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Niel Levonius at the controls of N102EA as we climb out from Q99.
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Anderson Reservoir
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Coming up on Mt. Hamilton and the Lick Observatory
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Lick Observatory
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A view of San Jose as we climb out over Mt. Hamilton
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A Jet passes overhead
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The Sacramento River flows past Antioch
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Lake Berryessa
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The Sutter Buttes
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More Sutter Buttes
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Mt. Shasta comes into view as we pass the Sutter Buttes
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Whispy clouds off to the East
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Mt. Shasta becomes more visible. It certainly is huge.
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More whispy clouds
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Redding with Mt. Shasta in the distance
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Approaching the Siskyous
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Cockpit of the Piper Lance, N102EA
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Lake Shasta
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Lake Shasta
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The clouds around Mt. Shasta are at around 8,500'
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Lake Shasta
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Mt. Shasta
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Siskyous
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Bridge crossing a river in the Siskyous
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Rock formation from a distance
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Snow-topped mountains
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Mt. Shasta
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Cool rock formation in the Siskyous
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Mt. Shasta with I-5
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Ski slopes off Mt. Shasta
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Another cone along I-5 near Mt. Shasta
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Passing...
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Abeam Mt. Shasta
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The land is scattered with volcanic craters
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Siskyou Airport
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We begin our descent into Grant's Pass
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Clouds
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A little scud-running is required
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Clouds
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First glimpse of Grant's Pass Airport
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On the 45
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Turning downwind
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Turning base-to-final
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A little slip get's us down on final
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Landing
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Taxi to parking
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Niel
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Panorama from Grant's Pass Airport
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It's the next day, and Niel fires up the Lance for the return trip.
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There are some amazing pictures here of the valley as we climb out. We had to wait until 1pm for the low fog to burn off before we could depart.
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Grant's Pass
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Grant's Pass
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Leaving the valley...
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...and approaching the summit
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Mt. Shasta has it's own ring of clouds around it
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Heading back towards the Siskyous
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The ceiling looks to be about 16,000' here above Mt. Shasta
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Snow-topped mountain framed by the window and wing
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Snow-topped mountain with a lake on one side. (Great desktop background!)
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Mt. Shasta out the left rear window as we pass by.
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Cool rocks
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The visibility was low in the valley due to haze.
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The sun reflects in the Pacific and you can just barely see the Farallons
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A look at San Francisco. Angel Island is very prominent.
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Highway 80 and 505 by the Nut Tree Airport
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Nut Tree Airport
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Mt. Diablo (looks kinda tiny compared to Shasta)
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Travis AFB
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Travis AFB
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The sun reflects in the Pacific Ocean over the Bay Area
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The sun's reflection in the ocean backlights the Golden Gate Bridge
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680 crosses a bridge south of Benicia
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San Francisco Bay Area
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Livermore Airport
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The haze looks like clouds/fog from a distance
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Coming up on Lick Observatory from the north
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Lick Observatory
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Lick Observatory
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Lick Observatory
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Morgan Hill
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A look up the valley to the North
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Turning downwind
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Turning final...
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Home!
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| General Comments |
| Posted by
dvsing
Wed, Nov 20, 2002 |
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These pictures were taken on a trip to Grant's Pass, OR from San Martin, CA. We flew up in the afternoon and stayed overnight in Oregon before returning home the following afternoon.
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| Posted by
beeblers
Sat, Apr 5, 2003 |
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Dan,
Just for your info,on your Grants Pass flight, the "cool rock formation in the Siskiyous is named Castle Crags and the cinder cone along I-5 just before Weed is called Black Butte. I live 30 Mi. outside of Redding and just thought you'd want to know the names so you can point them out to your passengers next time! I used to fly between Redding and Klamath Falls in Oregon. Learned how to fly at Benton Airpark in Redding (aka: the aircraft carrier) But alas, I haven't flown in years due to the ex-hubby getting the plane in the divorce. oh well, I can live vicariously thru others. Keep Flying!
Beeblers
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| Posted by
FlyingFarmer
Wed, Mar 3, 2004 |
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Nice pictures. I have flown around Travis many times, but I have never seen it from above.
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