Another War Story

In the time frame '49-'53 I was instructing in F-80A/B's at Willie
Field, Chandler AZ (just south of Phoenix).

On numerous occasions I would fly up to the Grand Canyon and do loops
in Canyon below the rim.

They finally made us stop as we were scaring the donkeys carrying
tourists up and down from rim to river at bottom.

Oh, those were the days )

Big John

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On Sat, 02 Jun 2007 15:05:06 +0200, Mxsmanic
wrote:

If there were no airspace restrictions, would it be possible/safe to fly
gliders in the Grand Canyon? There's not much of a place to land in the
canyon, of course, but I don't know if there are thermals or something (?)
that would allow a glider to climb back up out of the canyon after gliding
below the rim. Is it possible? Has anyone done it?