ITT im flying KAUS JCT V198 FST E38 [airplanes] [image heavy] [56k no]

[casey]

thats Austin Bergstrom internation airport, direct Junction VOR, Victor 198, Fort Stockton VOR, Direct Alpine Casparis Municipal airport. 330 miles each way. 10,500 ft on the way there, 9,500 ft on the way back.

lake travis, or some nearby water at least.
http://gallery.trifocus.net/albums/alpine/0063_G.sized.jpg

wow, theres nothing to look at west of austin.
http://gallery.trifocus.net/albums/alpine/0062_G.sized.jpg

oh wait, there are oilfields.
http://gallery.trifocus.net/albums/alpine/0058_G.sized.jpg
http://gallery.trifocus.net/albums/alpine/0057_G.sized.jpg

and windmills
http://gallery.trifocus.net/albums/alpine/0056_G.sized.jpg
http://gallery.trifocus.net/albums/alpine/0055_G.sized.jpg
http://gallery.trifocus.net/albums/alpine/0054_G.sized.jpg

and the test track from gran turismo
http://gallery.trifocus.net/albums/alpine/0050_G.sized.jpg

[casey]

oh wow, texas isnt all flat!
http://gallery.trifocus.net/albums/alpine/0049_G.sized.jpg
http://gallery.trifocus.net/albums/alpine/0048_G.sized.jpg
http://gallery.trifocus.net/albums/alpine/0042_G.sized.jpg

alpine is small (the view made me think sim city)
http://gallery.trifocus.net/albums/alpine/0040_G.sized.jpg
http://gallery.trifocus.net/albums/alpine/0038_G.sized.jpg

alpine casparis municipal, runway 23, density altitude 6,500
http://gallery.trifocus.net/albums/alpine/0037_G.sized.jpg
http://gallery.trifocus.net/albums/alpine/0036_G.sized.jpg

[casey]

the plane (while my passenger is not in it, but another person is!)
http://gallery.trifocus.net/albums/alpine/0024_G.sized.jpg
http://gallery.trifocus.net/albums/alpine/0022_G.sized.jpg
http://gallery.trifocus.net/albums/alpine/0018_G.sized.jpg

and i'll leave you with me refueling the plane
http://gallery.trifocus.net/albums/alpine/0017_G.sized.jpg

the full set (http://gallery.trifocus.net/alpine)

[Spook]

Grats on your license!

[Poncho]

aye, Gratz on the license.

10,500 reminded me of the old days waving people off and pulling the ripcord :)


Perhaps.....ahhh, nm

[Amadeus]

This makes me nervous just to look at :)

[fee]

Poncho,

What the hell are you doing waving people off at 10,500? I personally don't wave off till 1,500...

fee

[raksul]

Best time of my life was at 12k... <evil grin>

[Epsilon]

very nice pictures and grats

[vexor]

in the words of John Madden, "people just shouldn't be up in those things"..

but then again, he also said: "When your arm gets hit, the ball is not going to go where you want it to." -- John Madden

Congrats and nice pics of home )

[GrandMamou]

If you were near alpine supprised you didn't take pictures of McDonanld observatory.... It's pretty cool looking on top of the mnts.

BTW Gratz...

[sequsr1]

Grats sir on your license. Nice pics btw.

[nvmy383z28]

/sigh

My dad used to have an airplane - a Cesna 172. He would take us up at least once a weak - do barrel rolls and what not. GOD how I miss those days.

Gratz to you and your license - VERY cool. If I had the cash I would love to persue flying as a hobby for sure.

Pics look sweet. Bring back many memories.

Keep the shiney side up ;)

[L1A]

Grats on getting ur Primate Pilot license. And welcome to the land of the BFR. Which I got to do now. I think I will get a tail wheel check out.

[Budman]

Wave off at 10,500? Hehehe in a 182 I was happy to get 9,500 after a 25-30min climb to altitude.

Wave off at 1,500? Heh, not and keep jumping at the couple of drop zones I frequented. Although on ocassion you could get away with a pull at that altitude, you just couldn't make a habit of it and continue to be allowed to jump at the DZ.

Wave off normally was 3,500-4,000, pull was generally no lower than 2,500. When the altimaster II was beginning to enter the "red" area, which was a small hint.

1500+ jumps, just not any in the last 4 years...

Blueskies,
Budman

[casey]

Originally posted by Budman
Wave off at 10,500? Hehehe in a 182 I was happy to get 9,500 after a 25-30min climb to altitude.


9.5 isnt so bad, i took a 182 (non turbocharged) up to 15,000ish yesterday and over mosquito pass (highest pass in the US, 13,186 ft, with peaks of 14,036 and 14,286 on either side of it.

its amazing what the updrafts can do, normally aspirated 182 at 12,500 ft climbing at better than 1000 fpm :)


view out the right window going through kenosha pass at 12,500
http://gallery.trifocus.net/albums/mountains/100_0713.sized.jpg
(plenty of room on the other side for a safe turnout in case the winds were not favorable)

:)

keystone ski area (skiied here 3 days, and 1 at a-basin)
http://gallery.trifocus.net/albums/mountains/100_0753.sized.jpg

and made a stop here, highest elevation airport in north america
http://gallery.trifocus.net/albums/mountains/100_0750.sized.jpg
http://gallery.trifocus.net/albums/mountains/100_0751.sized.jpg
density altitude was 11,000 ft while i was there :)

mountains are fun

[Budman]

Those are some cool pictures. I have never been flying in the mountains in a 182, but we got some pretty amazing climb rates (~1000fpm) going through building clouds in the midsouth in the spring, with 5 people in a 182. Was a bit of a rough ride, but anything to make the climb to altitude faster. :D

Did you not start getting a little hpoxemic (sp?) at 15K?

I have been to 18kish a couple of times without O2 in a mean king air (http://www.skydivekingair.com/aircraft.asp), but it was only for a short time, and I was getting a little light in the head. :)

Budman