Pictures from yesterday afternoon

Chuck: Nice pictures. I just now saw them. You have a lot of trees down there. Keep the pictures coming.

Stan
 
Thank you Stan. I thought maybe you had missed them. It seems that no one likes pictures of the country side any more than you and I do. I am still such a low hour pilot that I get just a tad nervious at times over the broad wooded areas where I can't see a place to land. Even following roads, the tree branches go out and cover a lot of the roadway.

Stan, since you do quite a bit of what I call short cross country flying, give me your opinion on this. There will be a fly-in in a week and a half, a pretty big one, for ultralights, about 55 air miles from my base. Several of the guys plan to fly to it and have a wife, or someone, bring everyone's extra fuel. I'm leaning toward trailering to the fly-in, but at the same time, would really enjoy flying at 55 mph with 2 or 3 ultralights. Your opinion, please.
 
Chuck: I would fly there ..as long as there were emergency landing spots along the way. It is a thrill going places in these things. :D

My favorite flight was to Menone 2003 in my Air Command. Nothing major...just 121 miles...but I still have a mental video of that flight. Gyro flying just gets more interesting to me the more I fly.

I typically fly at 500 feet locally...but on a cross country I will fly whatever it takes to give me some gliding distance in case of an engine out. I recall last year on the way to Mentone..having to cross a wooded area and a lake. I had a headwind and was mentally computing (in case of an engine out)...where my point of either deadsticking upwind straight ahead or retreating and doing a 180 downwind deadstick landing. The wind makes a huge difference in moving this point of no return to the upwind side. The higher the headwind...the farther this point of no return moves past the halfway point. :eek:

Glad to see your pictures Chuck...and I dont know why I didnt click on them earlier. I always immediately comment. I love to see other areas of the country and I hope I am not posting too much of my area. :D

Stan
 
Stan, I appreciate your input. I'll talk with the others who plan to fly down and see if they would be willing to follow some roads, bassically.

IMO, you are not posting too much. I really enjoy your shots.
 
Hippie Hollow

Hippie Hollow

Hippie Hollow is one of the places that gets a lot of national
press, but around Austin, people don't pay too much attention to it.

Just a bunch of naked people in all shapes & sizes. Believe me, your
imagination will paint a better picture than seeing it in real time. :eek:

ROBERT
 
Yeah, it was Hippie Hollow. It's been about ten years since I was on Lake Travis. I guess i did pretty well to remember it at all. I agree about the imagination, too.
 
I love the pics you posy. I have tried to post pics and I can not do it. it tells me file to big, I do not know what to do maybe you can help me put up some of my pics.
 
Thank you Dave. You must crop, or down size, the pictures to a size that is less than 150 KB (I think that is right). Then you should be able to post them. I, and many others, would like to see your pictures.
 
I just got my airworthiness cert. from the FAA and I would love to post pics. I tried to make my pics small but I do not know a lot about computers, so I have yet to figure out how to do it.
 
Chuck,
Glad to see you back in the air. Which blades are you flying now. Are they ones that you bought at BD's?
Dave,
Nice pictures, keep them coming.
 
Way to go Dave.........

Way to go Dave.........

Well done. Great pics of a great looking machine. Have lots of fun.

Aussie Paul. :)
 
Stan.... Daves machine is exactly what yours would look like If I had gotten my hands on it!
 
Ron: I know you would have converted it...and you would have been happy with the way it flew too. :D

Stan
 
Screw-In

Way to go Dave. Have fun and fly safe!

Screw-Out
 
Great looking machine, Dave. I'm glad you figgured out how to get it posted. Now, post some more please.
 
Thanks guys, it's great to hear from other gyronuts, I live in central New Jersey and I feel very alone here. people see my machine and it is alaways thier first time seeing one. Kit plane magazine did an article on me and my gyro, it was completed about a month ago but they don't say when it will print. I will be moving to New Mexico in the fall and I look forward to all year flying. Hope to meet all of you at the PRA convention. Dave
 
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