AMARG november 2011, not sad at all! (large post)

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AMARG november 2011, not sad at all! (large post)

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On my little US tour early November i have also spent some hours at the AMARG facility in Tucson, AZ. The ground pictures were taken from the regular bus tour at 2.P.M from the Pima museum ($5). This bus has tinted glass but some adjustments will do the trick. For your info i was sitting on the right hand seat and used a 24-105 and 70-200mm lens. The 1 hour tour is good and you are guided by former pilots who know where they talk about. it's just a matter of clicking:-)

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Last time a saw you you were flying in the Persian Gulf...
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Once I was done with the tour and a short visit at the enormous museum ( I had been there before that why short) I drove over to Eagle Aviation at Tucson IAP to see If they could fly me over or near AMARG. I was lucky and the owner of the company took me in the air in one of his Ce.172's for a 30 min hop along the fence of the facility. This ride cost me ¢199,- and was well worth the money. As I flew around sunset I was happy to see the warm colours and loooong shadows. Besides AMARG I also flew over some of the local scrap or trading companies plus the Pima museum itself.

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my personal favorite...
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and back with where I started:
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Arrival ramp, it's a Canadian wokka:
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Regeneration:
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I hope you enjoyed!

- Frank
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Re: AMARG november 2011, not sad at all! (large post)

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Very impressive Frank!
Amazing place. :shock:

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Wow Frank,

It keeps on amazing me, I never get bored of those AMARG topics on Scramble! Nice report, again... :wink:

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Nice Frank!

Do you also have a full log of your visit to AMARG? ;-)

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Re: AMARG november 2011, not sad at all! (large post)

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Greta pictures of this area Frank.
Thijs wrote:Nice Frank!

Do you also have a full log of your visit to AMARG? ;-)

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Thijs, I do have an almost full LOG of AMARG from 12 months ago that will do the job from 90% as well.
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Hi, I'm also very interested in that log. Is there a possibility you can share it with us?

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