Mt Mitchell flight
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Mt Mitchell flight
Flew north up Mt Mitchell ridge yesterday in the Maule to look at the Fall colors. Not the best this year due to warmer and wetter weather, but still pretty.
https://youtu.be/CFrXgaGQ2vc
https://youtu.be/CFrXgaGQ2vc
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Yes, truthinbeer. I took 6 10 second videos at 1080p 60fps with the GoPro Hero 4. The files are big at this resolution and frame rate but they look better. Most of them looked pretty much the same as I flew along the ridge but this one had more interesting shadows. I decided to post just the one even though the music was cut short.
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Yes, they still hold the wave camp near Mt Mitchell each year. They have been using 9A9 (Shiflet Field) in Marion where I used to be based. Last year one glider got to 29,000 feet MSL. It's a very turbulent place to be when there's more than 15 kts of wind. They have a weather station up there that you can access over the Internet, which gives a good clue how much turbulence is in the mountains over a large area.
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Kirk, I moved to Hickory (KHKY) back in April 2015. I'm in the hangar right next door to where I work on the west ramp. I can walk about 100 feet and work on the Maule or fly it if there's nothing going on at work.
Had a disagreement with my hangar landlord at 9A9 and decided that life is too short to waste on folks like that. Besides, Hickory has two runways, snow removal, weather reporting, ILS approach and is not a black hole in the mountains when landing at night.
Had a disagreement with my hangar landlord at 9A9 and decided that life is too short to waste on folks like that. Besides, Hickory has two runways, snow removal, weather reporting, ILS approach and is not a black hole in the mountains when landing at night.
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