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CharlieTango
Joined: 10 Jun 2006
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Location: Mammoth Lakes, California
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| Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2009 11:12 pm Post subject: went flying today |
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heres some photos
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glyn
Joined: 12 Jul 2006
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Location: Texas
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| Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 5:39 am Post subject: |
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| MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :roll: I wana fly there!!!! those are some really great pics!!! i bet it was cold though!!! |
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CharlieTango
Joined: 10 Jun 2006
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Location: Mammoth Lakes, California
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| Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 10:07 am Post subject: |
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my heater cranks, i was wearing a t-shirt temps were ~ 0F
http://sportpilottalk.com/posting.php?mode=reply&t=1140
here's a few more local shots
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tech10002
Joined: 12 Jan 2009
Posts: 37
Location: Lexington, Ky
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| Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 12:17 am Post subject: |
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Man, you have the nicest places to fly out there. I'm going flying later in the week over the Appalachians. I'll try to take some pics. It will be the first time I've ever done any flying over the mountains. All my flying before was mainly in Florida.
How high AGL were you when you snapped those? |
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CharlieTango
Joined: 10 Jun 2006
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Location: Mammoth Lakes, California
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| Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 9:45 am Post subject: |
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most were snapped at about 500' agl.
the highest terrain in the photos is 14,000' msl
i have a lot of experience in these mountains, for your 1st apalacian mtn flying start with 2,500' agl with light winds. envision the winds and know that the lee side of ridges and peaks is where the turbulence is and know that the turbulence can rise or undulate to altitudes much higher then the terrain that caused the turbulence. |
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bobg
Joined: 30 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 7:38 pm Post subject: |
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I did a trip down the Hudson River canyon this past weekend over the George Washington bridge at 1000 ft past were the airliner landed in the river made 2 circles around the statue of liberty and back up the river to my home airport 12N kind of makes you feel privaledeged that we pilots all still have these freedomens in these post 911 days.
Not quiet as scenic as the picks you have posted and not the kind of flying that I usually
Enjoy but I am grateful to have an experienced good friend that lets me fly with him. |
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Roy Dietsch
Joined: 28 Jan 2009
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Location: Milwaukee
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| Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 8:50 pm Post subject: |
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| Wow! :shock: |
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CharlieTango
Joined: 10 Jun 2006
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Location: Mammoth Lakes, California
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| Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 9:55 pm Post subject: |
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couple more
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Jim Stewart
Joined: 12 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2009 12:37 am Post subject: |
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| How was your oil temp? |
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CharlieTango
Joined: 10 Jun 2006
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Location: Mammoth Lakes, California
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| Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2009 10:03 am Post subject: |
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funny you should ask jim,
i climbed to 12k, never got above 220F.
since then i have gotten hotter. it is under control but i'm anxious to have the new oil lines installed and the cooler flushed. |
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jimhazen
Joined: 14 Apr 2007
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Location: Arizona
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| Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 2:10 pm Post subject: |
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| Flying through the Bitteroots and Montana Rockies this summer I made an interesting discovery. Mountain flying improves your hearing. When your at 10k and looking UP at the peaks you can actually hear the spark plugs firing. |
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CharlieTango
Joined: 10 Jun 2006
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Location: Mammoth Lakes, California
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| Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2009 3:27 pm Post subject: |
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another short flight today
Sherwin Bowls
Bloody Mountain
Mammoth Crest
Mammoth Mountain
June Lake
Hydro electric dam above June Lake
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