Once upon a time, one could fly through the Grand Canyon and take in the sights. These guys did it with style:
http://www.airspacemag.com/multimedia/videos/Jetting-Through-the-Grand-Canyon.html
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May 11, 2011 2:17 p.m. oldsaw SuperDork
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May 11, 2011 2:25 p.m. triumph5 Dork
That was GREAT! Glad they don't do that anymore, says one side of me, the other is screaming for a ride today!
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May 11, 2011 3:08 p.m. pilotbraden HalfDork
That is some serious flying
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May 11, 2011 7:06 p.m. Jim Pettengill HalfDork
I'm a retired geologist, did my graduate school in Flagstaff '68 - '70, then went to work at the US Geological Survey office in Flagstaff, A couple of years before I went to work, several of the USGS staff in our office recreated John Wesley Powell's initial trip down the canyon in wooden dories. While they were down there, a couple of pilots from Nellis AFB in Las Vegas "ran the canyon" in F-100s IIRC. The guys' hearing never did fully return to normal, and they had serious problems for a few weeks.
If you're familiar with the canyon, these guys were right on the deck, inside the inner gorge of the canyon, which had to be like Luke Skywalker flying into the Death Star.
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May 11, 2011 8:53 p.m. Gearheadotaku Dork
that was cool, and flying is not my thing....
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May 11, 2011 10:08 p.m. neon4891 SuperDork
I've done stuff like that in a video game, but they didn't have reset button
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May 11, 2011 11:01 p.m. DoctorBlade HalfDork
Memo: Dig out Satch albums
I hate flying. Why does that appeal to the inner 12 year old?
