Mnt. Hood and Adams.

[Bob Bement]

I flew home from the Portland area today. I took this picture of Mnt. Hood with Mnt. Adams peeking out from behind. In the distance is Mnt. Rainier. This is what my 696 looked like as I was approaching the top of the Cascades.

 

[Non Compos Mentis]

Awesome day, wasn't it?

While goofing off, I took pictures of Rainier today, with Adams, St Helens and Hood in the background.

(Sorry, can't post them from this computer)

 

[Bob Bement]

A few more pictures I took from the plane on my way back home.

 

[AggieMike88]

Great Photos.

I lived in PDX for 5 years from 91-96. Enjoyed my time there, especially the brew pubs. Want to return sometime to experience it again (especially the brew pubs).

 

[marcoseddi]

Very cool what altitude were you cruising at?

 

[AdamZ]

Nice photos Bob. Thanks for sharing them.

 

[Jim Logajan]

Nice shot of the mountains, Bob! A triple-play.

Yes - today was a good day to fly in the PNW. I also managed to do some flying and got some photos and videos. Don't want to hijack Bob's thread, though, so wont post on this one unless he's OK with it. I did get a distant shot of Mt. Hood from about 90 nm south at around 2 PM today - almost the same time Bob was taking his. Otherwise my shots were a mix from visiting three airports in one afternoon.

 

[Bob Bement]

Very cool what altitude were you cruising at?

I was flying at 8500 going west and 9500 on my way back to eastern Oregon. I think I was at about 6 something when I went passed Mount. Hood.

 

[Bob Bement]

Nice shot of the mountains, Bob! A triple-play.

Yes - today was a good day to fly in the PNW. I also managed to do some flying and got some photos and videos. Don't want to hijack Bob's thread, though, so wont post on this one unless he's OK with it. I did get a distant shot of Mt. Hood from about 90 nm south at around 2 PM today - almost the same time Bob was taking his. Otherwise my shots were a mix from visiting three airports in one afternoon.

I won't mind if you post on my thread I would like to see them.

 

[tmyers]

I used to live near Portland, actually Aloha, and took the back roads into Portland to work. There was one point on my drive where I rounded a corner and from that spot could see (on a clear day) Rainer, Hood, Adams and St Helens (pre-eruption). Beautiful from the ground must be spectacular from the air.

 

[Jim Logajan]

I won't mind if you post on my thread I would like to see them.

These were taken during the afternoon on the same day you were flying - from Creswell, OR (77S) to Santiam Junction (8S3) to Davis Field (6S4) to Wakonda Beach (R33) and back to 77S.

First image is as I am approaching Santiam Junction, which is near the center of the photo, and the snow covered peak in the background is, I believe, Three Fingered Jack (photo hog!)

Next two images are of Mount Jefferson taken on my leg from Santiam Junction to Davis Field.

Fourth image is a zoom shot of a distant Mount Hood, which by my estimate is around 60 nm away. (Jefferson was about 20 nm away, Three Fingered Jack somewhat less than 10 nm.)

Next three images are of a blackberry covered derelict Aztec at Davis field. Very sad (yes, the full N number is N4848P.)

Last two are during my entry into the pattern for Wakonda Beach, which can be seen in the center of the first two; the second is to the north - town of Waldport.

EDIT: Added screen capture of CloudAhoy track as the last image. I can't be accused of following any straight magenta lines on most of those legs!

 

[Pilawt]

Here are some from this past weekend (Thursday afternoon - Monday afternoon):

I’ve flown from home base in SW Washington to Arizona many times, but never so late in the year. This was definitely the prettiest trip of them all, and probably the smoothest.

The only glitches were a two-hour delay leaving Klamath Falls, Oregon (an overnight stop) early Friday morning because of frost on the airplane; and on the return trip, weather forced me to go the long way through California, and halted my northbound progress at Redding Sunday afternoon. That low was still dropping snow and low ceilings over the I-5 corridor in the Siskiyou Mountains Monday morning, so I did an end run around it to the coast. It was slow going northbound into the headwinds, but surprisingly smooth.

17.6 hours total round trip.

Crater Lake, Oregon:

Klamath Lake, Oregon:

Near Klamath Falls, Oregon:

Yerington, Nevada (cheap fuel!):

Colorado River, south of Needles, California:

Arizona sunrise:

Near Desert Center, California:

Fortunately the coast was clear ...

North of Arcata, California:

Corvallis, Oregon (Oregon State University):

Almost home -- Portland, Oregon:

 

[Bob Bement]

Nice Pictures to you both. Visiting the son in Goodyear, Jeff?

 

[Pilawt]

Visiting the son in Goodyear, Jeff?

Yep.

 

[Ghery]

Yesterday was a nice day to fly in Washington. Unfortunately, mine was riding in the back of a Q400 from SEA to PUW in the morning and back in the afternoon. Smooth flights, that's for sure.

 

[skidoo]

While you were flying, I had to drive through the area that day. But, here is one I took a couple of months ago...