How's the view???........

[542thruNthru]

I think our local ski mountain is like 200 feet high. Its awesome.

Thats a bunny slope lol

 

[rod]

They go there to cry then jump off

I would pay to see that.

 

[oldngray]

I think our local ski mountain is like 200 feet high. Its awesome.

About the same here. Maybe 200-300 foot drop. Nobody calls them mountains except the ski places.

 

[rod]

Thats a bunny slope lol

We don't have bunnies--we have moose.

 

[542thruNthru]

Are they used by Hippies guarding their pot gardens?

 

[oldngray]

I would pay to see that.

I'll bring the popcorn. And the signs.

 

[542thruNthru]

We don't have bunnys--we have moose.

SMH.... just stop... first its termites and now it's bunnies.

Eastern Cottontail

www.dnr.state.mn.us

Yes I know its sarcasm

 

[rod]

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Do they still man them. None of ours is manned anymore. It's all done by spotters in a small plane who can cover 5 times the area one of these towers can. I did that job for 3 springs (fire season) when I first retired but being crammed into a Cessna 172 for 8 hours a day gets old (even though it had its exciting moments and I did learn how to fly doing it).

 

[rod]

SMH.... just stop... first its termites and now it's bunnies.

Eastern Cottontail

www.dnr.state.mn.us

Yes I know its sarcasm

I'm not ing you----nothing but the facts coming from here.

 

[burrheadd]

Do they still man them. None of ours is manned anymore. It's all done by spotters in a small plane who can cover 5 times the area one of these towers can. I did that job for 3 springs (fire season) when I first retired but being crammed into a Cessna 172 for 8 hours a day gets old (even though it had its exciting moments and I did learn how to fly doing it).

Flying’s the easy part
Did you learn how to land is the question

 

[oldngray]

Do they still man them. None of ours is manned anymore. It's all done by spotters in a small plane who can cover 5 times the area one of these towers can. I did that job for 3 springs (fire season) when I first retired but being crammed into a Cessna 172 for 8 hours a day gets old (even though it had its exciting moments and I did learn how to fly doing it).

They switched to planes here too. Most of the old towers eventually got torn down.

 

[rod]

Flying’s the easy part
Did you learn how to land is the question

I have landed (once by myself). NO I don't have a pilots license but I rode with a licensed flight instructor for 8 hours a day and he liked to turn the controls over to me to catch a break every once in awhile. I honestly believe I could land a small plane with no problems at least 3 out of 4 times.

 

[oldngray]

I have landed (once by myself). NO I don't have a pilots license but I rode with a licensed flight instructor for 8 hours a day and he liked to turn the controls over to me to catch a break every once in awhile. I honestly believe I could land a small plane with no problems at least 3 out of 4 times.

Those Cessnas are pretty much gliders with little motors. Easy to fly and probably almost anybody could land one on a clear day with good weather. At night or in a bad crosswind is a different story.

 

[Wontmake9.5]

I swear if you call that a mountain in that picture I will hunt you down and slap you!

That’s a hillmountain

 

[Wontmake9.5]

I'd back up that SOB in a heartbeat.

The driveway is extremely uphill, when I had a 800 I could at an angle. Then they gave me a 1000 and the rear bumper would hook, picture makes it not look at steep.

 

[542thruNthru]

Do they still man them. None of ours is manned anymore. It's all done by spotters in a small plane who can cover 5 times the area one of these towers can. I did that job for 3 springs (fire season) when I first retired but being crammed into a Cessna 172 for 8 hours a day gets old (even though it had its exciting moments and I did learn how to fly doing it).

Yes its done by volunteers. There was a news report about how they are not getting the volunteers like they used to and need them badly.

 

[Wontmake9.5]

300 ft high? Yeah thats a hill lol

How many ft does a mountain have to be? Asking for a friend..

 

[rod]

Those Cessnas are pretty much gliders with little motors. Easy to fly and probably almost anybody could land one on a clear day with good weather. At night or in a bad crosswind is a different story.

We flew out of a little grass strip that usually always had a cross wind. We did have a few "exciting " moments. We usually flew at about a thousand to two thousand feet unless we were working a fire--then it was MUCH less until the fire bombers got there. Dispatch always chased us out of the area buy the time the bombers showed up. If they were just using helicopters for water drops we got to stick around and fly above. I spent many an hour flying around in a tight circle above a fire. Dispatch by the way was my wife. She organized the teams responding to a fire. I think she like bossing me around.

 

[542thruNthru]

How many ft does a mountain have to be? Asking for a friend..

Over 300 meters (1000 feet.) above its surroundings areas.

 

[rod]

How many ft does a mountain have to be? Asking for a friend..

Its all in the eye of the beholder. Some mountains are actually nothing more than a mole hill.