Reid-Hillview Airport (KRHV)
terminal building, viewed during takeoff.
Looking east above Ocala Ave at Capitol Expressway in East San Jose,
just past the boundary of Reid-Hillview Airport.
A trolley at San Jose's Alum Rock Light Rail Station.
"Little Yosemite Valley" on Alameda Creek in Sunol Regional Park
in the East Bay Area. (This is nowhere near Yosemite.)
Interstate 580 over Altamont Pass - this is one of California's many
"windmill farm" areas.
The Port of Stockton and downtown Stockton.
Lodi Kingdon Airpark (O20)
Rancho Seco nuclear power plant (closed/non-operating since 1989.)
Eagle's Nest (CA20) private airport
Placerville Airport (KPVF)
Chili Bar Reservoir on the South Fork of the American River, about 5 miles
upstream from Sutter's Mill and the Gold Discovery State Historical Park.
Swansboro Country Airport (01CL), a private airport near Placerville.
French Meadows Reservoir on the Middle Fork of the American River.
The Sierra Nevada and Lake Tahoe, viewed from the west.
The Sierra Nevada and Lake Tahoe, viewed from the northwest.
Donner Summit on Interstate 80 -
compare it with some
pictures I took there last November.
Donner Summit on Interstate 80.
Donner Summit and Donner Lake on Interstate 80.
Truckee-Tahoe Airport (KTRK)
Lake Tahoe viewed from the NNW.
State Highway 89 northwest of Truckee.
Peavine Mountain, overlooking Reno on its north, east and south sides.
Reno-Stead Airport (4SD),
home of the Reno National Championship Air Races
Pyramid Lake on the Paiute Indian Reservation
"The Pyramid" at Pyramid Lake
Approaching the Black Rock Desert - some of the picture is darkened by the propeller arc. But it still shows water on the playa.
The town of Empire (a US Gypsum Corp company town), the US Gypsum Sheetrock® manufacturing plant and the
Empire Airport (1A8)
Granite Peak, a shaky shot due to turbulence
Granite Peak, a shaky shot due to turbulence
the lake on the Black Rock playa
the southern tip of the lake on the Black Rock playa
The AeroPAC flightline at MudRock 2006
Elephant Peak, one of Black Rock's signature views, and the lake on the playa
final approach to AeroPAC's MudRock
This rocket had a problem. It burned so slowly that after it was going
for 7 minutes like this, I still had time to go to Paul H's camp, get my camera, come back and take this picture. People started joking to the owner that you need a space launch permit from Washington DC for a rocket burn time over 15 seconds... well, he would if it actually got off the rail.
Still going. Nothing outlasts the... whatever it is.
Now it's finally done. The base of the rocket has been exposed to flame
far longer than it was designed to. So some of it has caught fire. They successfully doused it with bottled water without waiting for the fire extinguisher that was on the way.
Now it's finally done. They successfully doused it with bottled water
without waiting for the fire extinguisher that was on the way.
Now it's finally done. They successfully doused it with bottled water
without waiting for the fire extinguisher that was on the way.
A view of the plane from the flight line.
Reid-Hillview Airport (KRHV)
terminal building, viewed during takeoff.
Looking east above Ocala Ave at Capitol Expressway in East San Jose,
just past the boundary of Reid-Hillview Airport.
A trolley at San Jose's Alum Rock Light Rail Station.
"Little Yosemite Valley" on Alameda Creek in Sunol Regional Park
in the East Bay Area. (This is nowhere near Yosemite.)
Interstate 580 over Altamont Pass - this is one of California's many
"windmill farm" areas.
The Port of Stockton and downtown Stockton.
Lodi Kingdon Airpark (O20)
Rancho Seco nuclear power plant (closed/non-operating since 1989.)
Eagle's Nest (CA20) private airport
Placerville Airport (KPVF)
Chili Bar Reservoir on the South Fork of the American River, about 5 miles
upstream from Sutter's Mill and the Gold Discovery State Historical Park.
Swansboro Country Airport (01CL), a private airport near Placerville.
French Meadows Reservoir on the Middle Fork of the American River.
The Sierra Nevada and Lake Tahoe, viewed from the west.
The Sierra Nevada and Lake Tahoe, viewed from the northwest.
Donner Summit on Interstate 80 -
compare it with some pictures I took there last November.
Donner Summit on Interstate 80.
Donner Summit and Donner Lake on Interstate 80.
Truckee-Tahoe Airport (KTRK)
Lake Tahoe viewed from the NNW.
State Highway 89 northwest of Truckee.
Peavine Mountain, overlooking Reno on its north, east and south sides.
Reno-Stead Airport (4SD),
home of the Reno National Championship Air Races
Pyramid Lake on the Paiute Indian Reservation
"The Pyramid" at Pyramid Lake
Approaching the Black Rock Desert - some of the picture is darkened by the propeller arc. But it still shows water on the playa.
The town of Empire (a US Gypsum Corp company town), the US Gypsum Sheetrock® manufacturing plant and the Empire Airport (1A8)
Granite Peak, a shaky shot due to turbulence
Granite Peak, a shaky shot due to turbulence
the lake on the Black Rock playa
the southern tip of the lake on the Black Rock playa
The AeroPAC flightline at MudRock 2006
Elephant Peak, one of Black Rock's signature views, and the lake on the playa
final approach to AeroPAC's MudRock
This rocket had a problem. It burned so slowly that after it was going
for 7 minutes like this, I still had time to go to Paul H's camp, get my camera, come back and take this picture. People started joking to the owner that you need a space launch permit from Washington DC for a rocket burn time over 15 seconds... well, he would if it actually got off the rail.
Still going. Nothing outlasts the... whatever it is.
Now it's finally done. The base of the rocket has been exposed to flame
far longer than it was designed to. So some of it has caught fire. They successfully doused it with bottled water without waiting for the fire extinguisher that was on the way.
Now it's finally done. They successfully doused it with bottled water
without waiting for the fire extinguisher that was on the way.
Now it's finally done. They successfully doused it with bottled water
without waiting for the fire extinguisher that was on the way.
A view of the plane from the flight line.