Fun at the Gold Mine

[lv2plyguitar 172]

Here is a short vid of Randy practicing his charging bear shooting skills.  There are also pictures.  We had a great day.  The landing strip is actually at 2500 msl as opposed to 4000 msl that I had posted earlier.  Picture of a plane wreckage.  Randy can describe it better than me.  Wind was blowing pretty good that day.  We were preparing for the fly in, walk in, atv in, mens retreat coming up this weekend. 

 

The one picture with the cloud coming over the mountain reminded me of the danger of down drafts that can ruin your day.

 

Enjoy

 

 

 

Edited 17 Jul 2013 by akflyer

[akflyer 1427]

Edited to embed the videos. 

 

Soooo... How did Randy do, did he get the bear or did the bear get him  

 

Looks like a cub frame twisted up there... That did not look like it was much fun to be in at all!

 

 

[lv2plyguitar 172]

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[SuberAvid 617]

I'll add my pictures in with Jeff's.  The charging bear target was a lot of fun.  I managed to kill the bear but not with a stellar performance; I can see that I need to get more shooting time in! 

 

The wrecked plane looked like a PA12; back seat frame was wider than the pilot's seat.  Definately looked like a bad day for that poor guy.

 

It was a little bumpy that day but the wind was in our favor for landing and take off on the strip.  We were cruising pretty slow so ground speed was in the 90's going up and less than 50 coming back.  Throttled back like that I burned just over 6 gals in 2.2 hours on the hobbs. 

 

A neat place; I love those old mines to explore in.

[C5Engineer 1170]

Great shots Randy! I love the pics of the planes hiding in the woods. They look right at home! That's the way I like to see them not lined up on a big asphalt ramp somewhere. Those air to air shots are really nice too. You guys have it way to good. I'd love to spend sometime flying low and slow up there in that kind of weather. Looking at that hillside with those departure pics I was thinking man that would be fun to slip down the face of that!

[dholly 718]

I know a P.O.'d bear can charge or run pretty darn quick but that target really shows just how fast you need squeeze off your shots. Now add in getting your gun out ofthe holster and shooting over your shoulder (dunno if I could resist the instinct to turn and run! ) ), so good on anyone for putting all in the plate! That sure does look like a fun time even as an ATV outing but flying in takes the cake. Jeff, even if you sell your Avid tomorrow you will have some great memories with it and, courtesy of Randy, some spectacular air-to-air shots.

[akflyer 1427]

I need to get a new camera.  Randy always gets good shots of me, but my shots of him are always fuzzy.  My good camera is just too bulky to try and swing around the plane. 

 

Doug, your right on the charging bear.