Fall Colors 2005

[Jay Honeck]

http://www.alexisparkinn.com/2005_fall_colors_flight.htm

Of course, the pictures don't do the flight justice (they never do),
but this year -- once feared to be a real "dud" for fall colors -- has
turned out to be quite beautiful here in Iowa.

Too bad it won't last much longer...
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

[Jim Burns]

Central Wisconsin's colors are peaking right now. Best combinations that
I've seen in years, normally some trees color out before others but this
year they are all bursting at once. Some of the maples and aspens are
absolutely blinding! Nasty weather in the forecast, but this weekend may be
nice enough for some flight-seeing.
Jim

"Jay Honeck" > wrote in message
oups.com...
> http://www.alexisparkinn.com/2005_fall_colors_flight.htm
>
> Of course, the pictures don't do the flight justice (they never do),
> but this year -- once feared to be a real "dud" for fall colors -- has
> turned out to be quite beautiful here in Iowa.
>
> Too bad it won't last much longer...
> --
> Jay Honeck
> Iowa City, IA
> Pathfinder N56993
> www.AlexisParkInn.com
> "Your Aviation Destination"
>

[Steven P. McNicoll]

"Jay Honeck" > wrote in message
oups.com...
> http://www.alexisparkinn.com/2005_fall_colors_flight.htm
>
> Of course, the pictures don't do the flight justice (they never do),
> but this year -- once feared to be a real "dud" for fall colors -- has
> turned out to be quite beautiful here in Iowa.
>
> Too bad it won't last much longer...
>

There's a tree in Iowa?

[Jay Honeck]

> There's a tree in Iowa?

Shoot, there's even a town, located about 20 miles from Iowa City,
called "Lone Tree"...

Strangely, it has more than one tree!

;-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

[[email protected]]

Steven P. McNicoll wrote:
> "Jay Honeck" > wrote in message
> oups.com...
> > http://www.alexisparkinn.com/2005_fall_colors_flight.htm
> >
> > Of course, the pictures don't do the flight justice (they never do),
> > but this year -- once feared to be a real "dud" for fall colors -- has
> > turned out to be quite beautiful here in Iowa.
> >
> > Too bad it won't last much longer...
> >
>
> There's a tree in Iowa?

There are lots of trees in Iowa, but they are all big cedars that stay
green until they get covered with snow in the winter. Finding the small
Iowa towns' airports in the dead of winter is fun. Just look down for a
big clump of snow-covered cedars, there'll be a small town hiding
inside the trees. Finding the snow-covered runway against the
snow-covered farmlands around the airport is another story however.

[Steven P. McNicoll]

> wrote in message
oups.com...
>
> There are lots of trees in Iowa, but they are all big cedars that stay
> green until they get covered with snow in the winter. Finding the small
> Iowa towns' airports in the dead of winter is fun. Just look down for a
> big clump of snow-covered cedars, there'll be a small town hiding
> inside the trees. Finding the snow-covered runway against the
> snow-covered farmlands around the airport is another story however.
>

I drove through Iowa once. I didn't see any trees. I saw a lot of corn. A
freakin' ocean of corn.

[Morgans]

"Jay Honeck" > wrote

> Of course, the pictures don't do the flight justice (they never do),
> but this year -- once feared to be a real "dud" for fall colors -- has
> turned out to be quite beautiful here in Iowa.

Boy, you are right. those are some of the most intense, and contrasting
colors I have ever seen.

Here in the mountains of NC, the colors are almost always the second week of
October. This year, they have just now started to turn. It is hard to say
how they will turn out, at this point.
--
Jim in NC

[George Patterson]

Steven P. McNicoll wrote:

> I drove through Iowa once. I didn't see any trees.

The trees were hiding in the corn.

George Patterson
Drink is the curse of the land. It makes you quarrel with your neighbor.
It makes you shoot at your landlord. And it makes you miss him.

[Nathan Young]

On 21 Oct 2005 14:23:56 -0700, "Jay Honeck" >
wrote:

>http://www.alexisparkinn.com/2005_fall_colors_flight.htm
>
>Of course, the pictures don't do the flight justice (they never do),
>but this year -- once feared to be a real "dud" for fall colors -- has
>turned out to be quite beautiful here in Iowa.
>
>Too bad it won't last much longer...

I went flying on Wed night. Chicago-area isn't quite at peak yet, but
there are a lot of brilliant trees. It is hard to beat flying low &
slow along the river valley.

Might be a good time to visit the Mississippi.

[john smith]

> Of course, the pictures don't do the flight justice (they never do),
> but this year -- once feared to be a real "dud" for fall colors -- has
> turned out to be quite beautiful here in Iowa.
> Too bad it won't last much longer...

Trees in Central Ohio started changing early this week.
Several in my neighborhood (oaks) had gone from full green to full
yellow in two days!

[Peter R.]

Jay Honeck > wrote:

> Of course, the pictures don't do the flight justice (they never do),
> but this year -- once feared to be a real "dud" for fall colors -- has
> turned out to be quite beautiful here in Iowa.

In the Northeast US, the weather has really ruined this fall. Last Tuesday
ended a ten day rainy, low cloud and moderate-to-strong wind streak and
tomorrow begins another week's worth of the same.

