This allowed for some nice lower altitude pictures though :)
This airliner had to hold for me to take off. I got out as quickly as I could :)
This airliner had to hold for me to take off. I got out as quickly as I could :)
overall view of Las Vegas to Grand Canyon
Las Vegas McCarran takeoff (blue) and landing (red)
Other shot from the strip showing the first overfly on the way to GCN in pink
interesting staircase effect (I wasn't flying that way :-D)
Grand Canyon Airport and South Rim
A quick loop around Grand Canyon West and the Skywalk
Hoover Dam with newly constructed bridge
We got to learn about rocks :)
this looks the way to get up :)
we trailled and passed the mules a couple of times
the mules beat us there by a little bit :)
back to the top, in record time!
Bishop Pass trail to John Muir Trail?
Vegas Suburbs, including a new one being built
Google Earth already added the new bypass bridge
Grand Canyon West with the Grand Canyon Skywalk
I had a follow the magenta line GPS track plotted to get in the hard to follow corridors
I then crossed to the higher altitude North Rim which was snowed in
Plateau Point, with view on the river
Oeufs de lompe
which can be had for $5 a container had more taste IMO.
Sunday, we went to Mansera for a nice tasting menu meal (7 courses plus desert) with premium wine pairing.
this is a clearance takeoff strip with assigned runway and initial altitude restriction
the weather computer runs linux
planes arriving almost side to side