Monday, July 7, 2008

Flight acoss America


So, I did it. I flew across America in a 2 seater Russian YAK52 airplane. This plane is made for training and not for long distance flights. It has a lot of power but not a big gas tank. We can fly it for about an hour and a half before we have to fill up again. Levi wanted to have it in Pensacola Florida where he has been picked up for flight school for the Navy, but of course he needed a copilot. I instantly volunteered and what follows is the amazing adventure that we had.


We flew north from Mesa passing over some beautiful dessert. We flew over and a little bit into the meteor crater. See the small visitor building and parking lot in the top right corner of the page?




2 comments:

Angel B. said...
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akdoxey said...

Wow Emm! What an incredible experience! You're pretty brave! I loved the video- you were so close to the ground/canyon walls. Where did you meet this guy?