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2022/08/28 Another Flight to Burning Man and Back
π 2022-08-28 01:01 in Bm, Nflying
It had been 3 years since last burning man. Another beautiful flight to 88NV which now has a full control tower with frequency, ground frequency, and unicom for parking.

The CA scenery on that route is starting to become familiar :)




Squaw Valley and Alpine Maedows (now Palisades Tahoe):




Squaw Creek hotel
Squaw Creek hotel

Tahoe
Tahoe

Northstar
Northstar


Truckee Airport
Truckee Airport


Reno and Reno-Stead were next:




nice little racetrack on the way
nice little racetrack on the way

Onto pyramid lake and finally burning man






airport already had a fair amount of parked planes for a sunday
airport already had a fair amount of parked planes for a sunday


city entrance for the cars
city entrance for the cars

surprisingly the car entrance had almost no line
surprisingly the car entrance had almost no line

you can see the triage entrance, waiting lot for will call and real entrance. Short wait.
you can see the triage entrance, waiting lot for will call and real entrance. Short wait.

this really was surprisingly short for a sunday
this really was surprisingly short for a sunday

I did a couple of loops around the city:

temple
temple



city was already quite full for a sunday afternoon
city was already quite full for a sunday afternoon












Then it was time to land:


landing strip 23L
landing strip 23L


nice ramp vehicle to get a ride to the parking spot
nice ramp vehicle to get a ride to the parking spot

After landing, got some help from two nice ladies to tie down the plane and tape it up:


fly ties did a great job again
fly ties did a great job again

plane all taped up
plane all taped up




After the event, got dropped off by the gate with all the luggage:


lots of luggage fit in the plane
lots of luggage fit in the plane

Takeoff was a bit long due to density altitude and luggage, but there was plenty of runway. Got to see pictures of the exodus:



pulsing
pulsing



very long line to get there
very long line to get there



eventually people got released on the road, but it took 8 to 12H to make it there
eventually people got released on the road, but it took 8 to 12H to make it there

The city got a bit bare obviously, but still plenty of people there monday afternoon:




Eventually went on course to get back home:

reno stead
reno stead



disovery bay
disovery bay



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