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Murf
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2007-10-01          146368

As many of you probably know by now, I am a pilot.

One of the things that is most appealing to me about flying is without a doubt the view, the scenery of even the most ordinary place is usually nothing short of amazing.

For those of you who have never slipped the surly bonds of gravity, here's a little taste of what is to be seen from a few thousand feet up.

If you click on the "Picture Link" you can see it full size.

Best of luck.


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Billy
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2007-10-01          146371

That's one pretty picture, Murf. The colors are absolutely beautiful.

I got a picture I took of some neighbor kids riding horses. I'll find it and post it. I'm not bragging because I took it, it's the innocence and beauty that makes it special. ....

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2007-10-01          146390

Well I found the pic but there seems to be some sort of a problem here. The pic upload doesn't work. It says it does but it doesn't? ....

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DennisCTB
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2007-10-01          146391

Were you trying to load it into your TP photo album? If so how big was it? ....

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kwschumm
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2007-10-01          146392

That's a gorgeous picture Murf. Thanks for posting it. ....

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Hettric
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2007-10-01          146396

Nice shot!
As an aviation wannabe I an curious what you fly? ....

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Billy
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2007-10-02          146404

Yes and 76.5 KB ....

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kleinchris
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2007-10-02          146405

Murf, Nice picture. Thanks for reminding me that there are colors in the world once you get out of Texas. However, I have taken a look at your other pictures in you profile and saw your spread- I didnt see a landing strip- what gives? Youve got machines, youve got land- ....

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2007-10-02          146409

Murf, thanks for reminding us of the beautiful world created for us.


Klen..the bit I have been in Texas I saw color, lots of brown and some green. Then a fair amount of red cattle. It is easy to notice what is different, the task is to see the beauty around us. kt ....

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Murf
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2007-10-02          146417

Thanks guys, if you're interested there's a few others, I take lots, but a few of them are really special.

That particular one up there was just a fluke, the colours were getting near their prime, and it had been a cloudy wet crappy day and just before I got there the clouds parted and the sun came out. My summer place is on the very end of the peninsula in the foreground.

Hettric, I'm lucky to have a variety of stuff to fly, the entire family flies, so between us we have 5 planes, my primary ride now however is a Ryan Navion.

KlienChris, you missed picture # 10, my friend across the street has a strip in his backyard. He gets his snow cleared for free, I get to walk to my plane. Also, the small airport we own is just 10 minutes up the road.

Kenneth, here's another example of a rather inspiring view.

Best of luck. ....

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Billy
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2007-10-02          146456

Now that Dennis has me straightened out, here's that pic. ....

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brokenarrow
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2007-10-18          147119

Billy, now that looks like fun to me!
MURF
LOL, I like that picture alot more if I am looking up at you from my tree stand nad NOT if I was you looking down at me. My feet start shaking if I get too much higher than the top branches on a tree LOL>
Hell you should see me cleaning out my gutters on the second floor roof! (America's most funny vidio winner for sure)
Nice pic though but I will pass on the offer to take your next wing pic ....

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Murf
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2007-10-19          147131

So what you're saying is you don't want to be part of this crowd?

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kthompson
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2007-10-19          147135

Murf the only thing I can say is nuts come in all sizes and shapes. ....

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2007-10-19          147148

Great picture...Good thing the pilot remembered to turn off the left engine for the nice free fallers. ....

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Murf
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2007-10-22          147218

The main reason the engine is shut off is not so much because of the nuts outside the plane, as for cleanliness, the Beechcraft Model 18 (often called the Twin Beech) was powered by a pair of Pratt & Whitney Wasp Junior engines which are notorious for barfing oil out the back end of them.

Those nuts wear gear that is probably worth $5,000, possibly a lot more, they don't want it (or them) covered in oil.

The picture below shows how they 'normally' do it, if climbing out of a perfectly good aircraft can be called 'normal' that is.

The reason for hanging off the aircraft like this is so that they can all let go at exactly the same moment, rather than trying to all race out the door, in order to link up together into a formation on the way down.

Best of luck (from the guy that comes back down INSIDE the plane). ....

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