What's it look like where you live?

[Cap'n Jack]

What does your local area look like from the air?

Here's just west of Lincoln, NE today:

 

[imQ]

I knew I should have taken more pictures today. 51 degrees and a 90 degrees crosswind @ 12kts. Brown, brown, and more brown. But I got some air time today, 1st time in 2 months that the weather, and my schedule cooperated.

 

[Danos]

Funny you should ask. I just got back from hunting for IMC. Here's what it looked like about 150 mi north of where I live departing KALB.

 

[flyingcheesehead]

What does your local area look like from the air?

Needless to say, the above were NOT taken today. If they were, it'd look more like this (Wausau, where I work, not Madison, where I live):

 

[Pilawt]

Vancouver, WA (KVUO). That's the Columbia River, dividing Washington from Oregon. Portland Int'l. is visible at the distant right; and Mount Hood in the background.

 

[Teller1900]

1. Maine's South Eastern coast last week. Taken from 9k during our decent into KRKD.

2. The light house in the middle of lake something-or-other immediately NW of AUG. Taken from 3K feet during climb out from AUG going to RKD.

3. Taxiing at sunset in RKD. Taken on the taxiway in RKD on the way to parking.

4. Mt. Washington - Home of the world's worst weather - in the distance. Taken over Portland southbound to BOS.

5. Downtown BOS and KBOS as we're getting vectored for the left downwind for the visual 4L.

I took more today, but my camera is out in my car and it's frappin cold out there right now.

 

[jesse]

What does your local area look like from the air?

Here's just west of Lincoln, NE today:

About like that.

 

[Cap'n Jack]

Ha ha- I figured either you or Jason would chime in ...

 

[tdager]

Brrr....too cold and flat where most of you are at!

 

[vontresc]

Dammit I went flying yesterday, and the batteries in my Camera were dead :-(

Anyway just imagine Kent's pics with more snow and more haze

Pete

 

[tonycondon]

Iowa looks pretty much like Nebraska right now.

When were you flying? I was out west of Lincoln, by Seward, about 3 PM yesterday.

 

[Cap'n Jack]

Tony-
It would have been... about 3PM yesterday. I was practicing T/O & landing at Seward from around 1:30 or 2 PM. Landed in Lincoln a little past 3. There was a Cessna (type unknown) that was told to follow me to land. I was practicing T/Os & landings at Seward. Were you in the Cherokee that's listed in your signature line?

 

[tonycondon]

Tony-
It would have been... about 3PM yesterday. I was practicing T/O & landing at Seward from around 1:30 or 2 PM. Landed in Lincoln a little past 3. There was a Cessna (type unknown) that was told to follow me to land. I was practicing T/Os & landings at Seward. Were you in the Cherokee that's listed in your signature line?

nope. the Cherokee in my sig line is my glider, a 1965 homebuilt named a "Cherokee II" It was designed well before the Piper Cherokee so no relation

I was in a 421 circling the tall tower on the south side of the interstate, from FL250 down to 2000 MSL.

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N42776/history/20071230/2010Z/KAMW/KAMW

 

[Matthew]

Departing from KOJC R18 (Olathe, KS) and turning SW.

Not much has changed between Feb, when this picture was taken, and now. More snow on the ground, maybe.

The large building to the right of the strut, just below the wing is Garmin.

 

[RotaryWingBob]

It looks a whole lot different. This is the center of town. We live a couple of miles southwest from here -- some of the buildings are from the Revolutionary era.

I get nosebleeds just looking at those other pictures. Imagine what would happen if I actually flew that high

 

[Ghery]

Not today, but on a nice day... in a few months?

Oh, and low wing airplanes stink for taking pictures below.

 

[taters]

I knew I should have taken more pictures today. 51 degrees and a 90 degrees crosswind @ 12kts. Brown, brown, and more brown. But I got some air time today, 1st time in 2 months that the weather, and my schedule cooperated.

Glad to see you get up yesterday!

 

[Tom-D]

We only take pictures on nice summer days.

 

[jpflys]

 

[Pi1otguy]

Oh, and low wing airplanes stink for taking pictures below.

2 words: steep turn

 

[Lawreston]

Here's another shot of Maine, but I'm "skeered of heights," ) so I took it from about 1200msl. With a foot+ of snow last night and still coming, it's obvious it's not a today shot.
Maine Street, Brunswick, part of the campus of Bowdoin College(about 3.5sm from my Topsham house). And yes, with permission of NAS Brunswick tower, only a mile or so away.

HR

 

[Let'sgoflying!]

all I could find right now is this nighttime shot....I'll work on a daytime one later

 

[Let'sgoflying!]

dont strain your eyes!

HAPPY NEW YEAR PILOT FRIENDS!!!

 

[Joe B]

Photo credits to the USNA. The picture appears to be from last winter - looks just like this now.

Regards,
Joe

 

[RMCN172RG]

Take summer of 06, plane down for annual right now.

We are in the condo complex behind the bridge

 

[Teller1900]

Here's another shot of Maine, but I'm "skeered of heights," ) so I took it from about 1200msl. With a foot+ of snow last night and still coming, it's obvious it's not a today shot.
Maine Street, Brunswick, part of the campus of Bowdoin College(about 3.5sm from my Topsham house). And yes, with permission of NAS Brunswick tower, only a mile or so away.

HR

Have you managed to escape the power outages with this latest storm, Harley?

 

[Ghery]

2 words: steep turn

Yeah, but that makes the guys in the tower really nervous when you're on the downwinde leg leaving the pattern.

 

[Lawreston]

Have you managed to escape the power outages with this latest storm, Harley?

