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jensdad,
Sorry about that. The snow was a deliberate "white herring".
Grand Canyon Airport, 4 nm south of the canyon, 9000' runway and 6609' ASL. That would be a QFE of about 800 mb, if you could wind your altimeter back that far!
A very busy place, with helicopters and fixed-wing tourist flights.
I took a flight in an EC-130T2. Even though I have quite a bit of mountain flying experience, I found it quite disconcerting to go from a few hundred feet AGL to over 5000' in a few seconds! See 3:00 in this video:
I also took a Caravan flight over the canyon to Page and then a raft trip from the Glen Canyon dam to Lee's Ferry.
Grand Canyon is definitely a bucket list item.
spook has control.
Sorry about that. The snow was a deliberate "white herring".
Grand Canyon Airport, 4 nm south of the canyon, 9000' runway and 6609' ASL. That would be a QFE of about 800 mb, if you could wind your altimeter back that far!
A very busy place, with helicopters and fixed-wing tourist flights.
I took a flight in an EC-130T2. Even though I have quite a bit of mountain flying experience, I found it quite disconcerting to go from a few hundred feet AGL to over 5000' in a few seconds! See 3:00 in this video:
I also took a Caravan flight over the canyon to Page and then a raft trip from the Glen Canyon dam to Lee's Ferry.
Grand Canyon is definitely a bucket list item.
spook has control.
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Very good challenge, I42. jensgrandma has been to the Grand Canyon, and in fact possibly to that airfield I believe, but her son hasn't made it yet. As you say, definitely on the bucket list!
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Thanks, WIDN62. Good clue, I would never have got it without that. I did think the surrounding buildings looked like they could be in the Balkans, but the airfield and the runway itself look pretty small - must just be an optical illusion with the poor visibility and snow.
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