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Finally got a flight in
Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 9:12 am
by papakeith
Last Thursday I had my first flight since April. Yes, CJ, that time going to Sanford was my last flight.
This wasn't a lesson. I was on a mission. Aerial photography. But, with an instructor in the right seat I was in control again
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The flight was short but fun. The landing was a giant boatload of suck, but both the plane and it's occupants survived to fly another day.
Here's one of the pics I snapped. It's of my family farm and our corn maze:
41 47' 31.77" N 71 33' 09.10" W elevation 476
Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 9:16 am
by Womack2005
Cool pic
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OK, so Sanford FL, AL, NC, TX, CO, KS, ME, MI, or VA? I learned to fly in Sanford FL.
Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 9:30 am
by papakeith
Heh, sorry 'bout that. . .
Sanford, ME
SFM
Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 9:40 am
by Womack2005
Crazy, Sanford, FL is SFB
Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 11:07 am
by captain_john
Keith, that is a very well laid out maze! I saw one east of EWB that paled in comparison!
With regard to flying, get up when time allows. As a student pilot, book reading, hangar flying and airplane building goes a long way to a proper pilot's attitude and aviation education.
Enjoy the ride!
CJ
Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 11:25 am
by papakeith
Thanks John, We've been making them for 9 years now. Most are of the pumpkin, spider, witch type of theme. We went high-brow this year. It's our version of Van Gogh's "Starry Night"
Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 11:29 am
by captain_john
I see, I see...
CJ
Posted: Sat Aug 26, 2006 9:14 am
by Womack2005
Now that is COOL!
How?
Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 7:01 am
by aparchment
Hey Keith:
I have always wondered how the heck you do that? You can't see the design while you are doing it, so do you use GPS to lay it out? Inquiring minds want to know.
Antony
Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 10:51 am
by papakeith
Nope no GPS. The hand held stuff isn't accurate enough and the surveying stuff is more spendy than we are willing to pay.
Our methods are way simpler than that.
Remember all of that HS Geometry you swore you'd never need?
We plant the field twice. Once north south, then again east west. This gives us a 5 acre sheet of graph paper to work with. Then it's just a matter of x,y coordinates.
Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 11:34 pm
by JohnR
PK, I've helped out on a couple of maizes (I know kind of corny) and ca nappreciate how much work it takes. The grid is the best way I believe. At what stage of growth do you clearout the portions of the maze? We did them when the corn was about knee to waist high then came back in and cleaned things up after it tassled. Your maze looks great!
Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 6:55 am
by papakeith
we shoot for ankle high when we cut it. much higher and we start having trouble seeing the column/row markers