Finally got the camera hooked up properly to record air traffic control audio in the cockpit. All in all it was a pretty slow afternoon, I figured there would be more people flying around on a holiday weekend, but apparently not. A few police helicopters, and some banner towing planes and that’s about it… I had the pattern to myself for an hour on a Sunday. While I was in the pattern, Esteemed Freeskier editor Matt Harvey was suckered into going for an aerobatic demo flight with my flight instructor from Sunrise Aviation. Harvey managed to not throw up, despite a raging hangover.

So I totally forgot about this one. Last year when I was out in Colorado working on Freeskier, my friend Mike Thomas was minding his own business strolling through the Pearl Street Mall when he happened across this little gem. It’s a “love note” written by some breezy; who knows if she’s in high school or college, anything is possible. Anyhow, since I have a scanner he handed it over to me to make good of it on the internet, but I promptly lost it in my computer bag, and it just resurfaced last night. Click the image to unfold the note, and behold the wonder.

Pretty full moon these days… click for full size. 400mm f6.3 1/400