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There she blows... on the ramp at Abilene, TX. |
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View from the rear. |
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Breaking out on the localizer back course for runway 25 at Abilene. Ceiling: 600' AGL. |
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Driving along under the ceiling, approaching runway 25 at ABI. |
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An airport... somewhere out there in the soggy distance. |
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Diverting around convective activity in Louisiana. |
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More cloudz.
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Noel definitely likes cloudz. |
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Sunrise over the gulf. Northwest-bound. |
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Step into my office, please. |
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On the ramp at Abilene. |
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Although it's an undercast from our perspective, it's a 500 ft. overcast for those poor Texans. |
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It's Noel, looking rather glum about the prospect of another 15 hour flying day. Sorry, bucko! |
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There's something cool about this photo... a dark and terrible skyscape illuminated by sunlight. Or something. |
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What a good lookin' old girl. |
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The view ahead. |
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More cloudz. Sigh. |
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Visual now on the ILS to runway 13 at Baton Rouge (BTR). |
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Last leg home, departing Baton Rouge for Florida. |
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Night-time arrival to SFB. |
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RIGHT down to minimums for the localizer approach to runway 36 at False River, LA. I was just starting to clean the airplane up for a missed approach when we broke out, and Noel snapped this photo. |
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Looks strikingly similar to the previous pic, doesn't it? |
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Noel Heraty, CFII/MEI. Don't hate him because he's Irish. |
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Departing Deer Valley (DVT) for Abilene. Comin' home.
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Final approach to Deer Valley, approximately 12 hours after departing SFB earlier in the day. |
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Looks like we're landing at BTR in this pic.
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Short final for HZR (False River). |
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Believe it or not, Noel toured with Riverdance as the percussionist in an 11-piece band. No, he wasn't beating on the panel with sticks when he was the PNF. |
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Noel's side of the panel. He appreciated the second AI that I had recently installed. |
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Yep, that's me. No, my double-chin is not normally so prominent. I think I need to do something about that... |
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O-dark-thirty departure out of DVT. |
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Paralleling nasty stuff. |
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