Kukhona okuthize mayelana nehlane eliphakeme lase-Sierra elibeka isiteleka se-airplanecamping engcono kunazo zonke. Uma ungakaze ufike kwi-High Sierra Fly-In, yenze into yakho entsha yebhakethi. Echazwe ngaphambili ngokuthi "Indoda Ethukuthelayo Yabashayeli Bezindiza," yilokho okwenzeka kakhulu engozini yezindiza engiyithandayo.
Ngihlale ngithanda i-United States entshonalanga ngenxa yomoya omusha nezintaba, kanti iSierra Leone ephezulu ayidumazi ngalokhu.
Kodwa nami ngiyazi ukuthi akukhona nje kuphela ngezintaba - umlingo wesentshonalanga ngempela ngabantu. Futhi uma uhlanganisa isimangaliso sezwe eliphakeme eligwadule elinomusa nokungenisa izihambi zabantu abakhulu emhlabeni bese ufaka izindiza, kahle, akutholaki lutho .
Cow Dead
Ngangazi ukuthi ngiyinto ethile lapho ngishiya eRaleigh-Durham International for Lake Cake Lakebed in Northern Nevada, kodwa ngangingazi ukuthi kungaba enye yezinhlanzi ezithandekayo kakhulu.
I-Cow Dead iyindawo yokulala echibini eyomile phakathi kwe-no-nowhere, eNevada, enyakatho yeReno, futhi indawo entsha ye-High Sierra Fly-In. Leli zwe lisanda kuthengwa ngumhleli wezehlakalo uKevin Quinn ngemuva kokulwa ne-BLM yomhlaba lapho angabamba khona ngokuphepha inkundla, lapho emva kweminyaka eyisithupha ibe yindabuko ebalulekile. Kwakukhona izindiza ezingaba ngu-140 kulo nyaka.
I-Cow Dead ilula ukufinyeleleka emoyeni, futhi kwakungazange kube yindawo yokungenisa izihambi zangempela zabantu abathandekayo abagijima futhi behlanganyela kulokhu ku-fly-in, mhlawumbe bengingeke ngikwenze. Uyabona, nginezizathu zonke encwadini. Angikwazi (ngempela) ukukukhokhela. Kwadingeka ngilungiselele ukunakekela izingane. Angikwazi ukuthatha isikhathi esiningi emsebenzini.
Anginayo i-airplane, futhi angiyazi into ehamba ngezindiza ezinwabuzelayo, futhi lokhu kuyisixuku esithinta izinyoni. Futhi ngabe ngingafika kanjani lapho?
Ukuhlela
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, ngazi ukuthi ngezinye izikhathi izinto ezinhle kakhulu ekuphileni zihilela ukufaka ingozi. Ngakho ngenze lokhu kwenzeke. Futhi kusukela ngesikhatsi ngabuza ngalo mcimbi ekhasini leqembu le-Facebook, ngangizizwa kahle ngakho. Ngangibingelelwa isixuku esinobungane, esinesibindi sabashayeli bezindiza esangiqinisekisa ukuthi ngeke ngizisole ngenza umzamo wokuhamba. Yebo , ngacabanga. Kodwa ngifika kanjani lapho ?
Ayikho inkinga , bathi. Kuyoba khona ukuhamba . Kwabe sekukhona. Abantu abaningi banikeza ukugibela ezindaweni ezihlukahlukene, futhi ngaphambi kokuba ngiyazi, ngangiya ehlane, kanye nabanye abaningi abathola ukupha okufanayo nokungenisa izihambi engangizenza. Wonke umuntu wamukelwa- futhi lokhu akulona nje umsila ondizayo. UQuinn nabanye abahleli babeqinisekisiwe ukwenza wonke umuntu - abagibeli bezindiza zamabhayisikili, abahamba ngezindiza zeMoney no-Cirrus, abagibeli be-RV, ngisho nabaqhubi bezindiza ze-RC, futhi-ke, abajikelezayo abazayo - bazizwa ekhaya. Noma ubani owayengakwazi ukuhlala embhede ovulekile obanzi omile wayekhuthazwa ukuthi angene kuyo. Kulabo abathi bangenawo indiza eyethu, kukhona abanye ababezimisele ukunikeza isihlalo endizeni.
