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MO State Capital right across the river from KJEF while taking a few of my cousins for a flight today (and yes, it was in the C172RG; It actually worked this time! :)):
 

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Cub flying my little brother. He's actually a pretty good stick.

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It's not going to win any photography competitions, but the Dover picture reminded me of this one my dad took. All that restricted airspace around Pax River was cold, so we got to fly right over.

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rottydaddy said:
Iona Island... nice picture.:thumbsup:
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Thanks! I did not know that island had a name. I could not get close enough to tell if anyone lived on it because of the restricted airspace over West Point.

Shepard, forgive me for saying no one could climb that, obviously I was wrong. I meant during a battle as you sumized.
 
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Thanks! I did not know that island had a name. I could not get close enough to tell if anyone lived on it because of the restricted airspace over West Point.
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I actually had to look up the name, although I recognized it. Nearest town is Stony Point (which I don't need to look up).
I've been there on foot... the island is part of a nature preserve. I think it's actually part of Bear Mt. State Park.
 
Honestly I found it on the Internet. I was googling the tail number and found it. Kinda cool!
 
Nevermind the bugs on the windscreen

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MachFly said:
Wow what are the odds
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Must be pretty good. I was able to find this pic of me departing KMIA for MGGT from 2005. Unfortunatly this airframe is no longer with us! :sad:
 

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My first (and hopefully last) Medevac flight:
 

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Everskyward said:
Is that because you were the patient?
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Sadly, yeah. I hit a small bump on my Uncles 4-wheeler, which I do all the time on mine. The difference being is his goes up to about 55 MPH (and I was just about there). All this caused me to flip over forward and smash my head into the 4-wheeler body and the ground, causing it to shatter my nose into many pieces.I also fractured my T6-T10 vertebrates as well as scraping and bruising myself everywhere.
 
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Sadly, yeah. I hit a small bump on my Uncles 4-wheeler, which do all the time on mine. The difference being is his goes up to 52mph (about 10-15mph faster than mine) and the rear breaks were quite a bit weather than the front breaks. All this caused me to flip over forward and smash my head into the 4-wheeler body and the ground, causing it to shatter into too many fixable pieces. At this point I blacked out, but somehow also broke my T6-T10 vertebrates as well as scraping and bruising myself everywhere.
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Ouch! Glad that you made a good recovery!
 
Everskyward said:
Ouch! Glad that you made a good recovery!
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Ooh, sorry to burst your bubble, but I'm still holed up in the hospital, and probably will be for a few more days. I still can't hardly move by myself, let alone use the bathroom. Well see. I've heard exit times range anywhere from a couple days to about 12 weeks. I'll just have to wait here and hope for the best...
 
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Ooh, sorry to burst your bubble, but I'm still holed up in the hospital, and probably will be for a few more days. I still can't hardly move by myself, let alone use the bathroom. Well see. I've heard exit times range anywhere from a couple days to about 12 weeks. I'll just have to wait here and hope for the best...
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Oh! I thought this was something from your past. Sorry to hear about your accident! Your story reminded me of my first helicopter passenger. I asked him if he had ever been in a helicopter before and he said yes, but it was Flight for Life and he didn't remember it.
 
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All this caused me to flip over forward and smash my head into the 4-wheeler body and the ground, causing it to shatter into too many fixable pieces. At this point I blacked out, but somehow also broke my T6-T10 vertebrates as well as scraping and bruising myself everywhere.
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Ow.

Ow.

Ow. Ow. Ow.

Heck, a ride on a backboard is no fun when you get to get off it a few hours later (BTDT, twice). Actually having a serious spinal injury... Yikes. Hope you have a full and quick recovery!
 
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Just hitting the autopilot on at 10,000 feet over KSFO on our way to KAUS.
 
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My first (and hopefully last) Medevac flight:
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Figure I'd throw in a few more from my Medevac flight. It ended being from Farmington since the close from Salem (about 10 miles away) was already busy. Once they picked me up, it was about a 45min flight to St. Johns Mercy in St. Louis.
 

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HighFlyingA380 said:
Figure I'd throw in a few more from my Medevac flight. It ended being from Farmington since the close from Salem (about 10 miles away) was already busy. Once they picked me up, it was about a 45min flight to St. Johns Mercy in St. Louis.
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Damn, Mr. F.

Sounds like you had a pretty bad time of it. Outside of cars and motorcycles, ATV injuries are one of the higher rates of injuries we see. We have a 2000 acre ATV park in our County that has miles and miles of trails. First we have to find them then we have to fly them. Always interesting.

Good luck on your recovery.
 
Cars, planes, bourbon
 

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gkainz said:
Looks like SLIR to me :D (Side Looking.... ) :)
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Haha, yeah that is the stowed position. It is slaved to the pilots helmet so that the IR image in the reticle over the right eye is the same as the unaided left eye sees. It's a pretty neat system. There are some parallax issues with the sensor being about 10 ft in front of and 5 feet below the pilots head, and the field of view is pretty small. It sure beats goggles on a pitch black night however.
 
I decided yesterday that I'm not only going to pilot the Piper that I rent but I'm also going to practice being a stow away.

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That was during our monthly display day. CAP had a booth and I'm thinking about going to their meeting on Monday night (they only have one girl and she is 17 and not a pilot). But being surrounded by children bothered me. The adult to child ratio was alarming.
 
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I tried climbing in the luggage hold of a rental Cherokee once. I was in a jam because the door above the wing would not open. The luggage compartment door still worked, so I got in and then I tried climbing over the back seat to access the front seats, but I was too big! I think you could do it, though.

In the end, a pilot at the airport gave me the tip that any car key will open the Cherokee's door, when the door has not been locked with a key but won't open anyway. That saved the day. Otherwise I would have been stuck at a strange airport.
 
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That was during our monthly display day. CAP had a booth and I'm thinking about going to their meeting on Monday night (they only have one girl and she is 17 and not a pilot). But being surrounded by children bothered me. The adult to child ratio was alarming.
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There was a time those "children" in the CAP did 90% of all search and rescue in the United States.
The five years I spent as a CAP cadet, I logged 275 sorties on nearly 100 search and rescue missions. The experience served me well went I went into the Air Force during that unpleasantness in South East Asia.
 
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I decided yesterday that I'm not only going to pilot the Piper that I rent but I'm also going to practice being a stow away.
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Having just finished the annual on our Dakota, I climbed in and out of the baggage door about a gazillion times in the last week... :D
 
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