Chandler to Payson once again

I have really come to enjoy the flight for the valley just into the mountains to Payson, AZ. The flight has taught me a lot about flying in mountains things like mountain waves and going from an area of high to low pressure. I saw my grandparents while up there, like always. They got a new 42" HD TV so I had to see that. There was a TFR just north of the town for a forest fire. I didn't see any smoke but the airport was crawling with fire aircraft of all kinds. It was very neat to see. I didn't get any pictures of them though. I forgot my camera at home so only had my cell phone but the pictures turned out better then I thought they would.

Me flying home.

up over the Beeline 87 highway

Coming in to Phoenix this is Falcon Field right off my nose.

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Comments

paula said…

Those are your cell phone? They are better than any I've seen with a phone.

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