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Another Boring Flight… …or was it?

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Page 1: Another Boring Flight… …or was it?. A Boring Flight??? In a recent magazine article by Mark Twombly I read that : Flying is a lot like fishing: Hours.

Another Boring Flight……or was it?

Page 2: Another Boring Flight… …or was it?. A Boring Flight??? In a recent magazine article by Mark Twombly I read that : Flying is a lot like fishing: Hours.

A Boring Flight???

• In a recent magazine article by Mark Twombly I read that :

• Flying is a lot like fishing:• Hours and hours of boredom

interrupted by moments of sheer panic!

• It could be my piloting, but all I remember is the excitement…….

Page 3: Another Boring Flight… …or was it?. A Boring Flight??? In a recent magazine article by Mark Twombly I read that : Flying is a lot like fishing: Hours.
Page 4: Another Boring Flight… …or was it?. A Boring Flight??? In a recent magazine article by Mark Twombly I read that : Flying is a lot like fishing: Hours.
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Packed and ready to go: Charts, GPS, laptop, tools, spare parts, camera, camping stuff, food, clothes and toothbrush

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First stop at 47K (MOUNDRIDGE MUNI)

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Spectacular Patterns over Kansas

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Fueled up by police chief at O45 (HOOKER MUNI)

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Stinking to high heaven

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Only way out of turbulence – UP!

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Smooth again at 10500 feet

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New Mexican carving

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First glimpse of the rockies

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Getting into the Painted Desert

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Cerro de Guadalupe

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Petrified Forrest

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One last obstacle….glad I have no passengers!

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Safely on the ground, looking back

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Old FBO at P14 (HOLBROOK MUNI)

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A beacon in the dark

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Flight planning

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Looking back at Holbrook

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Plain, but not boring

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Sedona

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Bagdad, AZ copper mine

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Copper mine runoff

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Sonoran Desert subdivisions

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First class service in 110 degrees

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Life in the desert

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Iron Mountain Pumping Plant

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Palm Springs

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Vail Lake

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Los Angeles smog

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United Brothers

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Playground for a week

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Sonex formation at the fuel pump

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385SX back in the air

Page 40: Another Boring Flight… …or was it?. A Boring Flight??? In a recent magazine article by Mark Twombly I read that : Flying is a lot like fishing: Hours.

In the crosshairs

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What wing damage?

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Must be close to the coast

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Over the pacific

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Can you spell insignificant

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Closing in on Catalina Island

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Catalina Island Marina

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They never saw us coming…

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Back over terra firma too close to John Wayne International

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Lake Elsinore

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Left Downwind into Corona

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Looking for fuel in Corona

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Close formation

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The “Team” is ready for another trip

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Heading towards Lake Skinner

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All smiles after a smooth flight

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Can’t get enough of these two

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Getting ready for final formation flight

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Count the differences!

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Mira Mira coming out of French Valley

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In close formation

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Any closer and we’ll need another wing tip

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Oceanside, CA

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Oceanside Harbor

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A little dogfight can’t hurt..

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Dana Point