El Mirage/Anderson Dry Lakes?

[RedFive]

I couldn't really decide what forum this goes in. There's not really anyplace for GA, is there?

Anyways, has anybody ever landed on El Mirage or Anderson? If so, I'd be interested in the stories and suggestions. Can you go shooting at these places? Any other dry lakes I should look at instead?

--edit--

I guess Anderson is also called Johnson Valley.

 

[RedFive]

Okay, well I did it. That was a hell of a time. Lots of fun. Softest landing you'll ever have because of the dirt. 30 mph winds...but it doesn't really matter when you can select any heading to land on

 

[BACONATOR]

Okay, well I did it. That was a hell of a time. Lots of fun. Softest landing you'll ever have because of the dirt. 30 mph winds...but it doesn't really matter when you can select any heading to land on

*yawn*... oh, you mean when you're not in a helo? Roger.



Nice pics.

 

[RedFive]

I've heard a lot of pilot types say "Oh, helicopters are physically incapable of flying. It's black magic" or something similar to that. Obviously you and I both know this is just not true.

But they do crash quite a bit...and they don't usually send helicopter pilots to space.

Speaking of crashing...flying low is always fun. Here are some of Catalina.

 

[jfulginiti]

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[RedFive]

....?

 

[llnick2001]

Umm. What?