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lcottrell

Joined: 29 May 2006
Posts: 1494
Location: Jordan Valley, Or

Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 6:39 pm Post subject: a flying day

The weather turned off clear and of course a bit cold. The  wind forecast was from the south at no more than 10 all day. I rolled out the  Firestar and fueled up to max. When I took off at 10: AM the temp was 31  degrees. I have been presenting the Ranchers that allow me to hunt my hawks on  their property with a framed 8x10 aerial photo of their ranch. It seems to go  over pretty well, and it is the least that I could do. There were two ranches  that I did not like the picture that I had and wanted to do it over. I climbed  up to 1600 feet agl and headed east. I have a enclosure around the front, but  leave off the clear plastic that Kolb sends to make their full enclosure. (Slows  flight by 10 mph) I do have a heater that captures the air from the  engine shroud. I also use a cowboy (buckaroo in this area) "Wild Rag", a  silk scarf around my neck, down vest, leather flight jacket. I also use "Bog"  boots on my feet.(neoprene) as my feet generally get cold at these temps. The  flight was just great. I had my 10 MPH wind from the south and was making 86  over the ground. The air was as stable as it ever gets. I had checked the  batteries in the camera before leaving the ground and of course after I took  three pictures the rascal was showing dying batteries. My path after the ranch  houses took me along the Jordan River, and out to the Jordan Craters Lava Flow.  I was also checking for duck ponds to visit later. 

  

 The Jordan craters flow covers about 25 miles, and was  featured in one of Louis Lamour's novels. The lava has not collapsed, so the  lava is scabbed over and it is hollow underneath. Kind of unnerving when  you walk on it. Little spots have collapsed making little potholes  where grass and willows grow. Some of them are filled with water and ducks are  as safe there as they ever get. I also took a picture of a "line shack" made out  of the lava rock. A bit hard to see. Then I came back over the Pillars of Rome.  As I came back over the desert leaving the ranches behind, I can see a glowing  white dot that is a feral horse that lives there with a buckskin and a bay. She  shows up when the sun hits her for at least 10 miles. She is a "Cream" and to me  looks like Silver, Gene Autry's horse. She also has black eyes, but that is the  only color on her. She is also as wild as a March hare, and starts running as  soon as she sees a plane. ( They round them up with choppers) I took this  picture and lined up for a real close up and had her with her head up looking  behind her at me. Mane and tail were flying, I was 25 feet high and 50 feet  behind. You guessed it, the camera died!

 Larry C

  

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biglar

Joined: 14 Jan 2006
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Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 7:12 pm Post subject: a flying day

Heck of a shot, Larry.  I want to see the next ones.  Take a spare battery in your shirt pocket.  I learned the hard way, too.                   Lar.                Do not Archive.

 

 Larry Cottrell wrote: [quote]            The weather turned off clear and of course a bit cold. The wind forecast was from the south at no more than 10 all day. I rolled out the Firestar and fueled up to max. When I took off at 10: AM the temp was 31 degrees. I have been presenting the Ranchers that allow me to hunt my hawks on their property with a framed 8x10 aerial photo of their ranch. It seems to go over pretty well, and it is the least that I could do. There were two ranches that I did not like the picture that I had and wanted to do it over. I climbed up to 1600 feet agl and headed east. I have a enclosure around the front, but leave off the clear plastic that Kolb sends to make

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lcottrell

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Location: Jordan Valley, Or

Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 10:34 pm Post subject: a flying day

My wife has informed me that Silver was the Lone Rangers  Horse. I actually knew that.

 Larry (Dangerfield) C

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slyck(at)frontiernet.net
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Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2007 6:12 am Post subject: a flying day

Larry,  I too have a battery-gobbling early digital.  After some  

experimenting, the best

batteries I have found to date are:



DURACELL AA/HR6//DC1500 NiMH  2650mAh



I found them at Kmart.

I also use a slow charger that takes overnight to recharge.

BB

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icrashrc

Joined: 16 Mar 2006
Posts: 247
Location: Mishawaka, In

Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2007 12:50 pm Post subject: Re: a flying day

Larry forwarded the rest of the pics he had. They are now posted online in front of the others he shared.



http://www.ill-eagleaviation.com/larryc.htm



I'm trying out a slideshow format on this page. Any comments, good or bad, would be appreciated. Send them directly to me. 

icrashrc(at) aol dot com

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Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2007 1:24 pm Post subject: a flying day

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Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2007 2:50 pm Post subject: a flying day

gaman(at)att.net (gaman(at)att.net) your shooting blanks man  fix your gun 

  

 Couldnt resist ...LOL

  

 Ellery 

  

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lcottrell

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Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2007 5:54 pm Post subject: a flying day

It looked good to me.Thanks

Larry

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