We left Cousins for Comack, but stopped at Lake LeBarge to look for the wreck of the Alice May. Heard it was a good place to get warm.
Pretty nice flight with some snow towards the end.
We left Cousins for Comack, but stopped at Lake LeBarge to look for the wreck of the Alice May. Heard it was a good place to get warm.
Pretty nice flight with some snow towards the end.
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Finally pried the Electra away from Hank. A great flight along to Dawson.
As Moses said, a great flight. Even if my comp did decide to have "issues".
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We had a pretty good flight from Dawson to Beaver Creek with the whole crew. My mesh is having issues in this part of the world and all the airports are set down in holes. Not sure what's up with that, but hoping it'll get better when we cross the border into Alaska.
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We left Beaver Creek and headed west across the border into Alaska. I kept waiting on the interceptors from Elmendorf to show up but apparently we slipped past the radar. Then, it was over the mountains and into Sheep Mountain which is a small gravel runway.
Good flight and we've got a recipie for a new energy drink, "Tunguska Blast". 37% Alcohol, 20% Caffiene, gobs of sugar, 1% nickel iron with 2% depleted uranium added for that healthy glow. Coming soon to your grocer in lead lined cans courtesy of Merc Air.
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As we passed over the Wrangell Volcanic Field, we encountered Mount Sanford (16,237). Quite a sight as it rises sharply over the neighboring terrain. The sheer South Face falls some 8,000 feet to the head of the Sanford Glacier below--resulting in one of the steepest gradients in North America. (Sadly, on March 12, 1948, Northwest Airlines Flight 4422 crashed into Mount Sanford. All 24 passengers and 6 crew members were killed. The wreckage was quickly covered by snow and was not found again until 1999.)
-Mike
We cornered the market on some surplus P-40s and decided that we needed some practice in them so we flew them from PASP to PASW.
Pretty good flight and no one got hurt on landing. Not even the windsock....
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Although there were a couple of trees near the end of the runway that were a might scared.
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It was a bit eerie passing by Mt. Sandford in the NWA Historic Flight L-10
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After a bit of a break while the others rested I went on ahead to do some 'route-proving' and got a look at what's in store. Those guys sure did move mountains to build the DEW and BMEWS radar sites...
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Unfortunately that got me back a bit late for the P-40 gaggle and I had to find another surplus Warhawk in Palmer - just in time to load it and catch up.. camera got packed in the bottom of the duffle bag, so no pics
"To some the sky is the limit. To others it is home" anon.
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We left PASW for PASV which is an odd little place. The gravel runway has a mountain on one end so there's really only one way in and one way out. Nice flight and at times it looked like the Curtiss aircraft factory must be close.
Pics are scrambled up again...
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A short leg from PASV over to Holy Cross (HCA). We started in clear skies but soon encountered thick clouds. Passed through the cloud canyons and eventually climbed topside for the bright sun. Couldn't see each other at all. At the end, we did have some trouble finding the field, but eventually all went well. (Here is a snap of DD greasing one.)
-Mike
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