Where I Fly.

[DesertFox4]

Lots of building going on but must take time to fly also. This morning was fly time.
Met Desertfox1 at his Chandler hanger early before the heat of the day comes on. Seemed like half of the local pilots had the same idea. Beautiful one hour plus flight in his Vixen around the area. No wind, bumps or even bugs to contend with. Too hot for all three I guess. Expecting 120+ degree heat here for the next 3 or 4 days. Must fly early or not at all.
There were 6 aircraft waiting to take off when we were on right downwind for 22 Right and cleared to land. Kept the speed up (118 mph) in the base to final turn and into short final. Hard forward slip to kill momentum and off runway at 2nd turn off. Got a thank you from the tower as he handed us off to ground.
They appreciate a Kitox's capabilities. So do we.


Then back to the shop for some cowling work.
My car said it was 114 degrees on the drive home at 5:30 pm.

A few photos of the morning flight.

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[ppilotmike]

Man I miss the desert, not the heat. Great pictures. Mike

[efwd]

Man, I love seeing everyones pictures but Steve, Yours affect me in a different way as that area is where all my flight time was done. Thanks, inspires me to get back to the garage again.
Happy Father's Day everyone.
Eddie

[GMKman]

Steve, I hangar in Marana, AZ and had the very same idea. Love getting in some flying before it gets hot. Not that many planes around at 6:00 am here so able to land short on rwy. 03 (not as commonly used here) in the Vixen and turn off at the first turn right to the hangars saving the tires. Love it!!

[PapuaPilot]

Beautiful sunset pictures.

[PapuaPilot]

I headed up Hell's Canyon in my plane along with a friend in his Super Cub on Friday. We flew the canyon around 4000' which is well below the peaks. The plan was to land at the Memaloose, OR airstrip (elevation 6700'). Unfortunately there were clouds right over the airstrip. We never saw the runway even though we were about a mile away.

We didn't see any mountain goats either. Otherwise it was a great flight.

[DesertFox4]

Nice pics GMKman. Sweet sunrise photo. Marana is one of our favorite close in destinations.
Thanks Mike, Steve and Eddie. Our flying to building ratio has been out of balance as of late. Always enjoy videos, photos and narrative of those out flying.
Amazing how even a short flight in one of these aircraft improves ones outlook for the rest of the day or week.

[rosslr]

Hey Phil - that is rugged country! Remind you of West Papua I guess!..love these 'where I fly' pics!

r

[GMKman]

Wow Phil, that's some rough terrain below. Nice!!

[SkySteve]

Steve,
Looks like a beautiful morning flight. And to do it with DF1 would be a pleasure. Good to see you flying along with your building. I can't wait to see your new bird!