Pali chinachake chokhudza chipululu chachikulu cha Sierra chomwe chimapanga malo okwera ndege. Ngati simunapite ku High Sierra Fly-In, pangani chotsamba chanu cholemba ndandanda. Anatchulidwa kale kuti "Munthu Woyaka Moto Woyendetsa Sitima," ndilo komwe ndimakonda kwambiri kuyendetsa ndege.
Nthawi zonse ndimakonda dziko lakumadzulo la United States chifukwa cha mpweya wabwino ndi mapiri, ndipo Sierra High sichikhumudwitsa pankhaniyi.
Koma ndikudziwanso kuti si mapiri okha - matsenga a kumadzulo kwenikweni ndi anthu. Ndipo pamene mumagwirizanitsa zodabwitsa za malo apamwamba a chipululu ndi chithumwa ndi chisamaliro cha anthu abwino padziko lonse ndiyeno kuonjezera ndege, chabwino, izo sizikupeza bwinoko .
Cow wakufa
Ndinadziŵa kuti ndinali ndi zochitika zina pamene ndinachoka ku Raleigh-Durham International ku Nyanja Yakufa ya Cow ku Northern Nevada, koma sindinadziwe kuti idzakhala imodzi mwa mbalame zosangalatsa kwambiri.
Nkhumba Yakufa ndi bedi louma louma nyanja yomwe ili pakatikati, paliponse, Nevada, kumpoto kwa Reno, ndipo ndi malo atsopano a High Sierra Fly-In. Dzikoli posachedwapa linagulidwa ndi Kevin Quinn yemwe anakonza masewerawo atagonjetsedwa ndi BLM kwa malo omwe amatha kugwira nawo ntchentche, zomwe, zitatha zaka sikisi, zakhala zazikulu. Panali ndege zoposa 140 zomwe zimauluka patsikuli.
Ng'ombe Yakufa imakhala yosavuta kupeza mlengalenga, ndipo ngati sikunali kulandiridwa kwenikweni kwa anthu achisomo omwe akuthamanga ndi kutenga nawo mbali mu ntchentche-in, ine mwina sindikanati ndipange. Inu mukuwona, ine ndinali ndi chifukwa chirichonse mu bukhu. Sindinathe (kulipira). Ndinayenera kukonzekera ana. Sindinathe kutenga nthawi yambiri ndikugwira ntchito.
Ine ndiribe ndege, ndipo sindikudziwa kanthu za zouluka zouluka, ndipo ili ndi chitsamba chowulukira anthu. Ndipo ndingatani kuti ndikafike kumeneko?
Kupanga
Komabe, ndinkadziwa kuti nthaŵi zina zinthu zabwino kwambiri m'moyo zimaphatikizapo kutenga pangozi. Kotero ine ndinapanga izo kuti zichitike. Ndipo kuchokera nthawi yomwe ndinaphunzira za chochitikacho pa tsamba la Facebook, ndinamva bwino. Ndinalandiridwa ndi gulu la anthu okondana komanso losauka mtima limene linanditsimikizira kuti sindidzanong'oneza bondo kuti ndiyesetse kupita. Zedi , ine ndinaganiza. Koma ndifika bwanji kumeneko ?
Palibe vuto , adatero. Padzakhala ulendo . Ndiyeno apo panali. Anthu ambiri amapita kukakwera kumalo osiyanasiyana, ndipo ndisanadziwe, ndinapita ku chipululu, pamodzi ndi ena ambiri omwe anandipatsa mowolowa manja komanso kulandira alendo. Aliyense adalandiridwa- ndipo izi sizinali zokhazokha. Quinn ndi okonza mapulogalamuwa anali otsimikiza kuti apange oyendetsa ndege, a Mooney ndi a Cirrus oyendetsa ndege, a RV oyendetsa ndege, ngakhalenso oyendetsa ndege a RC, ndipo ndithudi, oyendetsa ndege oyendetsa galimoto - amamva kunyumba. Aliyense yemwe akanatha kukafika pabedi lotseguka atsegulidwa kuti alowemo. Kwa iwo omwe analibe ndege yathu, panali ena omwe anali okonzeka kupereka mpando mu ndege.
Kuyambira kutsogolo koyamba ndinayang'ana pakati pa anthu ambiri okondwa kupita koma popanda kupeza ndege, ndi ena onse oyendetsa ndege omwe adawathandiza kuti awathandize, ndinawona zomwe ndimakonda kuziwona m'magulu oyendetsa ndege - chabwino kwambiri - ndipo ndimadziwa kuti ndidzakhala ndi gulu labwino.
