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Exploring Philosophy, Decentralization, Distance Running, Sustainability, Familying, and Playing drums and guitar

Flight school in Needles, CA

Spending so much time around planes in Alaska made me really want to work on my pilot’s license, so I went to accelerated flight school in Needles, CA right before Christmas. I passed my practical test on my birthday.

Photos:

On first arriving in Las Vegas airport, I was greeted by this outrageous slot machine. I saw a few of these decorated bushes along the desert road from Mohave Valley to Oatman. And this is the “ghost town” of Oatman. Sunset over the airport My suction system failed while practicing recovering from unusual attitudes. That attitude indicator doesn’t look healthy.

The Las Vegas strip at night. Christmas time in the desert The Colorado and Lake Havasu from the air. The lines on the right are the propeller crossing the frame.

Vidal Junction. This was the end of the long desert crossing on my bicycle trip. Hoover Dam See where the water line used to be? Aria casino stole all my cash on my last night.