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Twilight Time

PostPosted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 10:10 pm
by Bob70
Twilight Time over Lake Pleasant AZ.

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Re: Twilight Time

PostPosted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 11:40 pm
by jime59
Sweet.  8-)

jime

Re: Twilight Time

PostPosted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 4:55 am
by RSorochak
Excellent! The 2nd is jaw dropping beautiful.


Rich

Re: Twilight Time

PostPosted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 7:45 am
by Flying Trucker
Wonderful shots Bob...well done... ;)

Flying off and landing on Glassy Water is one of the most difficult tasks when Float Flying.

You can not tell when to flare when in the center of a lake.

We always try to land close to a shore or tree line which is even better.
This gives us a reference to how high we are and when to flare.
A good extended approach is also helpful as it will give the aviator more time to pick out references to his touch down point.

Several years ago a friend and I were landing in his Cessna 180 on floats, the river was calm...Glassy Water...he looked away from the reference points he was using and we touched down so hard both our sunglasses flew off our heads, I heard the water rudders bang and we both felt the jolt up our spines.

I didn't have to say a thing, he knew what he did wrong... ;D

Just a few points I thought of passing along...again...great shots... ;)

Here is a Link I thought you might enjoy Bob...

http://www.pilotfriend.com/training/fli ... ndings.htm

Re: Twilight Time

PostPosted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 10:24 am
by yancovitch
thanks for that info...fascinating....never knew that...love the last shot...

Re: Twilight Time

PostPosted: Sun May 06, 2012 12:11 am
by Clem Wu
Wonderful pictures.

Re: Twilight Time

PostPosted: Sun May 06, 2012 11:00 am
by CHUCK79
Great shots, Bob 8-)