Kusukela ekukhulumisaneni kokuqala ngafakaza phakathi kwabantu abaningi abajabule ukuhamba ngaphandle kokufinyelela endizeni, nakubo bonke abanye abagibeli abahamba ngendlela yabo ukuze babasize, ngabona lokho engikuvame ukukubona emaqenjini amashayeli - ukuhamba kwezindiza jikelele okungcono kakhulu - futhi ngangazi ukuthi ngizobe nginenkampani enhle.
Ukuhamba
Ngathola ukugibela kwami e-hangar esikhumulweni sezindiza eNampa, i-Idaho - indawo engangijwayele ngayo, njengoba ngangithatha ukuhlolwa kwami kwe-CFI esikhumulweni sezindiza esifanayo ngonyaka ka-2005. U-Andrew wayenesihlalo esiphezulu ngo-1975 uCessna 180 - indiza enhle futhi ewusizo - futhi wayenomusa okwanele ukunikeza lona wesifazane ongaziwa ukugibela. Manje, kungase kuzwakale kungenangqondo ngomuntu ukuba angene nje endizeni yimuphi umuntu, futhi mhlawumbe kunjalo, kodwa akuzange kuthathe isikhathi eside mina no-Andrew sithole indawo evamile. Ungumlungu osebenzayo we-Idaho Aviation Association, futhi ngokuthi i-Idaho yindawo yami yokuhlala, sasiba nabantu ababaziyo.
Ngakho, indaba ende emfushane, ngifinyelela endizeni enesihambi esiphelele. Kodwa ukuhamba kwezindiza yizwe elincane, futhi njengoba kwenzeka njalo, wayengeyena umfokazi ngempela.
Ukufika
U-Andrew welula noma yikuphi ukwesaba okungenzeka ukuthi ngangikushayela ngendiza engaqondakali kusukela ekuqaleni ngesikhulumi sokuphepha kokuphepha kwe-preflight, ingxoxo yesisindo sezindiza nokulinganisela kanye nokuxoxa ngomzila ozayo kanye nesimo sezulu. Ngemuva kwendiza ekhangayo emadlanini ase-Idaho, umbono omuhle wezintaba zase-Owyhee e-Oregon nasezintabeni eziphakeme enyakatho yeNevada, safika e-Dead Cow ngoLwesihlanu ntambama. Sithinte ngokushelelekile emgqeni wezingu-3 000 wezingcola eziqhekekile, lapho izinkomba kuphela zendawo yokufika zikhona imigqa emibili emifolda ebomvu eduze nendlela yokuphela. Kwakuyinto embi lapho sihamba kepha singaphenduka futhi siphezulu njengoba izindiza eziningi zanda. Sahamba eduze neqembu elincane lama-Skywagons, futhi ngakhuphuka. Ingqimba elincane lothuli ngokushesha lagijima lizungeze izinyawo zamabhodlela ami omnyama, ngiwaguqule umthunzi obomvu ukuthi babezohlala okungenani izinsuku ezintathu.
Ukukhipha
Ngabeka itende lami elilodwa eceleni kwe-Andrew's futhi ngaphandle kokulibaziseka, kwavela isihlalo samatende. Ilanga laliphakeme futhi lifudumala emoyeni we-60 degrees Okthoba, futhi ngokushesha ngazisola ngokuthi angifaki ukukhanya kwelanga. Ngikhipha isihlalo endaweni engabonakala kuphela "ngokuqhubeka nokungcola," futhi ngabuka abanye abafika bengena. Ngathatha i-transceiver yami futhi ngilalela. Ngilindele ukufika kwe-bounced. ukuhamba-nxazonke noma indlela ephakeme kakhulu futhi ibhaluni. Ngilindele okuthile ... kodwa kwakungekho lutho kodwa izindlela eziqinile futhi eziseduze-eziphelele, ukuhamba ngokushelela.
