On Dec. 29 I went out to bore some holes in the sky.
Says me: "Let's fly to Kline-Kill. I haven't been there for awhile and I want to play in the grass."
The first picture is just north of KPOU. Notice the total lack of snow.
The second picture is on final for Kline-Kill.
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Who could possibly know there would be too much snow on the ground to land, just 55 mile north.
Certainly not me.
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You may have dodged a little bit of a bullet there anyway? I love that field, but it can get a little wet and muddy from time to time. Green Acres is a little bumpier maybe, but I think it's generally drier.
Flying out of Houma?
Flying out of Houma?
But are they the right trucks?Nevada Open Pit Mine. Yes, those are real full size mining dump trucks in there.
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Made me hungry for a dozen or two on the half shell.Flying out of Houma?
Gonna get a lot of "there's a plane on fire" reports, lol.
After 42 years I finally turned 2000hrs on my 172 in 2021. I have almost flown it a 1000 hours in the last 4 years. It had 1416 hrs when I started flying it in 2018.New Year's over the Salish Sea (between Washington State and Canada) and my tach showing I just crossed the 2,000.0 hour mark in my Maule