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Flights of Fancy
This blog will cover some of the aviation related things we were able to see on our trip up the East coast. Landing at First Flight...
Paul Depperschmidt
Sep 9, 20214 min read
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Time-lapse of loading the Kitfox!
The Video tells the story. This is how the plane goes in the trailer with the Jeep Grand Cherokee Trailhawk. The companion blog with...
Paul Depperschmidt
Mar 20, 20211 min read
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Moab - Arches National Park
Moab, Utah is a must-see target for most outdoor enthusiasts. And for good reason. It is a rare area that combines natural beauty, with...
Paul Depperschmidt
Jan 24, 20213 min read
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Lake Tahoe
Over the years we have visited Lake Tahoe many times. Some visits were in the summer, some were in winter for snow skiing. It has...
Paul Depperschmidt
Dec 16, 20202 min read
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Crater Lake - Oregon
This post is almost all visual and video. But let's take a moment to discuss Crater Lake. Crater Lake is the deepest lake in the United...
Paul Depperschmidt
Dec 16, 20201 min read
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The amazing Oregon Coast
Following our stay in Portland we decided a trip to the Oregon coast was in order. Our home base was Newport, a coastal town that caters...
Paul Depperschmidt
Dec 5, 20202 min read
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Columbia River
One of the key stops on our tour of the west was Portland, Oregon to visit with our daughter, Amanda, and her boyfriend, John. We...
Paul Depperschmidt
Dec 4, 20202 min read
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San Juan Islands
Anyone who has used Microsoft Flight Simulator is likely familiar with Friday Harbor in the San Juan Islands of NW Washington State. It...
Paul Depperschmidt
Nov 15, 20202 min read
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Leavenworth, WA a fun Bavarian Town
As we were moving west we needed a stay in the center of Washington state. We found a Thousand Trails (we can stay on our account for...
Paul Depperschmidt
Nov 13, 20201 min read
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Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
Long ago when we drove from Texas to Seattle to pick up the Kitfox, we passed through a town call Coeur d'Alene. Even from the...
Paul Depperschmidt
Nov 13, 20201 min read
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New Mexico, Texas, dodging Covid
2020 just keeps on giving... Our Covid lock down in Arizona was better than most people had to deal with. But eventually we had to move....
Paul Depperschmidt
Jul 27, 20205 min read
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Sedona Flying
A guaranteed boredom crusher as everyone is at home waiting out the CV-19 virus. These are raw videos taken from the plane in the early...
Paul Depperschmidt
Apr 17, 20202 min read
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North Grand Canyon Flyover
My original theory with the website during the Covid-19 era was to shut it down until things open up again. It seemed cold to show...
Paul Depperschmidt
Mar 31, 20202 min read
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Page, Lake Powell & Monument Valley
Somewhere in the back of my mind our adventures revolved around an image of the American West. To fly our plane through some of these...
Paul Depperschmidt
Mar 9, 20203 min read
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Sedona - Part 2 - WOW
Sedona has earned a reputation for breathtakingly beautiful scenery. We had been to Sedona once before, but there is no way to see it...
Paul Depperschmidt
Mar 8, 20202 min read
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Winter in Lake Havasu,
Following Quartzite our next stop was Lake Havasu. This is clearly an area focused on warmer weather boating and water activities, but...
Paul Depperschmidt
Feb 10, 20202 min read
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Quartzite and Newmar Rally
Remember the movie "Independence Day"? While in the desert in Quartzite, AZ attending a Newmar Rally we watched the movie for the first...
Paul Depperschmidt
Feb 4, 20201 min read
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Flying in the LA Area
It is intimidating. This airspace is easily the busiest I have flown in. Even the NYC area did not seem as tight or daunting. There...
Paul Depperschmidt
Jan 23, 20202 min read
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THIS is why I have a plane along.....
Just outside of Tucson, AZ. OK, the muffler broke again in the flight, but flying the west is VERY cool.
Paul Depperschmidt
Jan 9, 20201 min read
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Big Bend - Texas
It may not be as remote as the moon, but it is in the same zip code... Big Bend is not a place you accidentally stumble upon. It is a...
Paul Depperschmidt
Jan 9, 20203 min read
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