I did all my flying here in the"Hole". It's like being on vacation
year round living out hereG. I did see Ryan circle and land as I was
rolling my beast out of the hangar but by the time I went looking to
see if they were ok, off they went again. My first though was they got
into the icing layer I hit about 20 minutes later right in front of the
Teton range but a plugged pitot would nessitate a precautionary landing
too. As the clouds thinned out later that mornin the mountians had a
delightful dusting of fresh snow on them... Ahhh, Paradise is
great..... I am headed out in a few minutes and with the current temp
at 28f the ol N801BH will love the thicker air for sure...

Ben
www.haaspowerair.com
Jackson Hole Wy


wrote:
Just got back from an adventure to Jackson Hole, WY (from Wisconsin).
Dodging TFR's of the fire and Cheney variety, the smoke from the fires,
a plugged pitot when we took off from Jackson hole to return to WI
(that necessitated a return to the airport and the tower asking us if
we needed assistance...), my first experience with night IMC and a
night ILS approach, etc, etc. Seeing fireworks near Omro, WI when we
broke out on the Appleton ILS 3 approach (which was truly odd to see as
we were in the murk until I saw the glow of fireworks!).
Also saw why the restricted area north of Fort McCoy, WI is restricted:
the firing range was active at night which made for some interesting
firework-like displays!

Also very briefly met Ben Haas, from Jackson Hole and on the r.a.p.
rogues gallery on Jays' website. It's a small world!

Ryan in Madison