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Clark1961

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The first shot is of another operator's "minor" problem somewhere in southern Wyoming. It's a coalbed methane field so the water (which is blowing everywhere) is fairly fresh.

The other shots are of my flight today. Wanna play "name the locations"?
 

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The airport is Colorado Springs....

And the third picture is Royal Gorge....

The mine might be Climax, but not sure about that....

So then using my power of deduction, is the pass Monarch Pass?
 
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Everskyward said:
The airport is Colorado Springs....
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Correct. What was the altitude?

Everskyward said:
And the third picture is Royal Gorge....
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Correct.

Everskyward said:
The mine might be Climax, but not sure about that....
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Not so correct. A bit south and east of the moly pit. Another guess might be a gamble but then again it might be legal to gamble...:smilewinkgrin:

Everskyward said:
So then using my power of deduction, is the pass Monarch Pass?
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The pass is un-named on the chart. The pass followed a t-n-g at Silver West. I flew a bit south and then turned west - entered the San Louis valley directly over the dunes.
 
Clark1961 said:
Correct. What was the altitude?
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Hmmm... I can't see your altimeter in the picture.

Clark1961 said:
Not so correct. A bit south and east of the moly pit. Another guess might be a gamble but then again it might be legal to gamble...:smilewinkgrin:
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OK, next guess is the Victor area. I would say that's more than a "bit" southeast but that's a pretty big mine and I can't think of many others.
 
Everskyward said:
Hmmm... I can't see your altimeter in the picture.
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And here I thought you jet drivers could estimate altitudes by squinting over your thumb. Another illusion shattered. I had the Dakota cranked up about as high as I could legally go without being on a clearance. It was nice to see 146 TAS even if I was burning 12 gph to do it.

Everskyward said:
OK, next guess is the Victor area. I would say that's more than a "bit" southeast but that's a pretty big mine and I can't think of many others.
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Well, it's more than a "bit" southeast in the t-Dak but I'm sure it's only a bit in the twin Cessna...anyway you are correct, it's the Cripple Creek/Victor mine.
 
Clark1961 said:
And here I thought you jet drivers could estimate altitudes by squinting over your thumb. Another illusion shattered. I had the Dakota cranked up about as high as I could legally go without being on a clearance. It was nice to see 146 TAS even if I was burning 12 gph to do it.
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Well, I was thinking it looked like a pretty normal altitude for us... as we are descending into KAPA. :)
 
Depending on what time you took the pic of Royal Gorge, I might be in the pic. I was over the Gorge today around 11:00am in a 172. I have a similar picture, but it is much taken much closer to the ground :smile:
 
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