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Day 1,593 – I Got Your Analogy Right Here
This was supposed to auto-publish yesterday. Stupid technology. In addition to highlighting the similarities between operating a small, underfunded farm and single-handed cruising in a small sailboat, i’ve got another little analogy to spin for all y’all.
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Even Simulated…
…this place is beautiful. Four screen grabs taken from an X-Plane flight from Crescent City, CA, to Ashland Muni. The aircraft is a Cessna 208 Caravan. In case you’re curious, X-Plane is a real-time, real-weather flight simulator and is totally awesome. Click an image for a big, honkin’ version.
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Day 754 – Christmas Eve in Ashland
One of the most important features on an airplane is the brakes. This is especially true of tail-draggers like the Husky. Given the stall speed of the Husky is something like 40 knots it’s not so much a matter of stopping as one of steering. Without the brakes, called toe-brakes because you actuate them with…
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Day 706 – Made it to Ashland Muni
Yep, just made a successful real-time, real-weather flight in the Super Cub from Bend via route 97 to K-Falls (particularly gray) where i took on some extra fuel, then beat the gathering clouds over the hump to Ashland. The flight between Klamath Falls and Ashland is in stark contrast to the drive. The flight is…