Ski Flying

[Glider]

Nice to be on the skis again. Just a few inches of powder.

 

[joemcd]

Nice photos and it looks fun. Ski season came and went here in about 5 days. We will see if it comes back.

Have fun,
Joe

 

[Paul Collins]

Indeed, very nice! The "Baby" looks happy on the snow.
So, I hope for more pictures. Out here in Boise, we are looking at record snows and more to come - but I don't have skis!? This is a once-in-a-lifetime event here in Idaho at the lower levels anyway. If Global Warming has been fixed (as per the politicos), maybe I should get some skis.
More pictures please and if not, I will send pictures of my hangar with the 6' snow piles!!
Paul Collins
N337DP

 

[Glider]

Indeed, very nice! The "Baby" looks happy on the snow.
So, I hope for more pictures. Out here in Boise, we are looking at record snows and more to come - but I don't have skis!? This is a once-in-a-lifetime event here in Idaho at the lower levels anyway. If Global Warming has been fixed (as per the politicos), maybe I should get some skis.
More pictures please and if not, I will send pictures of my hangar with the 6' snow piles!!
Paul Collins
N337DP

Paul your old plane loves to ski.

Heavy snow today. A foot or more in the forecast. Some say 2 feet or more when the storm wraps up tonight...

The beach sand locally is very soft. Air down to 12 PSI in a truck or 6 PSI in the plane. Running a truck on the beach in 6" of drifting snow is a challenge. Lots of digging. Once a path is cut in the sand/snow driving at 15 to 20 MPH is about as fast as you can go; limiting factor is bottoming out the shock stops/ undercarriage on the sand. The two pictured below did a lot of work to be able to skijore behind a truck on the beach yesterday. Beat the piss out of the truck and the snowboard. Looked like fun from the air.

 

[Franky]

Here are some short videos about Ski-Flying with Husky A1 and Tom D's outstanding Ski-equipment RF 801.

https://youtu.be/yAdxPEJpacc

https://youtu.be/ZTbUPO1NvfU

https://youtu.be/kkLD9KJs-SQ

Have fun
Franky