Idaho Flying
09/09/2009
by: bubble
First the Video!
Now for the photos, stopped for a night in Sulphur Creek. You can see the dirt runway up the valley a bit, click to enlarge photos.
The strip is one way...landing happens going this way:
Takeoffs happen looking this way:
Here's why (aside from the fact that it there is the elevation and slope of the runway playing a factor):
Decided to run up a mountain...stumbled upon this thing:
Confused, I took a closer look: A Radiosonde
With my cool new weather balloon in hand, I made my way back to camp to celebrate my findings. Everyone was already two or three deep in celebrating by the time I got there. We weren't going anywhere else that afternoon...so I joined them.
One of the planes landing at Stanley, ID:
Not sure why, but I decided that walking down the middle of the highway in Stanley was a great idea:
Taxiing out for takeoff from Smiley Creek (elevation: 7200ish)...
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