Twin Lakes, Mt. Elbert. Leadville, Colorado.
Our home drome, KFGU, with Grindstone "Mountain" in the background:
Hey that's where I took my checkride! Great dpe and nice little airport...hopefully will make it back some day
That's some pretty country you get to fly in.
Straight in approach to our home drome, KFGU.
Straight in approach to our home drome, KFGU.
Thats a good one. I was thinking Harrier jump jet carrier, but melting runway works.
I grew up in western PA, the country here reminds me a lot of that area as well.
Must be hot there, looks like your runway melted.
Sure is beautiful, though.
Google Fu strong!
Here is a great picture showing the dip in the runway:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/zir6/528760919/in/photostream/
That is a big dip. Pretty cool though. I am used to flat runways. Boring....LOL
David
Nice! Justt goes to show you can put a runway almost anywhere.How about Butter Valley?
Bill, you know my cousin Ben Pendergrass from Dallas bay?
Yeah, it does look like Western PA. I fly out of KLBE and we have a very similar looking ridge line just east of the airport. Where did you live up this way?
How about Butter Valley?
Also Clearview, where I've actually landed. 1800 x 30, obstructed and hilly.
Ben Carr?
Awesome. I get the sense that you're one the professional pilots that actually enjoys his job, since most of what I hear is from folks who've had very negative experiences. Nice to see, keep 'em coming!In Vegas after putting the airplane to bed for the night:
Chip Gibbons and the Extra he used to own. Does he post much anymore? Anyway, that was one fun ride.
I'm trying to remember who the lady is in the front seat, she used to be very active here, had a PA-28, lived on Long Island, liked aerobatics, wrote childrens books. Bueller? Anyone?
Somehow ended up flying the Hudson exclusion this Tuesday
Wasn't planned, but the friend we were meeting in the Leesburg, VA couldn't get off work until late afternoon, so I figured might as well take a scenic detour.
One of the coolest things ever.
Somehow ended up flying the Hudson exclusion this Tuesday
Wasn't planned, but the friend we were meeting in the Leesburg, VA couldn't get off work until late afternoon, so I figured might as well take a scenic detour.
One of the coolest things ever.
Twin Lakes, Mt. Elbert. Leadville, Colorado.
Absolutely!
One of my favorite flights. Last year when I took my son on this tour, Newark tower cleared us into the Bravo over Governors Island via a climbing, right 360 from 1000' to 1500' to proceed up the East River. That was Awesome!
Twin Lakes, Mt. Elbert. Leadville, Colorado.
How did you terminate the East River flight? If you haven't already, ask to cross Central Park. They let me when I went, and it was pretty fantastic. You turn left at the north tip of Roosevelt Island and join the Hudson northbound. Unfortunately, I don't have any photographic evidence .