Flight over Burning Man

Simon of the Playa · Post by **Simon of the Playa** » Tue Jul 30, 2013 6:20 am

"Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!"

Simon of the Playa · Post by **Simon of the Playa** » Tue Jul 30, 2013 6:30 am

Who the fuck else would tattoo your name on their body for the pleasure!

that goes without saying...

i'll give bachus prime real estate on the already crowded landscape....

burner von braun · Post by **burner von braun** » Tue Jul 30, 2013 6:52 am

Yep, I also defer to Simon over the Playa. Just one thing though..pictures, lots of pictures please! Seeing them posted here after the burn will be a great way to help with our post-playa blues!

delle · Post by **delle** » Tue Jul 30, 2013 7:23 am

Yes.
Because giving it to Simon is, in effect, like giving it to ALL of us, as we all live vicariously thru him anyhow.

(whether we like to admit it or not!)

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Tue Jul 30, 2013 10:03 am

Simon of the Playa wrote:what would the FAA say?

Screw that. What would the DPW say?

Post by **Savannah** » Tue Jul 30, 2013 10:51 am

Simon of the Playa wrote:
Who the fuck else would tattoo your name on their body for the pleasure!

that goes without saying...

i'll give bachus prime real estate on the already crowded landscape....

Oo, I like that idea.

Bachus · Post by **Bachus** » Tue Jul 30, 2013 11:00 am

Some of the sights you will see from up above Burning Man.http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3773/9403 ... e59a_m.jpg

Bachus · Post by **Bachus** » Tue Jul 30, 2013 11:02 am

Sorry for my lack of knowledge on how to actually put these photos into the message but here are a few more for the lucky winner of this contest.
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5470/9403 ... 2335_m.jpg
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3796/9403 ... f961_m.jpg

nilasnake · Post by **nilasnake** » Tue Jul 30, 2013 11:03 am

just make simon the lucky winner, so we can all stop holding our breath.

Bachus · Post by **Bachus** » Tue Jul 30, 2013 11:05 am

And lastly:

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Tue Jul 30, 2013 11:06 am

Bachus wrote:Sorry for my lack of knowledge on how to actually put these photos into the message but here are a few more for the lucky winner of this contest.
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5470/9403 ... 2335_m.jpg
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3796/9403 ... f961_m.jpg

Just use the "quote" button to see what I did and then do that in the future...

Bachus · Post by **Bachus** » Tue Jul 30, 2013 11:08 am

Bachus wrote:Some of the sights you will see from up above Burning Man.http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3773/9403 ... e59a_m.jpg

Bachus · Post by **Bachus** » Tue Jul 30, 2013 11:12 am

Winner to be announced a week before the event.

Just_Joe · Post by **Just_Joe** » Tue Jul 30, 2013 11:20 am

Get there early for the best views!

Bachus · Post by **Bachus** » Tue Jul 30, 2013 11:22 am

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Tue Jul 30, 2013 11:29 am

Bachus wrote:

No, I meant the "quote button" in the upper right of my post. The tags you want are

Hm, something's wrong...

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Tue Jul 30, 2013 11:32 am

Flicker has always been problematic, but I don't know why it worked for me twenty minutes ago...

TT120 · Post by **TT120** » Tue Jul 30, 2013 11:55 am

Bachus wrote:Sorry for my lack of knowledge on how to actually put these photos into the message but here are a few more for the lucky winner of this contest.
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5470/9403 ... 2335_m.jpg
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3796/9403 ... f961_m.jpg

Here they are:

Bachus · Post by **Bachus** » Tue Jul 30, 2013 12:17 pm

theCryptofishist wrote:
Bachus wrote:Sorry for my lack of knowledge on how to actually put these photos into the message but here are a few more for the lucky winner of this contest.

Just use the "quote" button to see what I did and then do that in the future...

Bachus · Post by **Bachus** » Tue Jul 30, 2013 12:18 pm

I give up.
Here you can see all of them:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/99619165@N04/

Post by **Savannah** » Tue Jul 30, 2013 12:29 pm

Is that you, hanging out with a cheetah?!

Bachus · Post by **Bachus** » Tue Jul 30, 2013 12:44 pm

I like to think of it as 'chillin with a cheetah'

illy dilly · Post by **illy dilly** » Tue Jul 30, 2013 12:50 pm

Bachus wrote:I like to think of it as 'chillin with a cheetah'

Was it a wild Cheetah?

The way you're sort of coaxing it over in the first pic is awesome!

EDIT: All your pics kick ass by the way! How do you have so many pics of your plane flying if you're the one flying it? (Statue of Liberty, Jordanian Falcons, etc.)

Post by **Savannah** » Tue Jul 30, 2013 12:54 pm

Bachus wrote:I like to think of it as 'chillin with a cheetah'

Delightful.

You have good photos--I don't think it's so bad that we have to just link to your entire photostream. Most people don't mind.

(You almost had it down, though. If you care--and you don't have to--make sure your BBCode is turned on in your User Control Panel under "board preferences" and "edit posting defaults", then you copy and paste the funny link that has "farm" and stuff in it, then highlight it and click "IMG" and the image tags will appear at both ends. And click "preview" instead of "submit" so that you can see if it worked. It took me a few times to figure it out, too.)

Bachus · Post by **Bachus** » Tue Jul 30, 2013 1:18 pm

Sorry if I put too many photos on the link. And I am not sure that anyone really wants to know about the flying adventure other than the chance to get the free ride over Burning Man. However, the airplane that will give the ride has been to more places in the world than any other airplane. 1,200 landings on all continents in 155 countries. Took me 10 years to complete. Left the airplane 43 different places in the world while doing it. Of course, I crashed the first time I tried it, but that is another story.
More here if you happen to care:
http://www.earthrounders.com/cgi/gannon_letters.php

Anyway, back to the contest of creativity to award the winner!

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Tue Jul 30, 2013 1:52 pm

hhm my antivirus is blocking your link:
http://www.earthrounders.com/cgi/gannon_letters.php

Bachus · Post by **Bachus** » Tue Jul 30, 2013 1:58 pm

I recently gave blood so I think I am clean.

Simon of the Playa · Post by **Simon of the Playa** » Tue Jul 30, 2013 2:03 pm

wow.

http://avstop.com/news_january_2011/gan ... enture.htm

portaplaya · Post by **portaplaya** » Tue Jul 30, 2013 4:29 pm

I wish more pilots went up in tandem with another plane. I was asked at the last second if I would shoot a few photos of Skybolt when I went up with Hoot in 2004. They were amazing!

Haven't had a chance to shoot other planes since.

graidawg · Post by **graidawg** » Tue Jul 30, 2013 5:37 pm

Simon of the Playa wrote:wow.

http://avstop.com/news_january_2011/gan ... enture.htm

i second that!

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