Air-to-Air Piper PA 46-350P Mirage

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Sometimes this is just too much fun. Flying with Jim Awalt and his beautiful Piper Mirage.

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danhagan said:
My wife looked over and just told me I should get a plane like that
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When I was taking the interior shots, I was impressed. It's as gorgeous inside as it is outside and looks like it would be an awesome place to spend some hours on a cross-country.

He told me the original owner sold it at a loss of $400K. I laughed and told him I have about $25K in my plane total! His tug was almost 1/3 of the price of my plane!

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I had no idea there were that many hangars up there on the hill..

That place has grown. Ridiculous airplane, far beyond the reach of us mortals...
 
IK04 said:
I had no idea there were that many hangars up there on the hill..

That place has grown. Ridiculous airplane, far beyond the reach of us mortals...
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Yep, it's grown and a lot of people live there now. I used to fly with Rusty Allen in his Stearman years ago. I don't think anyone lived there at the time, the airport was always quiet. Seems like a really cool place now.
 
Nice pics! You know, your in flight photos, and this is a compliment, remind me of photos from Flying Magazine many years ago taken by Paul Bowen. Not sure if you're familiar with him.
 
BrianNC said:
Nice pics! You know, your in flight photos, and this is a compliment, remind me of photos from Flying Magazine many years ago taken by Paul Bowen. Not sure if you're familiar with him.
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That's a very nice compliment, thanks! Paul is a legend in aviation photography. Even if you don't know him, you've seen some of his photos. I'm also a big fan of Jim Koepnick. Jim told me when he sees my work it reminds him of his own... pretty cool!
 
Despite the in-flight photos being gorgeous, the hangar photo is probably my favorite! Looks fast just sitting still!
 
Lachlan said:
Yeah, it looks stately, dignified, authoritative. Nice pics, as usual.
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Thanks! Part of that is me squatting down, a few weeks after a hip replacement, to get the shot I wanted. Also, I asked him jokingly if they were out of big flags when he got this one. He laughed and said it was a gift and the first one was actually too big. They had to get a smaller one so it would fit!
 
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