1/. Take off Power set - departing LAS 25R in vey very bright sunlight
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2/. Density Altitude - you can get pretty fast in a Maddog at 30C and 158K
TOW - lots of rubber been left on 25R
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3/. On the Tralr2 departure - thats our gracious host Capt Tom Estrada
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4/. Last day of April and the Southern Cascades still well snow covered
just northeast of Boise Idaho FL320
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5/. Another shot of the Cascades over Toms shoulder
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6/.Bitterroot Valley - Missoula Montana - with the cloud deck starting to fill up
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7/. Bitterroot River south of Missoula
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8/. Descending into MSO - yup were going down that valley
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9/.MSO runway at top of pci - we have a fairly hefty rate of descent going
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10/. Base Leg MSO - after a VOR-DME Arc approach (notice the rising terrain on foreground)
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11/. Established on the Approach at MSO (the runway is short but not that short - you'll see the foreshortening later)
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12/. two whites two reds
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13/. beepbeep beepbeep beepbeep
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14/ despite what the vapi says we look high - you can see the upslope and hump on 29 in this shot
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15/ Looking over the tanker base the approach we just flew - you ski down the slope in the center of the shot
note the Neptune tanker and 2 Electras at the tanker base
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16/. Neptune fire bomber flying the circuit
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17/, The Office
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18/. Ex NASA and Atmospeheric Research Electras at the Tanker Base
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19/ Going Home - Scott Ashby rotates 765GA off 29 at MSO
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20/. Climbing up the Valley - almost like flying into certain Swiss and Austrian airports more familar to you folks on that side of the pond
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Thats it - hope I didnt bore you too much - the MD80 certainly isnt British
but is well on the way to becoming a Classic - again thanks to the whole crew of AAY530. If you have to go and sit for 4 hours I couldnt think of a better way to do it
Leif