El Tiro Gliderport (AZ67)

Stephen Marshall · May 05, 2010, 01:56:44 AM

Went up in a Glider back in august, thought I would post some of the Pics from that day.

Jay Beckman · May 05, 2010, 02:06:31 AM

SWEET! Dude, you've been holding out on us!!

Stephen Marshall · May 05, 2010, 02:22:57 AM

Actually.. You've seen these on POTN. But yea, other then that I have

I just got a 1tb Hard Drive so I've been going through a lot of my old photos and thought I would post some.

Jay Beckman · May 05, 2010, 02:37:34 AM

Now that you mention it, I remember #3 but I don't recall seeing the first two.

Looks like an absolute blast. I need to try a glider ride sometime.

Chetan · September 22, 2011, 11:47:08 AM

Overflying El Tiro, trying hard to stay in formation with a friend who was flying in the glider seen. We were flying an AMT-200 Super Ximango out of Marana.

Joe Copalman · September 23, 2011, 09:05:23 PM

Dig the expansiveness of that shot.

Were you on the Ximango that showed up at D-M for static display at the last airshow?

Bubak · September 24, 2011, 09:13:55 AM

Chetan · September 26, 2011, 01:30:28 PM

Quote from: Joe Copalman on September 23, 2011, 09:05:23 PM
Dig the expansiveness of that shot.

Were you on the Ximango that showed up at D-M for static display at the last airshow?

Yes Joe, the same one which you saw at the airshow at DM last year.

Stephen Marshall · April 20, 2014, 07:37:45 PM

It's been quite some time since I've posted here, and its been a similarly equal time since I've taken some aviation shots. However, yesterday I was out at the gliderport (I'm a member now!) and got these shots:

Tucson Soaring by drmonocle, on Flickr

Tucson Soaring by drmonocle, on Flickr

T45 Swallow, one of 3 in the States, 40 worldwide, and this particular one was the last one made before the factory burned down.

Tucson Soaring by drmonocle, on Flickr

Tucson Soaring by drmonocle, on Flickr

Didn't want to put too many on the thread, so there are a couple more on my flickr.

Scott Youmans · April 20, 2014, 08:57:52 PM

Steve, Thanks for posting the sailplane shots. I've always loved this segment of aviation. The T45 is a great looking old glider. Would love to see it fly sometime.

Stephen Marshall · April 20, 2014, 09:44:49 PM

Well, she should be up in the next month or so. I believe all they're waiting on is some new rubber for the skid and couple other finishing touches, mainly for ascetics. Otherwise its flight-worthy.

Stephen Marshall · May 25, 2014, 06:13:49 PM

Couple more shots and a video. Club is having a contest this week, so there are gliders a plenty.

Tucson Soaring by drmonocle, on Flickr

Tucson Soaring by drmonocle, on Flickr

Time lapse of the launches for the contest: http://youtu.be/qTlAnWqRrbM

azspyder · May 25, 2014, 06:46:13 PM

A very nice look at some interesting aircraft. Nice shots Stephen.

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