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Old 24th Feb 2012, 22:54   #21 (permalink)
 
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I agree. You would not believe how small the meteor was that made such a big hole.
I was the silly b***** who drove for miles to see it when a 20 minute detour a couple of days earlier could have got an aerial photo.
What's more the Eagles song "Take it easy" glamourises the town. Of Winslow in a way it does not deserve.
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50m across massing about 300,000 tonnes of mostly iron travelling around 13 km/s according to wikipedia. Whilst one should always take care quoting wikipedia, that does sound big enough to sting a bit!

wikipedia also says:

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On August 8, 1964, a pair of commercial pilots in a Cessna 150 flew low over the crater. On crossing the rim, they could not maintain level flight. The pilot attempted to build up speed by circling in the crater to climb over the rim. During the attempted climb out, the aircraft stalled, crashed, and caught fire. It is commonly reported that the plane ran out out of fuel, but this is incorrect. Both occupants were severely injured but survived their ordeal.[24] A small portion of the wreckage not removed from the crash site remains visible to this day.
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Old 25th Feb 2012, 07:31   #22 (permalink)
 
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I read (locally) that the meteor was more like 10m across?

I've been there (sometime after it hit, admittedly) and the place is ISA plus god knows what, so it is amazing a C150 stayed airborne at all I did my FAA IR in Arizona though a bit further north.
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Old 25th Feb 2012, 08:02   #23 (permalink)
 
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Great Thread!! I have loads but I format in 1024 for photo bucket, unfortunately I have been warned but mods not to post that size so can't put them on here.

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Florida, Cessna 172SP


Downwind for Key West International



Key West, Tank Island and Wisteria Island



Pigeon Key



Seven Mile Bridge



Oversea Highway



Everglades Airport



Burgundy, Bell 206 LongRanger


Beaune



Hospice de Beaune

(Both the above cropped from larger pics. I wasn't flying that low!)



Château Savigny-lès-Beaune & vineyards





Helipad on the Ocean Nomad oilrig, North Sea



Hever Castle from Gazelle
(Photograph taken by Peter March)


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Old 26th Feb 2012, 22:46   #25 (permalink)
 
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After all, the views are a large reason we fly.
99% I'd say, and with the Yorkshire Dales an the Lake District 30 minutes away there's certainly some scenes!
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Hardknott pass and Roman Fort
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Old 29th Feb 2012, 23:32   #26 (permalink)
 
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Cape Point from Cessna 210N





Western Cape


Table Mountain & Lion's Head



Camps Bay & the Twelve Apostles



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You can resize a single image in Paint or download Image Resizer, part of Windows Powertools..different versions exist for different operating systems. IR lets you resize batches. Easy to use and free.
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