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The Little Arrow That Could
I would've waved but I was sleeping.I decided to go for a 2h flight at midnight and enjoy the full moon this evening. I'd flown over Peoria (KPIA) countless times but never landed there, so that was my destination. Chicago approach and center were super sleepy channels at 2am...
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Curious where was this photo at? Looks like a cool spot tucked away in trees.It was super moon Tuesday last night. The moon always looks larger in person than it does in pictures. Ever notice that or it my cheap camera phone?
You might want to get that looked at.Did I accidentally draw a skypenis?
(Even if I did it can’t be that big since I posted it to POA on my iPhone!)
How'd you get the beans above the frank?!Did I accidentally draw a skypenis?
(Even if I did it can’t be that big since I posted it to POA on my iPhone!)
orrrrrrrrrr... come to Gastons (20nm east) on the 29th!Flew up to Trigger Gap (17A) today… Might be a cool fall fly-in spot for those of us that aren’t afraid of grass or camping. 3000ft and reasonably smooth. There’s a bathroom, fireplace, seats/swing, and a great view.
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From above, for reference.
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2 birds, 1 stoneorrrrrrrrrr... come to Gastons (20nm east) on the 29th!
(but yes, I've always wanted to hit Trigger Gap!)
Nice picture, amazing and ridiculous to me. How many acres of farm land are we going to use to make a little power? And then how much maintenance is it going to take to keep those panels clean to operate at the designed efficiency? Then who going to clean up all these sites when the operators go belly up?
I'd rather we stop growing corn for no other reason than adding ethanol to gasoline making the fuel efficiency worse, lol. Not to mention the energy input into growing/harvesting/refining ethanol from corn being more than the output. It does seem like the long-term impacts of the solar farms are going to become a pretty stark reality in about 20 years when the have to retire a bunch of that equipment.Nice picture, amazing and ridiculous to me. How many acres of farm land are we going to use to make a little power? And then how much maintenance is it going to take to keep those panels clean to operate at the designed efficiency? Then who going to clean up all these sites when the operators go belly up?
OK maybe that is not farm land but it is here and they are spreading like crazy around here.
And I used to complain about nothing but corn to look at driving across Kansas, not anymore.
Would you rather emergency land in corn or solar panels?
I love E85, but we can't even get it around here lol. Closest station is an hour awayI'd rather we stop growing corn for no other reason than adding ethanol to gasoline making the fuel efficiency worse, lol. Not to mention the energy input into growing/harvesting/refining ethanol from corn being more than the output. It does seem like the long-term impacts of the solar farms are going to become a pretty stark reality in about 20 years when the have to retire a bunch of that equipment.
Nice picture, amazing and ridiculous to me. How many acres of farm land are we going to use to make a little power? And then how much maintenance is it going to take to keep those panels clean to operate at the designed efficiency? Then who going to clean up all these sites when the operators go belly up?
OK maybe that is not farm land but it is here and they are spreading like crazy around here.
And I used to complain about nothing but corn to look at driving across Kansas, not anymore.
Would you rather emergency land in corn or solar panels?
Neat LLWS view. I delivered newspapers in that area and my siblings worked concessions at LLWS!Flying out of KIPT afforded me the opportunity to take some photos of the Little League World Series (note, this is in the morning before any of the games started.)
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Crossing the border into Kentucky, the fields along the river were just gorgeous.
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Then I took my wife up to see Niagara Falls. It was the first time I had ever seen them, and I can't wait to go back when there's more time. It was just an up and back with a stop at KIAG.
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e85 is great for making horsepower, not so much for fuel efficiency lol.I love E85, but we can't even get it around here lol. Closest station is an hour away
You’re a little tilted, aren’t youI would rather see big fields of solar panels than towering windmills.
Whenever I see a windmill farm, I have a sudden urge to attack it...
Northwest Nebraska has some fairly interesting contour with those rolling prairies and the south end of the Badlands.I've been living a lie. I never knew Nebraska had anything but cornfields!
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How many acres of farm land are we going to use to make a little power? And then how much maintenance is it going to take to keep those panels clean to operate at the designed efficiency? Then who going to clean up all these sites when the operators go belly up?
Even worse, what are we going to do when the sun goes dark because we’ve drained too much energy from it with all these solar panels?
OhhhNoooooo!!Even worse, what are we going to do when the sun goes dark because we’ve drained too much energy from it with all these solar panels?