"Lokhu kunjengokubukela abafika ku- Oshkosh , kodwa ... kahle, hhayi okuthakazelisayo," ngitshela u-Andrew. "Laba bantu abavumi ngempela ukugibela," kusho yena. Ama-airstri short, high elevation, umsila wamasondo kanye nenduku ende endala kanye nokuhamba ngezindiza kungumsebenzi wokuphila kulabafana. Ayikho indawo yokuqinisekiswa okubi lapha.
Izikhalazo
I-firefire yasekuseni yaqhubeka iqinisa umbono wokuqala. UQuinn wanikeza umshayeli umshayeli emotweni ngo-7 ekuseni, futhi kwacaca ukuthi laba baqhubi bezindiza, abavame ukuba nedumela elibi lokuthi banesibindi futhi bengenangqondo, babephakathi kwalabo abashayeli abaphephile nabanamandla kakhulu engingabazi. Kube nemithetho, amazinga, kanye neprotocol. Kukhona ama-frequencies ahlukene wokusebenza okuhlukile, iphethini evamile yezimoto, futhi ngokucacile akukho ndawo yokuziphatha okungenzi lutho. Imikhuba yokuphepha ikhona ekuziphatheni kwabaholi benhlangano, kanti uQuinn wabeka izinga lokuphepha ekuqaleni, mhlawumbe ngokuqedile kancane ngemva kokushayisana komklamo phakathi nonyaka wokudlulela. "Kufanele uthole ephephile. Kukhona abantu abangakwazi ukwazi izinqubo, futhi baphuma lapho benza izinto ezingalindelekile, ngakho-ke kufanele ugcine ikhanda lakho. "U-Quinn ukhulunywe ngesikhathi sokushisa komlilo. Ngemva kokucela noma ubani ku-FAA ukuthi azibonele yena - futhi ahlangane ngokuthula - uQuinn wayenezwi elilodwa lokugcina iseluleko esixukwini sabashayeli bezindiza abazimisele: "Fly sengathi ubuka i-FAA."
Ekuseni, kwakukhona ukudla okudla kwasekuseni kanye nekhofi ezandleni ezithintekayo, futhi ukulala okukodwa kodwa okulangazelayo okuzungeze umlilo womlilo mayelana nemisebenzi ezayo.
Imicimbi
Phakathi nosuku kwakukhona izindiza ezinqamula imichilo yokungcola, imichilo yotshani, imigwaqo engcolile, imibhede yezilwandle, nezindiza eziseLwandle LwasePhiramidi olubucayi. Saye esikhungweni sezindiza saseSusanville (KSVE) sophethiloli. Sasihamba ngesakhiwo njengoba sihlola indawo, sifuna ama-elk namahhashi asendle. Saya phakathi kwe-Black Rock Desert, endaweni yomlilo we-Burning Man, lapho ngangihlala khona ngongcolile futhi ngathola kunzima ukucabanga ngamashumi ezinkulungwane zabantu phakathi kwaleli qhwa elikhulu, elibonakala lingenakutholwa. Isibonakaliso sokuphela sokuthi uBurning Man uke waba khona yiziqephu eziqhekekile zalokho okwakungeke kube khona imigwaqo eyafinyelela phakathi kombhede omkhulu, okhululekile.
