went flying today

CharlieTango · Post by **CharlieTango** » Sun Feb 01, 2009 11:12 pm

heres some photos

glyn · Post by **glyn** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 5:39 am

MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I wana fly there!!!! those are some really great pics!!! i bet it was cold though!!!

CharlieTango · Post by **CharlieTango** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 10:07 am

my heater cranks, i was wearing a t-shirt temps were ~ 0F
http://sportpilottalk.com/posting.php?mode=reply&t=1140
here's a few more local shots

tech10002 · Post by **tech10002** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 12:17 am

Man, you have the nicest places to fly out there. I'm going flying later in the week over the Appalachians. I'll try to take some pics. It will be the first time I've ever done any flying over the mountains. All my flying before was mainly in Florida.

How high AGL were you when you snapped those?

CharlieTango · Post by **CharlieTango** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 9:45 am

most were snapped at about 500' agl.

the highest terrain in the photos is 14,000' msl

i have a lot of experience in these mountains, for your 1st apalacian mtn flying start with 2,500' agl with light winds. envision the winds and know that the lee side of ridges and peaks is where the turbulence is and know that the turbulence can rise or undulate to altitudes much higher then the terrain that caused the turbulence.

bobg · Post by **bobg** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 7:38 pm

I did a trip down the Hudson River canyon this past weekend over the George Washington bridge at 1000 ft past were the airliner landed in the river made 2 circles around the statue of liberty and back up the river to my home airport 12N kind of makes you feel privaledeged that we pilots all still have these freedomens in these post 911 days.
Not quiet as scenic as the picks you have posted and not the kind of flying that I usually
Enjoy but I am grateful to have an experienced good friend that lets me fly with him.

Roy Dietsch · Post by **Roy Dietsch** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 8:50 pm

Wow!

CharlieTango · Post by **CharlieTango** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 9:55 pm

couple more

Jim Stewart · Post by **Jim Stewart** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 12:37 am

How was your oil temp?

CharlieTango · Post by **CharlieTango** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 10:03 am

funny you should ask jim,

i climbed to 12k, never got above 220F.

since then i have gotten hotter. it is under control but i'm anxious to have the new oil lines installed and the cooler flushed.

jimhazen · Post by **jimhazen** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 2:10 pm

Flying through the Bitteroots and Montana Rockies this summer I made an interesting discovery. Mountain flying improves your hearing. When your at 10k and looking UP at the peaks you can actually hear the spark plugs firing.

CharlieTango · Post by **CharlieTango** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 3:27 pm

another short flight today

Sherwin Bowls

Bloody Mountain

Mammoth Crest

Mammoth Mountain

June Lake

Hydro electric dam above June Lake