a sand storm over the water just south of us. Can you imagine flying and seeing that coming towards you??
Just checked mine and all is good. (2007 Airborne XT-912 Tourer)...2013)
Well it's doesn't need an xray...
Upon closer inspection of a photo from Saturday, and another closer ins...rborne too, and they were quite reserved and not overly concerned. ...
The Mir diamond mine in Siberia is the deepest ‘proper’ man-made hole. It’s 525m deep and 1,200m across. There’s a no-fly zone above it because the downdraft created by the hole had caused several helicopters to crash.
Cold (-5C) but gorgeous conditions for a short late afternoon flight. The video is here: http://alltrikes.com/elgg/videos/view/8306/flying-with-george-fire-and-ice