Kwakukhona izikhathi ezinzima phakathi kwe-STOL eyayihleliwe yokudonsa izinhlanga - ngenye yezenzakalo ezingcono kakhulu zezindiza engake ngibone (bheka lezi ziqeshana zevidiyo ze-Super Cup ne-Beaver - ngisho ne-Cirrus - racing) futhi sibheke umbukiso we-air experience umshayeli wezindiza uGary Ward uhamba noMX2 wakhe. Futhi kwakukhona ukuhamba kwe-F-16 ebonakalayo engahleliwe, okuyiyona eyayiqaphele wonke umuntu kodwa ayizange imangaze. Sasiseduze ne-MOA phakathi nogwadule, ngemva kwakho konke. Kwakukhona i-Piper Cubs ne-Super Cubs kanye ne-180s kanye no-185s no-170s no-172s nabakwa-Archers nama-Mooneys no-Cirrus 'nama-Maules no-Experimentals hhayi eyodwa, kodwa ama- WilgaBeasts amabili kanye nama-homebuilts nezinye izindiza eziningi eziningi ezimangalisayo. Kwakuyi-version yomshayeli wezulu.
Kwabe sekukhona izikhathi eziningi ezijabulisayo ezifana nokucwilisa entwasahlobo eshisayo eyisiliva kulokho okwakungeke kube yindlu yokuhlala, futhi ubukele izingane zigibele amabhayisikili abo ekamu ngesikhathi sokuphumula ntambama. Kodwa izikhathi engizithandayo zaziyizikhathi ezinokuthula ezindizeni, ukulalela i-hum enokwethenjelwa ye injini, ukubona amahhashi asendle noma i-elk ngamamitha angaphansi ngaphansi kwelanga ukukhanya phakathi kwezingxenye eziphezulu zefu, ukuxosha isithunzi sezindiza phezu umhlaba.
Ebusuku, i-drone yavutha phezu komlilo wekampu, futhi kwakukhona iziphuzo kanye nesikhatsi sekudla kanye nokudlelana. Kukhona izingane nezilwane ezifuywayo nezindiza ezihlotshiswe ngezibani zikaKhisimusi. Kwakukhona izimoto ezilawulwa kude futhi izindiza ze-RC, kanye nengxoxo enhle kakhulu. Kwakukhona ama-raffles nemiklomelo nokuhleka.
Okuthile mayelana nomkhathi walesi sifinyane-ngokuhambisana nobukhulu bezwe eliphakeme elinamandla elinamandla kakhulu nje kunqoba. Ibhakabhaka elivulekile ebusweni kuthatha umoya wakho. Izindiza ezinqamula ama-canyons, ngaphezu kwamahhashi asendle, phezu kwehlane elikhulu futhi elibonakala lingenamkhawulo - konke kwenza uzizwe uncane futhi ungenalutho kuleli zwe elikhulu kakhulu. Futhi abantu - abantu abanikezelayo nabanobubele njengo-Andrew, abangazange banginike nje isihlalo esiphezulu kwezingu-180, kodwa ukudla nekhofi kanye nephepha langasese kanye nesihlalo sokuhlala - kanye nomakhelwane abakha eceleni komnyango, noKevin Quinn nezinye abahleli, ngubani, ngokusebenzisa ubuholi bawo, wakwazi ukufaka wonke umuntu ngenkathi, okubaluleke kakhulu, ukuphepha okuphefumulayo, nengxoxo yengxoxo yomlilo nabangane abasha; into ephathelene nakho konke lokhu yenza umuntu azizwe ephila.
Ukuzindla
I-Cow Dead iwukuphela kombhede owomile, owomile, owathi, izinsuku ezimbalwa u-Okthoba ngamunye ugcwele izindiza, kodwa isipiliyoni se-High Sierra Fly-In yinto eyenza uzizwe uncane kakhulu kodwa ukhulu kunalokhu kuphila Ngisikhathi esifanayo. Kuyinto isipiliyoni sezindiza esingenakuphinda sichazwe noma ikuphi. Uma uthola ithuba lokuhamba, yenza nje. Ngingasho ngokuqiniseka ukuthi uzokwamukelwa ngezandla ezivulekile, uzokwenza abangane abasha, futhi uzobona izindiza ezindizayo ezinkanyezi, izinkanyezi nezinkanyezi ezimangalisayo engizenze.