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| VIEW OUT OUR SIDE DOOR LOOKING SOUTH TOWARDS YUMA ABOUT 60 MILES AWAY AS THE CROW FLIES |
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| EVENING SHADOWS |
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| TAMARISK GROVE OASIS NEAR OUR CAMPSITE |
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| ON A JEEP RIDE WITH PHEEBS THIS AFTERNOON WE SPOTTED THIS FLOCK OF SNOW GEESE |
GROANER'S CORNER:(( A young preacher was asked by the local funeral director to hold a grave-side burial service at a small local cemetery for someone with no family or friends. The preacher headed out early but quickly got himself lost, making several wrong turns. Eventually, a half-hour late, he saw the backhoe and its crew, but the hearse was nowhere in sight, and the workmen were eating lunch. The diligent young pastor went to the open grave and found the vault lid already in place. Taking out his book, he read the service. Feeling guilty because of his tardiness, he preached an impassioned and lengthy service, sending the deceased to the great beyond in style. As he was returning to his car, he overheard one of the workmen say, "I've been putting in septic tanks for twenty years and I ain't never seen anything like that."
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Those snow geese are incredible!! But I really love the duck butts :-))
ReplyDeleteBoth my wife and I loved that that joke. Good one, we laughed out loud.
ReplyDeleteA nice day!! Enjoy
ReplyDeleteWhat to say? Yur duck and geese photos are amazing.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy the quiet desert and moths nature sure can't be beat.
ReplyDeleteThe mountain with shadows gets my vote. All are great of course. Still pondering restarting my blog, I take less pics without it and have to wander what I did last week also. Back at the Cabana for nine nights and it feels nice. That was a very funny Groaner and I enjoyed it.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful pictures, Al. Love the mountain pic in the afternoon sun.
ReplyDeleteThe red and white aircraft you took a picture of was hey piper PA 18 date of manufacture is about 1980tail number was N8653y
ReplyDeleteIn 1983 it crashed on take off NTSB reported
It’s residence now is it Yuma Arizona
The bush pilot in Alaska call them fat tire Cowboys
They are designed it to land on grass gravel Or dirt runway
Date Owner Location
06-Jun-2014 MORRIS EQUIPMENT LLC YUMA AZ
12-Aug-2013 MARTIN KYLE H TALKEETNA AK
06-Jul-2012 SALE REPORTED TALKEETNA AK
19-Aug-2011 HULBERT WARD ANCHORAGE AK
02-Jun-2006 HULBERT WARD A ANCHORAGE AK
NTSB Identification: ANC82DAG31
14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Friday, June 11, 1982 in ANCHORAGE, AK
Probable Cause Approval Date: 06/11/1983
Aircraft: PIPER PA-18, registration: N8653Y
Injuries: 1 Uninjured.
THE PILOT REPORTED THAT BEFORE TAKEOFF, HE HAD TROUBLE GETTING THE ENGINE TO DEVELOP POWER. HE CALLED A MECHANIC WHO ADVISED THAT CONDITIONS WERE RIGHT FOR CARBURETOR ICING. THE MECHANIC SUGGESTED RUNNING THE ENGINE WITH CARBURETOR HEAT APPLIED. THE PILOT DID THIS AND SAID THAT IT HELPED, SO HE TOOK OFF TO TEST THE ENGINE OPERATION IN FLIGHT. HE CIRCLED SEVERAL TIMES WHILE FLYING WITH THE CARBURETOR HEAT ON, THEN TURNED THE HEAT OFF. WITH THE HEAT OFF, THE ENGINE RPM INCREASED FOR A FEW SECONDS, AND THEN ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, THE ENGINE SPUTTERED AND LOST POWER. THE PILOT REAPPLIED THE CARBURETOR HEAT, BUT THE ENGINE DID NOT RESPOND FULLY. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DAMAGED WHILE LANDING IN A SPRUCE COVERED, SWAMPY AREA.
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident as follows:
* FUEL SYSTEM,CARBURETOR..ICE
* CARBURETOR HEAT..IMPROPER USE OF..PILOT IN COMMAND
Contributing Factors:
* WEATHER CONDITION..CARBURETOR ICING CONDITIONS
* TERRAIN CONDITION..HIGH VEGETATION
* TERRAIN CONDITION..WET
* TERRAIN CONDITION..SOFT