German guy
Cleared for Takeoff
Hi everybody,
my wife and I spent our Christmas vacation 2010 / 2011 with flying in the south west of the USA.
We flew with a commercial airline to Phoenix, AZ, where we rented a Cessna 172 from Westwind Aviation
at the Deer Valley Airport. Our experience with Westwind was top-notch, we can highly recommend them.
Over the following two weeks we flew to Las Vegas, Death Valley (while there was water in it),
Los Angeles, San Francisco, Palm Springs, Grand Canyon, Lake Powell, Monument Valley and even
went horseback riding at the Big Bend Ranch National Park in southern Texas.
On our last day we took some helicopter flying lessons, which was an 'interesting' but fun experience.
We have created several videos and an image gallery. Please feel free to have a look at the links below.
I uploaded the videos to Vimeo and Youtube - the link to Vimeo is my recommendation because of the better
image quality, YouTube is the alternative choice for slower connections. In case the video is lagging,
you might want to hit 'Pause' and wait for a while to let it load.
Videos:
Flight Boulder City - Las Vegas - Death Valley - Los Angeles
http://www.vimeo.com/19543468
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBMDhDsIDlQ
Flight Fullterton - Los Angeles - San Francisco, incl. ATC and LA Class B transition
http://www.vimeo.com/19904554
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrAh396Jk98
Flight Grand Canyon - Lake Powell - Monument Valley
http://www.vimeo.com/20211314
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tpKy2aq5HQ
Take off and landing KDVT Deer Valley, incl. ATC and Phoenix Class B transition
http://www.vimeo.com/18855219
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5abQ6z9H34
Image galleries:
01 Phoenix
https://picasaweb.google.com/113742802441182450549/2010DecemberUSA01Phoenix#
02 Grand Canyon
https://picasaweb.google.com/113742802441182450549/2010DecemberUSA02GrandCanyon#
03 Las Vegas & Lake Mead
https://picasaweb.google.com/113742802441182450549/2010DecemberUSA03LasVegasLakeMead#
04 Death Valley
https://picasaweb.google.com/113742802441182450549/2010DecemberUSA04DeathValley#
05 Los Angeles
https://picasaweb.google.com/113742802441182450549/2010DecemberUSA05LosAngeles#
06 San Francisco
https://picasaweb.google.com/113742802441182450549/2010DecemberUSA06SanFrancisco#
07 Phoenix from the air
https://picasaweb.google.com/113742802441182450549/2010DecemberUSA07PhoenixFromTheAir#
08 Monument Valley & Lake Powell
https://picasaweb.google.com/113742802441182450549/2010DecemberUSA08MonumentValleyLakePowell#
09 Big Bend Ranch
https://picasaweb.google.com/113742802441182450549/2010DecemberUSA09BigBendRanch#
10 Tucson from the air
https://picasaweb.google.com/113742802441182450549/2010DecemberUSA10TucsonFromTheAir#
11 Tucson - air museum
https://picasaweb.google.com/113742802441182450549/2010DecemberUSA11TucsonAirMuseum#
12 Enroute
https://picasaweb.google.com/113742802441182450549/2010DecemberUSA12Enroute#
13 N24350 at
https://picasaweb.google.com/113742802441182450549/2010DecemberUSA13N24350At#
14 Helicopter flight lesson
https://picasaweb.google.com/113742802441182450549/2010DecemberUSA14HelicopterFlightLesson#
Cheers,
Oliver
my wife and I spent our Christmas vacation 2010 / 2011 with flying in the south west of the USA.
We flew with a commercial airline to Phoenix, AZ, where we rented a Cessna 172 from Westwind Aviation
at the Deer Valley Airport. Our experience with Westwind was top-notch, we can highly recommend them.
Over the following two weeks we flew to Las Vegas, Death Valley (while there was water in it),
Los Angeles, San Francisco, Palm Springs, Grand Canyon, Lake Powell, Monument Valley and even
went horseback riding at the Big Bend Ranch National Park in southern Texas.
On our last day we took some helicopter flying lessons, which was an 'interesting' but fun experience.
We have created several videos and an image gallery. Please feel free to have a look at the links below.
I uploaded the videos to Vimeo and Youtube - the link to Vimeo is my recommendation because of the better
image quality, YouTube is the alternative choice for slower connections. In case the video is lagging,
you might want to hit 'Pause' and wait for a while to let it load.
Videos:
Flight Boulder City - Las Vegas - Death Valley - Los Angeles
http://www.vimeo.com/19543468
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBMDhDsIDlQ
Flight Fullterton - Los Angeles - San Francisco, incl. ATC and LA Class B transition
http://www.vimeo.com/19904554
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrAh396Jk98
Flight Grand Canyon - Lake Powell - Monument Valley
http://www.vimeo.com/20211314
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tpKy2aq5HQ
Take off and landing KDVT Deer Valley, incl. ATC and Phoenix Class B transition
http://www.vimeo.com/18855219
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5abQ6z9H34
Image galleries:
01 Phoenix
https://picasaweb.google.com/113742802441182450549/2010DecemberUSA01Phoenix#
02 Grand Canyon
https://picasaweb.google.com/113742802441182450549/2010DecemberUSA02GrandCanyon#
03 Las Vegas & Lake Mead
https://picasaweb.google.com/113742802441182450549/2010DecemberUSA03LasVegasLakeMead#
04 Death Valley
https://picasaweb.google.com/113742802441182450549/2010DecemberUSA04DeathValley#
05 Los Angeles
https://picasaweb.google.com/113742802441182450549/2010DecemberUSA05LosAngeles#
06 San Francisco
https://picasaweb.google.com/113742802441182450549/2010DecemberUSA06SanFrancisco#
07 Phoenix from the air
https://picasaweb.google.com/113742802441182450549/2010DecemberUSA07PhoenixFromTheAir#
08 Monument Valley & Lake Powell
https://picasaweb.google.com/113742802441182450549/2010DecemberUSA08MonumentValleyLakePowell#
09 Big Bend Ranch
https://picasaweb.google.com/113742802441182450549/2010DecemberUSA09BigBendRanch#
10 Tucson from the air
https://picasaweb.google.com/113742802441182450549/2010DecemberUSA10TucsonFromTheAir#
11 Tucson - air museum
https://picasaweb.google.com/113742802441182450549/2010DecemberUSA11TucsonAirMuseum#
12 Enroute
https://picasaweb.google.com/113742802441182450549/2010DecemberUSA12Enroute#
13 N24350 at
https://picasaweb.google.com/113742802441182450549/2010DecemberUSA13N24350At#
14 Helicopter flight lesson
https://picasaweb.google.com/113742802441182450549/2010DecemberUSA14HelicopterFlightLesson#
Cheers,
Oliver