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Flybymike,
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.
D.O.
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.
D.O.
wikipedia also says:
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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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.
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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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)
FL
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)
FL
Last edited by Flying Lawyer; 26th February 2012 at 08:37.
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After all, the views are a large reason we fly.
Ingleborough
Hardknott pass and Roman Fort
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