Album: Flight

     Album:2019:08-19 Burning-Man:Flight

Unbelievably we got to fly.

Charlie had heard about my flight back in 2012 which was gifted to me for being an awesome greeter.

So we head out early in the morning and wait. And wait. For hours. It's not awful because we meet an interesting couple that we end up chatting with, and it is Burning Man after all, but the line is going nowhere and loads of people are waiting. And then, just as we're about to give up, "What a Wonderful World" comes on their stereo, and Charlie and I get up to dance. Because of that we unknowingly catch the eye of Joann Coker, an awesome dance traveller that I've known for years who evidently worked at the airport. And she comes over and tells us that she was about to go up for her first flight, and did we want to come?

BOOM.

Fun couple from Seattle
that we spent a few hours discussing life and meeting and all that. ( comments)
This is amusing,
and true. And all flights are free. ( comments)
But then!...
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This amazingly pilot
takes us out for a flight. ( comments)
It's his Uncle's plane,
and we were in for his first solo flight. ( comments)
Taxing for takeoff
[Video, 9.7M] ( comments)
Takeoff!
(first half is blurry...) [Video, 7.6M] ( comments)
Flying out across
the beautiful desert ( comments)
Then the city
comes into sight ( comments)
Looking in at Center Camp
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Tapping the city
with the wing ( comments)
A beautiful place
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Center camp again.
"You can see my house from here!" ( comments)
Then we head out to the mountains
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We're circling around this one
to come back towards the airport ( comments)
I'm looking ahead
when the pilot turns around, taps my shoulder and points the the right,... ( comments)
...and I realize
we are dive bombing close to this mountain ( comments)
As we exit the mountains
[Video, 22.7M] ( comments)
Our shadow as we come around
the other side ( comments)
The scrubby flats
not far from the hot springs ( comments)
Out the front
( comments)
In for a landing
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Created with the tool album generator from MarginalHacks by Dave on Fri Nov 11 20:40:36 2022