A Ride

Air ambulance at the Prescott hospital. A ride you hope to never have to take. 

Bon Voyage

Sometimes you just feel like flying far away.

Take Off

Flying High

In the Prescott sky

Space Capsule

On display at Meteor Crater in Northern Arizona is an Apollo Space capsule used for training astronauts at the Crater. From 1964 through 1972, the U.S. Geological Survey and NASA provided extensive science training here.
Astronauts still train here today.

Flying

Part of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University's "Wings Out West" air show last Saturday at the Prescott airport, some fancy flying and parachuting was fun to watch but not that easy to photograph.

Up On The Roof

A way to get some attention for this used car business is this red airplane up on the roof.

Driving To Alaska....Whitehorse, Yukon

 On our second day in Whitehorse we took a long hike along the Yukon River in Miles Canyon. The river was busy with boats large and small and a few planes.

And then there was the hike in the woods just before leaving Whitehorse that ended in what my hubby told me was a sprained ankle. It looked a bit more serious than that to me but it was his foot, so we left Whitehorse heading for Alaska.

Vintage Blue Angels

At the "Planes Of Fame" Air Museum at Grand Canyon.

Fighting Fire From The Air

These are some of the aircraft that are fighting the fire near Prescott

Fire On Granite Mountain

We have a wildfire burning in Prescott. This was taken from the airport through smoke that was lit from behind by the sun.

One of the fire fighting planes was taking off from the airport and flying into the smoke. As of last night, 5000 acres have burned. Homes are being evacuated.

The sun through the smoke was just a red ball in the sky. This picture is exactly what it looked like.

Wednesday Window......Cockpit

Windy Landing

 

It took some good piloting to land in the Tim's Toyota Center parking lot in Prescott Valley on a day with winds gusting over 40 MPH. It was a police, fire and military expo that was held a few months ago and I never got around to posting it.. They had planned to have a Black Hawk helicopter but it was too windy for it to land in the parking lot between the light posts. This one is the Yavapai County search and rescue helicopter.

Take Off

Prescott Airport

Vintage Plane

Prescott Airport

Learn To Fly

Guidance Aviation is a flight school that specializes in high altitude helicopter pilot training.
They have a nice web site that you can visit here.

Low Flying Aircraft

Taken from my backyard. 

Happy Birthday, Brian!!

Air Ambulance

Medical helicopter parked at the hospital in Prescott.

Choppers

 I counted sixteen helicopters flying over my house on Saturday. There were 7 flying together in the first group and they were loud. Then came 5 and about an hour or so later 4 more, all going in the same direction.

Landing On The Football Field

 You never know what you will see when there is an event going on in Prescott. While in town for the bicycle race yesterday, we saw this nifty red helicopter land on the ball field only a block away from the courthouse.

 Just set it down between the goal posts. 

No problem!