No power outage, yet. We did have one back in November during a wild and wooly windstorm. Today?
#1 = Deck cookout postponed. Yesterday the deck & railings were clean.
#2 and #3 = a bit over a foot.
#4 = Just keep it low and slow, no harsh braking.

And more is coming tonight/tomorrow.

HR

 

[Ghery]

No power outage, yet. We did have one back in November during a wild and wooly windstorm. Today?
#1 = Deck cookout postponed. Yesterday the deck & railings were clean.
#2 and #3 = a bit over a foot.
#4 = Just keep it low and slow, no harsh braking.

And more is coming tonight/tomorrow.

HR

Snoqualmie Pass coming home from Pullman yesterday - gotta love that Jeep Commander. Didn't slip once while others were forced to put on chains. IR or no IR, this was a trip to drive.

 

[Cap'n Jack]

nope. the Cherokee in my sig line is my glider, a 1965 homebuilt named a "Cherokee II" It was designed well before the Piper Cherokee so no relation

I was in a 421 circling the tall tower on the south side of the interstate, from FL250 down to 2000 MSL.

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N42776/history/20071230/2010Z/KAMW/KAMW

Interesting track- what were you doing? Heading back, I was 3000 MSL so were were pretty close to each other. I keep having to remember that 2000 MSL is only ~500 AGL out here. Sitting on the ground at Seward was 500' above traffic pattern in the places I flew in NJ.

 

[Teller1900]

No power outage, yet. We did have one back in November during a wild and wooly windstorm. Today?
#1 = Deck cookout postponed. Yesterday the deck & railings were clean.
#2 and #3 = a bit over a foot.
#4 = Just keep it low and slow, no harsh braking.

And more is coming tonight/tomorrow.

HR

That looks familiar. Tomorrow's storm sounds like it should be interesting. Are you familiar with the road leading up to the AUG airport? It's a rather steep hill that I saw a cop car with chains and a snow plow struggle up. Imagine how my V-6 FWD Mazda6 did with that . Took me 10 minutes to go 1/8 of a mile!

Is it summer yet?

 

[Lawreston]

That looks familiar. Tomorrow's storm sounds like it should be interesting. Are you familiar with the road leading up to the AUG airport? It's a rather steep hill that I saw a cop car with chains and a snow plow struggle up. Imagine how my V-6 FWD Mazda6 did with that . Took me 10 minutes to go 1/8 of a mile!

Is it summer yet?

Oh yeah! And for most of our members who aren't familiar with KAUG, they'll probably think I'm crazy when I write that during a winter day one might drive to the airport from the Armory on Western Avenue and it'll be a clear day. But by the time the car gets up on the bluff at the airport -------- it may be snowing at the higher elevation. True! And from one end of the runway there's not total visibility of the other end. (Is the restaurant still good? I haven't been there in a while.)

HR

 

[Teller1900]

Oh yeah! And for most of our members who aren't familiar with KAUG, they'll probably think I'm crazy when I write that during a winter day one might drive to the airport from the Armory on Western Avenue and it'll be a clear day. But by the time the car gets up on the bluff at the airport -------- it may be snowing at the higher elevation. True! And from one end of the runway there's not total visibility of the other end. (Is the restaurant still good? I haven't been there in a while.)

HR

I wouldn't have believed it until I saw it myself, but that's so true. I HATE that freakin runway. You think you're going to grease it, then the runway either sneaks up and slaps you (17) or runs away from you (35)...it's absurd. Have you ever driven up that hill in dense fog with that tank sitting up at the top on static display...that's a little eerie. Have you been to RKD any time recently? It's like Disney on Ice taxiing around there. You should try it, it's kinda fun...until you get near the edges!

I actually haven't been to the restaurant. The idea of Thai food before going flying kind of scares me. I hear good things, though.

 

[Areeda]

Well these are about 7 days old but this is what's in my backyard.

Joe

 

[sba55]

Ahh...now I've found lots of fun pictures!

1) Yesterday in SoCal.
2) Last weekend somewhere in Michigan.
3) The Bay Area last week.

Michigan loses, I'm afraid

-Felix

 

[p8cleared2land]

This is from a couple of summers ago. Right now the valley is grey and the mountains are white. I live just in front of where the strut meets the river.

 

[Dean]

Iowa looks pretty much like Nebraska right now.

Iowa pretty much looks like Nebraska all the time.

 

[Lawreston]

I wouldn't have believed it until I saw it myself, but that's so true. I HATE that freakin runway. You think you're going to grease it, then the runway either sneaks up and slaps you (17) or runs away from you (35)...it's absurd. Have you ever driven up that hill in dense fog with that tank sitting up at the top on static display...that's a little eerie. Have you been to RKD any time recently? It's like Disney on Ice taxiing around there. You should try it, it's kinda fun...until you get near the edges!

I actually haven't been to the restaurant. The idea of Thai food before going flying kind of scares me. I hear good things, though.

Just so others don't think we're both crazy, talking about no snow and snow within 1/8 mile, and the Army tank at the top, I guess we should qualify that the Maine National Guard is HQd at the Armory and up on the bluff at the airport.
I don't get into Knox County -- Cushing is my home town -- too much in the winter, but if I visit my uncle who looks right out at the breakwater in Rockland I'll normally go to the airport and say "boo" to Kevin, at Penobscot Island Air. When you happen to fly over Cushing watch for the old red farmhouse (below). I knew every nail in the place from 1947 until my cousin bought it several years ago and "modernized" it.

HR

 

[RMCN172RG]

2 feet down and still coming

 

[Obi Heed Kenobi]

Photo credits to the USNA. The picture appears to be from last winter - looks just like this now.

Regards,
Joe

The Severn River is nice, but I like the Choptank better.

The USNA has a beautiful campus - it's one of my favorites, by far.