I caught a glimpse of peaking colors last Monday when I broke through a
2,500 ft overcast on approach into my destination airport. The view merely
whetted my appetite for more, but alas, it will have to wait until next
year. By the time the Northeast has another VFR day, the brilliant red,
gold, and yellow will have been replaced with dull brown, grey, and purple
of trees that either completely lost their leaves or just about to do so.

--
Peter
























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[Jay Honeck]

> I drove through Iowa once. I didn't see any trees. I saw a lot of corn. A
> freakin' ocean of corn.

My only exposure to Iowa (prior to moving here in '97) was driving on
I-80, on my way to somewhere else. I, too, thought Iowa was nothing
but corn, since the interstate highways have been built through the
easiest, flattest (and, thus, best for growing corn) terrain.

It took flying over Iowa to realize how much there really is in this
(and any other, really) state. There are heavily wooded areas
virtually everywhere on the east side of the state.

It's funny, though. In my 8 years in Iowa, thanks to my airplane, I've
seen far more of the state than any life-long native I've met.

Airplanes really *are* magic.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

[[email protected]]

Jay, here is a look at how they look in my home County now (3 days
ago)--I think we'll reach peak in about 10 days . . .


http://www.skyviewpictures.com/html/PatrickFallScene.htm

[Jay Honeck]

wrote:
> Jay, here is a look at how they look in my home County now (3 days
> ago)--I think we'll reach peak in about 10 days . . .
>
>
> http://www.skyviewpictures.com/html/PatrickFallScene.htm

Beautiful! What kind of camera are you using?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

[[email protected]]

Gyro-stabilized FujiProS2.

[John Ousterhout]

Steven P. McNicoll wrote:

> I drove through Iowa once. I didn't see any trees. I saw a lot of corn. A
> freakin' ocean of corn.

Hey, that's an unfair stereotype. Iowa is much more than corn.

There are soybeans too.

- J.O.-

[Steven P. McNicoll]

"John Ousterhout" > wrote in
message news:mts6f.265451$084.75158@attbi_s22...
>
> Hey, that's an unfair stereotype. Iowa is much more than corn.
>
> There are soybeans too.
>

They must be hidden by the corn.

[Jay Honeck]

> > Hey, that's an unfair stereotype. Iowa is much more than corn.
> >
> > There are soybeans too.
> >
>
> They must be hidden by the corn.

And, on that note, a lesser-known fact of little importance:

If you have an engine-out emergency, which field should you choose:
Corn or soybean?

Answer: Corn. Even if it's 9 feet tall, and the beans are only 9
inches tall, you should still choose the corn. The beans are intensely
intertwined, and tightly tangled -- and they will grab at your landing
gear and flip you. The corn might wreck your wings, but they won't
catch your gear.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

[Ice blonde]

>The corn might wreck your wings, but they won't catch your gear.

Sorry, but this sounds painful! ;-)

[N93332]

"Jay Honeck" > wrote in message
oups.com...
> And, on that note, a lesser-known fact of little importance:
>
> If you have an engine-out emergency, which field should you choose:
> Corn or soybean?
>
> Answer: Corn. Even if it's 9 feet tall, and the beans are only 9
> inches tall, you should still choose the corn. The beans are intensely
> intertwined, and tightly tangled -- and they will grab at your landing
> gear and flip you. The corn might wreck your wings, but they won't
> catch your gear.

You must of heard this from Roger Clark too. I didn't learn about this or
about snow covered runways during my training in Oklahoma. These are some of
the things I learned at the Wings seminars in Iowa.

-Greg B.

[[email protected]]

Nice pictures.

Yesterday (Saturday) I flew from Bozeman to Red Lodge for breakfast.
Flew along the north side of the Absarokas and Beartooths. Aspen and
Cottonwoods were at their peak fall colors and it was an absolutely
gorgeous day for flying.

--Walt Weaver
Bozeman, Montana

[Jay Honeck]

>> If you have an engine-out emergency, which field should you choose:
>> Corn or soybean?
>>
>> Answer: Corn. Even if it's 9 feet tall, and the beans are only 9
>> inches tall, you should still choose the corn. The beans are intensely
>> intertwined, and tightly tangled -- and they will grab at your landing
>> gear and flip you.
>
> You must of heard this from Roger Clark too.

Yep, that's from Roger. He's one of the good guys inside the FAA.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

[Jay Honeck]

> Gyro-stabilized FujiProS2.

Crap. I suspect that cost significantly more than my Canon Elph, eh?

;-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

[George Patterson]

Jay Honeck wrote:

> Crap. I suspect that cost significantly more than my Canon Elph, eh?

Unless you substantially overpaid for the Elph ...
http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/article/0,aid,122054,00.asp

And that's just the camera. Gyros run the cost up a few K.

George Patterson
Drink is the curse of the land. It makes you quarrel with your neighbor.
It makes you shoot at your landlord. And it makes you miss him.

[[email protected]]

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Jay Honeck wrote:
> Crap. I suspect that cost significantly more than my Canon Elph, eh?


Unless you substantially overpaid for the Elph ...
http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/article/0,aid,122054,00.asp

And that's just the camera. Gyros run the cost up a few K.


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Don't forget the lenses . . . mine were about $1400 ea. The gyro is
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