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| Parked at the Boulder Airport - KBDU, CO, ready to go 05:29 AM. 06/22/11 | Boulder Airport sigh, just after sunrise. 06/22/11 | The CAP ASK-21 gliders in their trailers. 06/22/11 | Boulder Airport across the general aviation airplane ramp to the glider operations on the N side of the airport. 06/22/11 | Dawn 05:35 AM. 06/22/11 | ||
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| Boulder Airport, GA hangars. 06/22/11 | Major Carl Keil... on the road again! 06/22/11 | Flatirons SW of Boulder, CO. 06/22/11 | Clear Creek Canyon, US-6, W of Golden, CO. 06/22/11 | Tunnel on US-6. 06/22/11 | ||
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| I-70 W of Denver, mile marker 242. Note "Tana Ball" on overhead wire above the car on the left. 06/22/11 | Tana Ball on left side. Note that the wires are not visible. 06/22/11 | I-70 Westbound, approaching Loveland Ski Area and the Eisenhower Tunnel. 06/22/11 | Eisenhower Tunnel approach, east entrance. 1 06/22/11 | Eisenhower Tunnel approach, east entrance. 2 06/22/11 | ||
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| Eisenhower Tunnel... white bathroom tile walls. 06/22/11 | Emerging from the W side of Eisenhower Tunnel on I-70 06/22/11 | Runaway Truck Ramp... use it if you lose your brakes. 06/22/11 | Ten Mile Range, Peak 1 is on the left. US Veterans place a US flag atop this mountain in proper and elegant defiance of the USFS, the ACLU and the liberals. 06/22/11 | W of Dillon, CO. Westbound toward Vail Pass. 06/22/11 | ||
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| W of Dillon, CO. Peak 1. 06/22/11 | Copper Mountain Ski Area. 1 06/22/11 | Copper Mountain Ski Area. 2 06/22/11 | Climbing toward Vail Pass at the snow on the horizon. 06/22/11 | Vail Pass with "solar" outhouse. 06/22/11 | ||
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| W side of Vail Pass headed downhill. 06/22/11 | W side of Vail Pass headed downhill. 06/22/11 | W side of Vail Pass headed downhill. 06/22/11 | Jer/ navigating. 06/22/11 | Vail Ski Area on the left. 06/22/11 | ||
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| "The Rig" in McDonald's parking lot in W Vail. 06/22/11 | Entering Glenwood Canyon. 06/22/11 | The light at the end of the I-70 tunnel in Glenwood Canyon. 06/22/11 | Sign maintenance in Glenwood Canyon. 06/22/11 | During maintenance, I-70 operates on 2 lanes in Glenwood Canyon. 06/22/11 | ||
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| The Colorado River is running high. The Eastbound side of I-70 is closed for maintenance. 06/22/11 | Net to keep the rocks from falling onto I-70. 06/22/11 | Upper and lower decks of I-70 in Glenwood Canyon. 06/22/11 | The train she does run on those tracks. 06/22/11 | x 06/22/11 | ||
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| No Name, Exit 119 on I-70. This is the actual place name! 06/22/11 | Tunnel Westbound I-70 just before Glenwood Springs, CO. 06/22/11 | The Roaring Fork River (from Aspen on the left) merges with the Colorado River where the canyons come together at Glenwood Springs. 06/22/11 | Glenwood Springs, Colorado... "World's Largest Hot Springs Pool". 1 06/22/11 | Glenwood Springs, Colorado... "World's Largest Hot Springs Pool". 2 06/22/11 | ||
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| Rhone Plateau looking W over Rifle, CO. 1 06/22/11 | Rhone Plateau looking W over Rifle, CO. 2 06/22/11 | Diversion structure and generating station on the Colorado River, near Grand Junction, CO. 06/22/11 | Diversion structure and access bridge. 06/22/11 | The Colorado River and I-70 open westbound into the Grand Valley at Palisade, CO. 06/22/11 | ||
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| Security fence around the Grand Junction Airport - KGJT, CO. 06/22/11 | "The Rig" at a Utah rest area valley overlook. 06/22/11 | Rock outcropping across from that same rest area. 06/22/11 | Historical Marker "A Place Nobody Wanted". 06/22/11 | Panorama R to L 1, across Navajo Mountain from Historical Marker "A Place Nobody Wanted". 06/22/11 | ||
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| Panorama R to L 2, Navajo Mountain at Lake Powell and Rainbow Bridge is at the Horizon. 06/22/11 | Panorama R to L 3, across Navajo Mountain from Historical Marker "A Place Nobody Wanted". 06/22/11 | "The Rig" at Historical Marker "A Place Nobody Wanted". 1 06/22/11 | "The Rig" at Historical Marker "A Place Nobody Wanted". 1 06/22/11 | I-70 turnoff to Salina, Utah, looking W on I-70. 06/22/11 | ||
