Ak Summers: How Light Is It...Really?

[Rance]

Originally Posted by rotorhead

Now that would be something, catching halibut with your feet firmly planted on the dirt. Beats the heck out of spooling in 150-250 feet of line with a three-pound sinker every time you feel one of them sneaky critters steal your bait.

BTW, nice aerials there, seen a lot of that particular area myself. Why are you still running skis?

It's not my unit. But my buddy handbuilt those skiis and is proud of them. He said they cut the gravel kicked up big time...so he leaves them on. Aluminum and teflon...they work very well in winter I guess. I've never flown so exposed like that. It was great. Even tho the wind picked up, it was pretty smooth. The shute took alot of jolt out of the turbulance.

[murlough23]

I've found Sunrise, Sunset Calendars and Local Time to be useful for determining how many hours of daylight there will be in a given place when I travel. Here's a specific page for all the Alaska cities that they have:

Location Selection for Sunrise Sunset Calendar

This'll tell you sunrise/sunset/twilight/moonrise/moonset and so forth, though if you want to know specifically how light it's gonna be, I'd imagine weather is a major factor that is much less predictable up there.

It's too bad they don't have non-U.S. locations; it'd be fun to look up Alert, Nunavut (the northnmost settlement in Canada) and see exactly how many days of 24-hour sunlight they get per year. I know it's even more extreme there than it is in Barrow.

[rotorhead]

Most portable GPS units have a sunrise and sunset function built in somewhere back there in the pages you never use. Might be worth a read through the owners manual if you can still find it.

BTW Rance, as far as the powered parachute things goes whatever keeps the rocks out of the prop has gotta be a good idea. Not too much between you and the spinning meat chopper under ideal circumstances, let alone if things go wrong and you crack a blade or something. My brother in law here keeps trying to get me up in his rig, but I keep finding excuses why I can't. Been flying for over 20 years now and never needed a parachute so far, trying to keep it that way.

[Rance]

You gotta try it. Actually pretty smooth in calm air. That particular sail will lift over 600 lbs. It's amazing!

[AussieMale]

Originally Posted by Rance

You gotta try it. Actually pretty smooth in calm air. That particular sail will lift over 600 lbs. It's amazing!

Great aerial pics Rance

thanx for sharing , ill keep my feet on the ground for now thanx , im never to keen to fly at the best of times , only fly if i have too.

i say if man was ment to fly , we would have wings.

[dmderosa2k]

As far as flying, I guess John Madden has never been to Alaska and never will. LOL