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Birds eye view of great twisties
Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 8:25 pm
by flynrider
Last week I was doing some backcountry flying in Idaho, when I realized I was flying over my favorite piece of twisty real estate. U.S. 12 between Missoula, MT and Lewiston, ID. Many of you may have seen the famous sign at the beginning that warns of sharp curves for the next 77 miles. Well, here's about 40 miles of it from 9,500 ft. The road is along side the river at the bottom of the canyon. Note that it just keeps on going and going. It's a damn shame that I can't fit my bike in the plane
Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 8:26 pm
by VermilionX
nice!
if you could fit your bike on the plane, you should do a halo drop w/ it.
Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2006 2:08 am
by BigChickenStrips
thats a curvy piece of road! and i thought east Tn had some good roads.. im thinking roadtrip.
Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2006 2:55 am
by Big B
that's cool as hell. i've got to go there!
Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2006 3:02 am
by Mr_Salad
Cool man. That is like a dream. What do you fly?
I live near DC, so the only "twisties" I see are the two beltways around DC and Baltimore.
Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2006 4:00 am
by High_Side
I love that stretch of road....and also the road north of Lewiston. Idaho is one of my favorite places to ride. Nice pic.
Rt 12
Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2006 4:59 am
by M109R
Just put that on my list of rides to do.
Thanks for the info and photo.
Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2006 10:17 am
by flynrider
Mr_Salad wrote: Cool man. That is like a dream. What do you fly?
Cherokee 180. See
http://www.johngalban.com/
Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2006 10:39 am
by ninja79
how much does the plane cost? and where do you uhhh park it?
Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2006 10:57 am
by flynrider
ninja79 wrote:how much does the plane cost? and where do you uhhh park it?
The plane currently goes for about $50K (I paid $25K originally, 12 yrs. ago), add another $5-10K/ yr. on gas, oil and maintenance. It's not a cheap hobby, but like motorcycles, once you're hooked, there's not much you can do but open the wallet.
It's parked at a local airport. Chandler Municipal in Chandler, AZ.