Calvus
August 22, 2016, 8:08am
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I did a flight to Anchorage the other day. Usually I'm at 14k feet but the weather was good enough to fly at 4k and do a little sight seeing.
The road to Anchorage
Tundra minus the snow.
Glaciers
Sheep Mountain
Tried to get a shot of some Dall sheep, hard to do when you are trying to not fly into the terrain.
Matanuska Glacier
I love this cliff. The striations are amazing.
Coming out the other side.
Wasilla
@DeusQain 's old stomping grounds.
Anchorage is up ahead
Elmendorf Airforce Base and Anchorage
Some cool airplanes
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I can see my old house from there.
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Seriously.
You have Wasilla lake, close to the left.
Beyond that on the left is Lucile Lake.
Off to the right is a couple more lakes, and behind the wiper blade is an elementary school. I lived near-ish there.
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I think this is the closest I will ever get to flying. I am so afraid of it. Anyway nice photos and I hope you had a good time flying.
I took a seaplane to Martha's Vineyard. The plane was full, I'm a big guy and the pilot had to balance the load. He sat me in the co-pilots seat. All the gauges and controls were just like my flight simulator.
Man... I wanted to grab that yoke so bad!
Flying is great, taking off is exhilarating, landing is terrifying. Every time.
