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Better down here than up there: 47N (pt 3)

PostPosted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 6:46 pm
by beaky
This Baron also did well, taking off  into a cautious shallow climb.


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By this time a few hours had passed; I looked at the sock, the flag, and poor little 7QJ rocking to and fro, struggling to get free of her tiedowns, and I decided to call it a day. Better to be down here wishing you're up there than up there wishing you're down here... as they say.
Maybe next weekend it'll be better.

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But it was a nice day of spotting-quite a few passers-by:

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Re: Better down here than up there: 47N (pt 3)

PostPosted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 6:48 pm
by flyboy 28
That SAS 330 is niiice. :) Didn't know 47N was so close to Newark.

Re: Better down here than up there: 47N (pt 3)

PostPosted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 7:10 pm
by beaky
That SAS 330 is niiice. :) Didn't know 47N was so close to Newark.


About 20 miles as the crow flies... which is why I'm based there. Almost all of these flights seemed to be turning over a reporting point or nav fix nearby; not sure which one (maybe "Liner", a VOR intersection just NE of the field).

Re: Better down here than up there: 47N (pt 3)

PostPosted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 7:43 pm
by Willit Run
Great shots in the three post!! :)

 I was thinking about you going up today and was wondering how you made out.  

 Just a little creepy having a cemetery so close to the airport.

Re: Better down here than up there: 47N (pt 3)

PostPosted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 8:48 pm
by beaky
Great shots in the three post!! :)

 I was thinking about you going up today and was wondering how you made out.  


Now you know. ;D
 And I bet you're glad you didn't come along... with a passenger, I might've felt some pressure to go for it. No danger, I've flown in worse, but it'd have been bumpy flying and very scary landings. I had plenty of bumps on my last flight, and justdidn't want to deal with it.
 
Just a little creepy having a cemetery so close to the airport.

Creepy, yes, but so very convenient!!
;D

Re: Better down here than up there: 47N (pt 3)

PostPosted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 11:50 pm
by Foxtrot Sport
What plane is that in the last pic?  757-300?

Re: Better down here than up there: 47N (pt 3)

PostPosted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 5:58 am
by beaky
What plane is that in the last pic?  757-300?


Probably; but i have no idea.

Re: Better down here than up there: 47N (pt 3)

PostPosted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 6:59 am
by Omag 2.0
Looks like it!

I really like that little cessna... almost sad... planes are made to roam the skies, not to be tied down...

Great shots Rotty!

Re: Better down here than up there: 47N (pt 3)

PostPosted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 6:27 pm
by Ecko
Those 150/2's are so much fun!! A little cramped, but actually not as bad as it looks, I just hate getting in and out of them.. :P

Nice to see something danish, or rather scandinavian :P, in the thread too. ;D