Medford to McMinnville

We flew from Medford Oregon to McMinnville Oregon. It could have been a short uneventful flight but it was cloudy and the cloud cover was so much fun.

Early morning sunrise.


Good morning sun.


Scenery between Medford and McMinnville.


Ahead I could see very low cloud cover. Naturally I cooed "ohhh... how pretty...".


The wispy clouds and trees looked like something from a fairy tale.


Cloud cover.


Oregon trees peeking out from the clouds.


The valleys were covered with clouds.


We could see the clouds moving up and over the mountains.


Oregon clouds.


We dropped through a hole in the clouds to look underneath and came back up through the same hole. The clouds were too low to see anything.


We landed on a mountain top for a moment.


A look back at where we'd just landed, the clouds were coming up and over the mountain like giant fingers reaching up and over the trees and mountains.


The wispy clouds continued to get thicker. This was actually a bad thing for flying but I was enjoying the scenery way too much to be worried.


Oregon clouds.


I saw about a half dozen of these small round rainbows in the clouds.


Ah, now we can see McMinnville.


There are a lot of farms in McMinnville, it was very pretty country.


Arriving at the McMinnville airport. The people at the FBO were very friendly, I'd highly recommend stopping by to say "Hi!" if you have the chance.

Moon Over Medford

As we tucked the helicopter in for the night, I thought the waning moon over Medford was pretty.

The photos really don't do it justice.

We'll be leaving Medford tomorrow. Thank God. I'm sorry Medford-ites but I'm ready to leave your town.

I'm coming Cierra. I can't wait to hug my furry girl.

Where In The World Is PJ?

Someone knows that someone is leaving.


My favorite pilot will fly a big ol' jet airliner to here ^


Pick up ^


Fly here ^

And do this: H2O.

Where In The World Is PJ?

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N350SB, New Paint and New Playtoys

A look at N350SB, modeling in Oregon, fitted with a PSD (Plastic Sphere Dispenser).

I think PSD is another way of saying: shoots fireballs, look out below, or hey, look-it what I can do...

I love the tree's in the background - I hear it's sweatshirt weather all day there.

The last time I saw (and flew - YAY!) N350SB, she was all black. There's a photo on the right --> (under "Flying High in the Sky") of her tail over Louisiana. It took me a few tries to get that photo, I was leaning w-a-y out of the front seat but I knew I could get the shot, and I did.

Updated Wildfire Map and the AStar B2

If you can name the gauges, dials, buttons, lights, switches and other miscellany items on the dash of the B2 I'll give you a dollar.
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The AStar B2 relaxing near the confluence of the North and South Umpqua Rivers west of Roseburg, Oregon.

Wildfire

My favorite helicopter pilot is on his way to Oregon for wildfire season...


There she is, a peek at the AStar...