Kutuluka
Ndinakumana ndi kukwera kwanga ku bwalo la ndege ku Nampa, Idaho - malo omwe ndinkamudziwa bwino, monga momwe ndinatengera kafukufuku wanga wa CFI pa ndege yomweyo mu 2005. Andrew anali ndi mpando wambiri mu 1975 Cessna 180 - ndege yokongola komanso yothandiza - ndipo anali wopatsa mokwanira kupereka mayi wachilendo ulendo. Tsopano, zikhoza kuwoneka ngati wopenga kuti munthu amangobwera ndege basi, ndipo mwinamwake ndizo, koma sizinatengere nthawi yaitali kuti ine ndi Andrew tipeze zofanana. Iye ndi membala wothandizira wa Idaho Aviation Association, ndipo pokhala kuti Idaho ndi boma langa, tinali ndi anthu odziwana nawo.
Kotero, nkhani yayitali yayitali, ine ndinakwera ndege kupita ku ndege. Koma kuyendetsa ndege ndi dziko laling'ono, ndipo monga momwe zimakhalira nthawi zambiri, sanali kwenikweni mlendo pambuyo pake.
Kufika
Andrew adachepetsa mantha aliwonse omwe ndakhala nawo ndikuwuluka ndi oyendetsa ndege osadziwika kuyambira pachiyambi ndi mndandanda wabwino wa chitetezo cha preflight, kukambirana za kulemera kwake kwa ndege ndi kulingalira komanso kufotokoza mwachidule njira yomwe ikubwera ndi nyengo. Pambuyo pa ndege yochititsa chidwi kudera la Idaho, malo okongola a mapiri a Owyhee ku Oregon komanso m'mapiri a kumpoto kwa Nevada, tinafika ku Dead Cow Lachisanu madzulo. Tinagwira bwino pamtunda wa mamita 3,000 wa dothi losweka, pomwe malo okhawo okhalapo anali ndi mizere iwiri ya mbendera zofiira pafupi ndi mapeto ake. Zinali zovuta pamene ife tinkafika koma tinkakhala tcheru ndi madzulo ngati ndege zowonjezereka zinagwedeza. Tinayima pafupi ndi kagulu ka Skywagons, ndipo ndinakwera. Dothi lopanda pang'onopang'ono linkangoyambira kuzungulira nsapato zanga zamtundu wakuda, kuwasandutsa mthunzi wa bulauni kuti akakhale masiku osachepera atatu.
Kutsegula
Ndinakhazikitsa hema wanga wamwamuna pafupi ndi Andrew, ndipo pasanapite nthawi, ndinakhala ndi mpando wa msasa. Dzuŵa linali lalitali ndipo linali lotentha mumlengalenga wa 60 digrii October, ndipo nthawi yomweyo ndinadandaula kuti sindinabweretse dzuwa. Ine ndinakokera mpando kupita kumalo omwe angadziwike mwa "kupitilira mu dothi," ndipo ine ndikuyang'ana ena obwerawo akubwera. Ine ndinagwira transceiver yanga ndipo ndinamvetsera. "Ine ndinadikirira kubwerera kwa bounced. kupita-kuzungulira kapena kuthamanga mofulumira komanso balloon. Ndinadikirira chinachake ... koma panalibenso kanthu koma njira zamphamvu komanso pafupi-zangwiro, zomangirira bwino.
"Izi ndizofanana ndi kuyang'ana oshkosh, koma ... chabwino, osati zosangalatsa," ndinauza Andreya. "Amuna awa samangoyendetsa pansi, kodi iwo?" Anangomung'ung'udza ndi kusokoneza. Mapulaneti aang'ono, kukwera, mawilo a mchira ndi ndodo yabwino yachikale ndi kupalasa zouluka ndi gawo la moyo kwa anyamata awa. Palibe malo ovomerezeka oipa apa.
Machaputala
Moto wamoto wa m'mawa unalimbikitsa kwambiri chidwi choyamba. Quinn adapereka woyendetsa ndege pamoto pa 7 koloko, ndipo zinali zoonekeratu kuti oyendetsa ndegewa, omwe nthawi zambiri amakhala ndi mbiri yabwino chifukwa chokhala opanda mantha komanso osasamala, anali amodzi oyendetsa bwino kwambiri oyendetsa ndege oyendetsa ndege. Panali malamulo, miyezo, ndi ma protocol. Panali maulendo osiyana a machitidwe osiyana, kayendetsedwe ka magalimoto kawirikawiri, ndipo mosakayika palibe malo a khalidwe losapindulitsa. Chikhalidwe cha chitetezo chimakhala m'makhalidwe a atsogoleri a bungwe, ndipo Quinn amakhala ndi chiyero cha chitetezo kumayambiriro, mwinamwake pang'onopang'ono patatha kugwedeza koopsa pakati pa maulendo a chaka chatha. "Muyenera kukhala otetezeka. Pali anthu omwe sakudziwa njira, ndipo iwo ali kunja uko akuchita zinthu zomwe sakuyembekezera, kotero inu mukuyenera kuti muzisunga mutu wanu. "Quinn anafotokozedwa pamoto wa m'mawa. Atapempha aliyense ku FAA kudzizindikiritsa yekha - ndikumangokhala chete - Quinn anali ndi mawu omaliza a malangizo kwa gulu la anthu oyendetsa ndege oyendetsa ndege: "Fly ngati mukuyang'aniridwa ndi FAA."
