Larry Dighera wrote:
On Tue, 23 Mar 2004 02:44:18 GMT, (Ron Lee)
wrote in Message-Id: :

From there we went to Monument Valley where many westerns were filmed.

I had wanted to fly a bit lower than we did but not having the proper
frequency to announce intentions,


What exactly prevented you from flying lower?

Terrific pictures. Thanks for sharing them.

122.75 in Monument Valley. Not many tours flying this time of year.

I was just down there this past weekend. Helped the Utah Backcountry
Pilots clean up the Fry Canyon airstrip, and went on to "dewinterize"
the boat, and spent the night on Lake Powell. It was CAVU and 80+ degF;
gorgeous...

http://www.utahbackcountrypilots.org/airport_search.asp

Type in "Fry Canyon". UBCPA is hosting a flyin there next weekend.

http://www.utahbackcountrypilots.org....asp?newsid=26

Flying low over this country is a real treat; however, the slickrock,
and the red rock canyons afford few potential emergency landing sites.
I think of it as being similar to flying over the glaciers around
Denali, the glaciers near Mt St. Elias, or the fiords along the
Alaskan coast. If your are confident in your airplane and your
abilities, then the risk/reward is worth it! If you need 2000'
of pavement to land, and dont have confidence in your aircraft,
then maintain at least 3000 agl, and always know where the roads are...

MikeM