Photo Journal: Cross Country and Air-To-Air Photos from 2009 PRA Convention (Mentone)

barnstorm2

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Here are some photos I took on my trip from Batavia Ohio (I69) to Mentone (C92) and back. Also, some air-to-air and misc shots.

I am only going to post a selection here. To see the FULL set go here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/25426430@N05/sets/72157621871170915/show/

Also, if you took photos at the event please send some copies to Rotorcraft magazine editor Rick Gilley. If you don't have his contact information send me an email and I will give it to you.


Cool folding mast:

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Crop Circles from Aliens.

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Ok, get ready to get Carlinated!!!


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This one is my new desktop photo!!

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Here is a photo of what it looks like when you are working in the cantina

Please note that you can see Jim Logan and his wife. She had a stomach issue and was taken to the hospital Friday night. I have not heard an update but last I heard she is recovering well. Please keep her in your thoughts.

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Connie took this photo of me flying at the end of the day.

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This is what the view looked like most of the way TO Mentone. It looked much different on the way back....

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This is the new Enclosed Single seat Dominator!

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Truly great shots Tim!!!
Thanks for all you do for us!
 
Pilots on the flight line..

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A strange aircraft in which the rotorblades seemed to remain motionless. The large cord must have something to do with it. I will have to ask Chuck Beaty to explain how it works to me. Looks terribly dangerous.

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Team Scott/Matt practicing

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Greg and the new award-winning Magni

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The Mentone EGG (Mentone is the egg capital of the world...BTW)

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In case you did not know, Mentone is also the home of the Bell Helicopter Museum and was the birthplace of Bell Heli's.

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My doorprize is very prized by me indeed.

This is a SIGNED hard-bound copy of "From Autogyro to Gyroplane" by Dr. Bruce Charnov.

If you have not read this book YOU REALLY NEED TO GET IT. You can buy it from the PRA office or on Amazon.com

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Ok, now we start some of the photos of my trip back home.

It was some of the most bazaar conditions I have ever flown in.

Headwinds ranging from 10-40mph starting before DAWN.

Heavy Haze up to about 3000 MSL that did NOT CLEAR even after the sun was well up and the winds did not clear it either.

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Brent Drake flew the first leg to Marion with me. He is great to fly with.

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The aliens crop circle folks have SOLD OUT!!

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I Still don't know what road this is but it has a new look in the haze...

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Flew over some slums...

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Well, that is it!!

Thank you for viewing my photos!!

Don't forget there are more photos in the link at the beginning of this thread.

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Thanks Tim, nicely done. The shot of the single, small boat in the water looks like it belongs in the High Museum of Art in Atlanta this month. THere is an entire series of this exact same type of photograhy, which is exclusionary of all references like a horizon or something. This is seriously acclaimed art, and you nailed it with this one.
 
As always Great pics, man what a house boat, even had a slide built in.

yep does look like you ran into some soup on the way home. much more and you would have been IFR and not the I follow roads type.
 
Great photos, Tim. Those crop photos are like LP albums. You can't play them backwards but if you turn them upside down they look a lot different.
 

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Tim,

As always, great photos. Thanks for bring me along! I'm gonna have to call you soon and talk about building myself a Twinstarr.

Wayne
 
Tim I love the cross country photos. I wish I would of got closer to you when we were flying for a close up photo. I guess I am a chicken. How do I put the pictures on a cd from the forum?
 
Thanks Tim, nicely done. The shot of the single, small boat in the water looks like it belongs in the High Museum of Art in Atlanta this month. THere is an entire series of this exact same type of photograhy, which is exclusionary of all references like a horizon or something. This is seriously acclaimed art, and you nailed it with this one.

High Art! Very Cool! thanks! There are like 3 wordplays/puns in that alone!

As always Great pics, man what a house boat, even had a slide built in.

yep does look like you ran into some soup on the way home. much more and you would have been IFR and not the I follow roads type.

Most of the route was class G ( 1 mile vis for PVT, 3 for sport ) and was pretty clear near the ground but stuffy at about 1000 AGL.

I am surprized I did not get carb ice.

My bigest concern was the nasty head wind. Brent was heading directly South into the wind and Ed Newbold and David Morris were following simular paths to myself.

I was shocked that the sky did not clear up after the sun rose, temps went up and the wind held steady.

Great photos, Tim. Those crop photos are like LP albums. You can't play them backwards but if you turn them upside down they look a lot different.

SON-OF-A-GUN!! I looked at that think for 15 min trying to figgure out what it might be!!

Thank you Tim!

Tim,

As always, great photos. Thanks for bring me along! I'm gonna have to call you soon and talk about building myself a Twinstarr.

Wayne

Don't forget Jim in Indy has an unfinished Twinstarr Kit for sale!! I think he wants less then 10k for it. Pickup an untagged used Lycoming 0320 and you will have a NEW Twinstarr for less then I paid for my used one!

Tim I love the cross country photos. I wish I would of got closer to you when we were flying for a close up photo. I guess I am a chicken. How do I put the pictures on a cd from the forum?

Never go outside of your comfort level! I have some experience flying in close formation and I still am nervous.

Here is a link to a ZIP file that has the Air-to-Air Carlinator files.

RIGHT-CLICK on the file NAME and choose SAVE TARGET AS...

Choose your desktop as the destination and you will be able to burn this to a CD without having to download the individual files.

Let me know if you need help with it.

If all else fails I can burn a CD and send it to you.


Rick,

Thanks! Can you belive I forgot photos?

I wonder if you can tow banners with a pusher....?

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Don't forget Jim in Indy has an unfinished Twinstarr Kit for sale!! I think he wants less then 10k for it. Pickup an untagged used Lycoming 0320 and you will have a NEW Twinstarr for less then I paid for my used one!
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Tim if he has not sold it yet David Glassmeyer had a O320A2B, 434 SMOH, with log, mags, carburetor, alternator,exhaust.

don't know the price, but is worth looking into.

for those that Don't know, David is the guy I got the Commuter H1B helicopter from and he is a great guy to do business with. he also had a 0290 G that was converted. if anyone wants his contact info just PM me.
 
Iowa to Mentone

Iowa to Mentone

Tim, thank you. The four of us had a blast flying out from Iowa, its even better when there is great pictures to go with it.
 
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