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Where did you fly today?

Well, I did not fly anywhere today, but I did punch some holes in the sky. Still working on getting comfortable in the Rans S-21 after learning in the S-20. The 21 is just a lot tougher to bleed off energy, so I worked on energy management today.

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Nice - Rotax 915! Must be a new plane. If you ever fly out to Rocky Mountain Metro let me know. Looking to move my Husky there. Would be great to see it. I flew out in Heber area once with a Husky instructor.
 
Flying the Snake this morning.
 

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I did some spring gravel bar hopping in the Knik River valley. Nice to bet out landing off runway on wheels again!

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God's country, USA
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9400ft of wave lift over Sugarbush Tuesday morning, all done by noon. First time I shut down inflight, oil was 39F when I restarted.
 

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Overhead Jaranson's on the way home from a fire patrol today...

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9400ft of wave lift over Sugarbush Tuesday morning, all done by noon. First time I shut down inflight, oil was 39F when I restarted.

Dead stick soaring, nothing like it! Old hang glider pilot here, and some days the 9K ridge behind my place is soarable for 6 or more hours, if I wanted to stay up that long.. My record, before I got really bored, was about 3 hrs. The catch is the uphill 400' strip I have, and good soaring conditions mean bad landing conditions. Wave lift though, wow, very cool.
 
Found a wave off the New York Catskills last winter which I took up to 12k. Ground speed 5mph.
Boston center queried if I was a balloon. Did a 180 to head home, and ground speed was 160.
Pretty perfect, but cold day.
 
I didn’t go to Russia.

But if these were in the states it would be a cool place to visit. Or turn into an airpark.

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One advantage to running wheel skis,,, had the lake all to ourselves. May 1st and the ice is still over 50 inches thick.IMG_1367.jpg
 

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Nice pictures. I love the old truck. I drive my 36 Ford PU street rod nearly everyday this time of year. Have driven it 50,000 miles in ten years since I finished it. I love old vehicles whether they are in the air or on the road.
 
Over 16K twice today. The new Aerotec engine makes great power at altitude.20210504_115527.jpeg20210504_101227.jpeg20210504_075325.jpeg

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11:1s and a different cam gear from Lycon. Spins the 86/38 Catto 100 rpm faster than before, both static and in climb. With full tanks it climbs from 8500 ft to 14,500 ft in about 10 min.

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What are you herding up Mark? You can see schools of fish a couple other places too.


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What are you herding up Mark? You can see schools of fish a couple other places.

Its the the commercial herring fishery near Togiak, northern Bristol Bay in southwestern Alaska. A seine boat and skiff are setting a seine net on a school of herring. Herring in this fishery are caught exclusively for their roe. The present fishery at probably $100 a ton is a mere whisper of what it was when it went for $1500/ton. There are many great stories about the spotter pilots, planes and flying for Togiak herring.

Jim
 
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