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Fast-N-Slow

The local light aircraft group had a little breakfast get together/fly-in recently.  I snapped the following shot of a local fellow’s Subaru powered Pietenpol Air Camper.  It is a great plane and he flies ALL THE TIME!  Amazes me! Guess which one is fast and which one is slow?? Click the image for a larger… [Read More]

Airborne Sunrise

I took these photos while enroute to Grants, NM for breakfast a few days back.  I was flying west looking back towards the Monzano and Sandia mountain ranges. Gorgeous sunrise!!

Negrito Landing Video

I’ve written about the Negrito backcountry airstrip (0NM7) before and have also camped there. It is a great place.   The following video is of a recent landing there. Three of us flew our airplanes to the Me-Own backcountry strip for some mountain biking and two of us decided to zip over to Negrito to eat our… [Read More]

Me-Own Backcountry Flight/Ride

This past weekend I had the opportunity to combine flying and cycling – it was great fun! The plan was to land at the Me-Own backcountry airstrip (1NM0) and then ride our bikes to the nearby Black Canyon campground and creek. We simply wanted to do a bit of exploring. The obvious problem with this… [Read More]

RV Formation

The following is a segment from a longer formation flight that I took recently with my friend and his RV-4. The footage was taken south of Grants, NE and west of Los Lunas, NM.  It was a very pretty foggy/cloudy day which is pretty rare around here.  

Rio Salado River

Ready for some low level sight-seeing?!?! The following is a video of the Rio Salado river in New Mexico.  I know, it isn’t much of a river. However; you have to remember that this is the desert.  Most of the time, there is no visible water. We’ve had a lot of afternoon thunderstorms lately so… [Read More]

Newly Hatched RV-12

I was out flying the other day and a friend with her freshly signed off Vans RV-12 aircraft was out flying. I took a quick bit of air-to-air video and a few photos.  The plane is great – the photos are ok – the video is far from sellar. Sorry… Thought I’d post it in case some… [Read More]

New Mexico Sights

The following is video of a recent flight. Most of it was taken southwest of Albuquerque and south of Grants, NM. Key points include Petoch Butte (2:15) and Enchanted Mesa (3:38). New Mexico offers some spectacular views and these are but a few of them.  Of course, in my opinion, our country (the United States)… [Read More]

Advocacy

It’s interesting to me that there are people that want to regulate every possible activity, no matter what it is.  I see this predominantly in firearms and aviation but I am now starting to see it in cycling as well. There have been several unfortunate accidents in general aviation this summer. This has gotten a… [Read More]

Acoma Rock

As always, food is a great motivator! Earlier in the week, the mention of Saturday morning food was made and voila – a respectable group made the trek to Grants, NM for breakfast. There were seven people and five airplanes. A Cessna 170, Cessna 180, Mooney 231, Vans RV-4, and me in my RV-3B. I flew over… [Read More]