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| Dry lakebed. Really, the mirage looks like water, but is not. 06/22/11 | Major Carl Keil whistling with the tunes as we roll westbound. 06/22/11 | ... and miles to go before I sleep. 06/22/11 | Yup, it is still back there. 06/22/11 | Dust devils... LIFT! 06/22/11 | ||
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| Caught me. 06/22/11 | Airport Road, looking NE at Minden - Tahoe (KMEV) Airport, NV. The Airport is in front of us. 06/23/11 | David Walley Hot Springs Resort "1862". Our condo 4603 is the ground floor door on the left. 06/24/11 | The "back walk" at the resort. 06/24/11 | Daily it was over 90 degrees at the airport, 4720 MSL, but there was new snow on the mountains a few days later. 06/24/11 | ||
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| Jer/ with N972AF, assembled, preflighted and ready to serve. 06/24/11 | Bill R, CAP Chief Checkpilot Examiner. 06/24/11 | N5515N, C182, tow line release. 1 06/24/11 | N5515N, C182, tow line release. 2 06/24/11 | N5515N, C182, mirror. 06/24/11 | ||
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| Starbucks coffee roasting plant is just NE of the KMEV airport. 06/25/11 | The straight lines in the left distance are man-made water ski ponds. 06/25/11 | Minden - Tahoe Airport - KMEV, NV, looking NW. The cut line on the ridge is the road to "Stateline, NV", over the hill to Lake Tahoe. 06/25/11 | Towing gliders at KMEV. 06/25/11 | Convex mirrors are not enough! 06/25/11 | ||
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| Supervisor of Flying (SOF) at his station. "Wheels" Wheeler. 06/25/11 | We put up shade on the flight line. Unfortunately later in the week the wind destroyed the canopy. 06/25/11 | Today, I towed. Here is the operation from the tow pilot position. 1 06/25/11 | Today, I towed. Here is the operation from the tow pilot position. 2 06/25/11 | Cadet flagging relay is on the right. 06/25/11 | ||
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| Looking back from the tow plane to the glider. 06/25/11 | Aloft, "Glider in tow". 06/25/11 | Blanik L-23 in a right turn, with cadet flying... crossing 10,600 MSL. 06/25/11 | Blanik L-23, still climbing. 06/25/11 | Snow on the mountains SW of the airport. 06/25/11 | ||
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| Ground School break time in the classroom. 1 06/25/11 | Ground School break time in the classroom. 2 06/25/11 | Near the top of Kingsbury Grade, about to cross the pass over to Lake Tahoe, looking E toward the airport when we drove to dinner 06/27/11 | Crossing the top of the pass westbound toward Lake Tahoe, at Stateline, NV. 06/27/11 | Lake Tahoe is down thru the trees. 06/27/11 | ||
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| Lake Tahoe from the Chart House balcony. 06/27/11 | Seating in the Chart House. There is a commanding view of Lake Tahoe. 06/27/11 | Then it rained... 06/28/11 | Red Tail hawk soaring. 1 06/29/11 | Red Tail hawk soaring. 2 06/29/11 | ||
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| Two Red Tail hawks soaring 06/29/11 | Towing the gliders back to tiedown at the end of the day. 06/29/11 | The ground fog was very localized over the river. The airport was clear. 06/30/11 | The sun coming up thru the fog. 06/30/11 | On the east side of the fog, looking back over the river. 06/30/11 | ||
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| Not Iwo Jima, but intrepid aviators in the golf cart pull out another glider. 06/30/11 | ASK-21 turning right base to final "30 dirt", Minden. 06/30/11 | ASK-21 short final "30 dirt", Minden. 06/30/11 | On the flight line, loaded for departure, continuing checklist. 06/30/11 | Colorado Wing provided "shade" after the local "shade" was blown away. 06/30/11 | ||
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| Watching the SOF for the go signal 07/01/11 | We're short one tow plane and two tow pilots, so Jer/ is towing again. Waiting for my first glider of the day. 07/01/11 | Fuzzy. The panel of N265HP, C182, 260hp. 07/01/11 | In the tow plane, taxiing on Bravo taxiway, going to pickup another glider. 07/01/11 | I had to leave before the "group picture", so I am my own "group". 07/01/11 | ||
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| Back at DIA, ready for pickup. Should have been at door 410. 07/01/11 | 06/25/11 | 07/01/11 | ||