The plan right now is to land at wells and use the courtesy car to drive a bit west and north if possible. We'll see what comes. If I knew of another strip I'd consider it, but I don't. Brent --- Patrick Wiggins <paw@trilobyte.net> wrote:
Funny that you should mention that. It's almost like you own an airplane or something. :-)
Actually, I also played with the idea of flying.
But then I remembered back to my first solar eclipse "expedition" back in '79 when I rented a 6 place. Sitting up front I got a nice view, as did the guy to my right, but the 4 folks in the back had much worse views. And that was with a relatively long event that was fairly low in the sky, very bright and that we knew right where it was.
In the case of Genesis where we wont know exactly where to look or how long it will be visible and would be close to overhead the only way I could think of making the plane work would be to land. Alas, the company I rent from will not permit off airport landings.
Of course, Brent, you make the rules for your plane and your plane has those big balloon tires. You planning on landing out there?
Cheers!
Patrick
Brent Watson wrote:
How about a flight? For a total cost share of
about
$60.00 we could fly out and be back by lunch. That $60.00 would be split by up to 3 folks, if there are three interested and they fit in the plane. Total flight time is about three hours round trip.
Brenti
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