M'maŵa, panali zakudya zam'mawa zakumunda ndi khofi mumanja, ndi kugona koma kumang'ung'udza pafupi ndi moto pamayendedwe.
Zochitika
Patsiku panali ntchentche kumalo oundana, udzu wouma, misewu yowononga, mabedi, ndi ndege pa Phiramidi Nyanja. Tinayima pa Susanville Airport (KSVE) kuti tipeze mafuta. Ife tinkawombera mapangidwe pamene ife tinkafufuza kunja kwa deralo, tikuyang'ana akavalo okwera ndi zakutchire. Tinafika pakati pa Black Rock Desert, pamalo a Burning Man, komwe ndinakhala pansi ndikuona kuti anthu ambirimbiri ali pakati pa dera lalikulu lomwe likuoneka ngati losaoneka. Chiwonetsero chokhacho chakuti Munthu Wopsa Moto anali atayamba kuchitikapo ndi mapepala ofooketsa a omwe poyamba anali misewu yomwe inkafika pakati pa lalikulu lalikulu, nyanja yaikulu.
Panali nthawi yovuta kwambiri pa nthawi imene ndondomeko yotchedwa STOL imapangidwira mitundu ina - yomwe ndakhala ndikuwonetsa (yang'anani mavidiyo awa a Super Cup ndi a Beaver - ngakhale a Cirrus - racing) Woyendetsa ndege Gary Ward akuwombera MX2 wake. Ndipo panali F-16 yooneka ngati yopanda phokoso, yomwe inamvetsera chidwi cha aliyense koma osadabwitsa. Tidali pafupi ndi MOA pakati pa chipululu, pambuyo pake. Panali Piper Cubs ndi Super Cubs ndi 180s ndi 185s ndi 170s ndi 172s ndi Archers ndi Mooneys ndi Cirrus 'ndi Maules ndi Experimentals osati imodzi, koma WilgaBeasts awiri ndi kunyumba ndi ndege zina zambiri zodabwitsa. Unali woyendetsa ndege.
Kenaka panali nthawi zina zokondweretsa monga kumangirira mumsana wotentha kwambiri pa nthawi yomwe kale inali nyumba, ndikuwonetsa ana akukwera mabasi awo pamsasa nthawi yamadzulo. Koma nthawi yomwe ndimakonda kwambiri inali nthawi yokhazikika mu ndege, kumvetsera wodalirika wa injini, kuyang'ana mahatchi apakavalo kapena makilomita mamita pansipa ndi kuwala kwa dzuwa kukuwalira pakati pa mtambo wautali, kuthamanga mthunzi wa ndege pamwamba pa malo.
Usiku, drone inagwedezeka pamoto wamoto, ndipo panali zakumwa ndi madzulo komanso kugwirizana. Panali ana ndi zinyama ndi ndege zokongoletsedwa ndi nyali za Khrisimasi. Panali magalimoto oyendetsedwa kutali ndi ndege za RC, ndi kukambirana kopambana. Panali mphutsi ndi mphoto ndi kuseka.
Chinachake cha mlengalenga wa ntchentche iyi-kuphatikizapo kukula kwa malo okongola a chipululu kunangondigonjetsa ine. Kumwamba kotseguka usiku kumatulutsa mpweya wanu. Maulendowa kudzera m'makoma, pamwamba pa akavalo apachilengedwe, pa chipululu chachikulu komanso chowoneka chosatha - zonse zimakupangitsani kukhala amphongo ndi opanda pake m'dziko lapansi lalikulu. Ndipo anthu - anthu owolowa manja ndi okoma mtima monga Andreya, yemwe sanandipatse mpando wokhawokha mu 180, koma chakudya ndi khofi ndi mapepala a chimbudzi ndi mpando wokhalapo-ndi oyandikana nawo omwe adakhala pambali pawo, ndi Kevin Quinn ndi ena otsogolera, omwe, kudzera mu utsogoleri wawo, adatha kuphatikiza aliyense, makamaka, kuteteza chitetezo, komanso kukambirana kwa moto ndi anzake atsopano; chinachake pa zonsezi palimodzi chimangopangitsa munthu kumverera kukhala wamoyo.
Kuganizira
Mphaka wakufa ndi bedi lopanda phulusa lopanda phokoso, lomwe, kwa masiku angapo mwezi uliwonse mwezi wa October uli wodzaza ndege, koma zambiri zapamwamba za Sierra Sierra ndizo zomwe zimakupangitsani kumva kuti ndizochepa koma zazikulu kuposa moyo pa nthawi yomweyo. Ndizochitika zotsutsana ndi ndege zomwe sitingathe kuzibwereza paliponse. Ngati mutapeza mpata wopita, ingochitani. Ndikhoza kunena mosakayika kuti mudzalandira manja anu, mutenga anzanu atsopano, ndipo mudzawona zozizwitsa zogometsa, usiku wa usiku ndi zozizwitsa zosangalatsa zimene ndachita.