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Po in command..

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Nate on the way to Leadville

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Nate on the ground at Leadville

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Nate landed at a friend's cabin at around 10,000 feet.

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Po and Jake on the way to Leadville in JM

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Jake

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Heading home over the lake!

RkyMtnHI2 — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 14:24:01 MDT

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This was on our decent after the pass, just went thru some showers and the 333 had a little ice on the windscreen!

Small line of showers!

RkyMtnHI2 — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 14:23:32 MDT

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Quick mountain shower!

RkyMtnHI2 — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 14:23:18 MDT

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DP aLeadville!

RkyMtnHI2 — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 14:23:04 MDT

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333 Calendar shot!!

RkyMtnHI2 — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 14:22:53 MDT

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333 on Departure Leadville!

RkyMtnHI2 — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 14:22:38 MDT

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333 on Departure Leadville!

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333 on Departure Leadville!

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333 on Departure Leadville!

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333 on Departure Leadville!

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Bell 429 Panel. Leadville, Co

RkyMtnHI2 — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:41:57 MDT

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RkyMtnHI2 — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:41:51 MDT

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RkyMtnHI2 — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:41:39 MDT

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RkyMtnHI2 — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:41:33 MDT

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Bell 429 tail rotor

RkyMtnHI2 — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:41:26 MDT

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RkyMtnHI2 — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:41:20 MDT

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This was at Leadville for trials..

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RkyMtnHI2 — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:41:13 MDT

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Check out the blade tip, they had two sets and were trying them out at high altitude.. the shape is for sound dampening.

Cool Blade

RkyMtnHI2 — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:41:07 MDT

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US101 Panel. Leadville, Co

RkyMtnHI2 — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:40:29 MDT

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The wouldn't turn it on for us, top secret...

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RkyMtnHI2 — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:40:22 MDT

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US101 on the go Leadville!

RkyMtnHI2 — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 21:26:24 MDT

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This great photo contributed by RockyMountainPilot from VR! Thanks Sir!

Mountains!!

RkyMtnHI2 — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 10:29:20 MDT

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On the way home here, just passed thru 12,500

Weather moving in!

RkyMtnHI2 — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 10:29:07 MDT

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see the little cloud under the 333, this weather moved in really quick.

Check out that panel

RkyMtnHI2 — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 10:28:24 MDT

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We were on the way home here, check out the manifold pressure.. clearly in a decent at 12,000!

Over the lake

RkyMtnHI2 — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 10:27:57 MDT

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333 on the way home

RkyMtnHI2 — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 10:27:19 MDT

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44 panel

RkyMtnHI2 — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 10:24:27 MDT

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Just passed Chatfield on the way to Leadville.

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RkyMtnHI2 — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 10:24:00 MDT

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Just passed Chatfield, see how clear the skies are?? Leadville is right at one oclock, about 60 miles ahead.

Rain showers

RkyMtnHI2 — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 10:23:33 MDT

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This reminds me of Maui, quick rain showers that disappear in a flash.

Leadville

RkyMtnHI2 — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 10:22:15 MDT

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Just left the airport, climbing out to the Divide. The 333 clearly dominates in the high altitude climbs.

Climbers!

RkyMtnHI2 — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 10:17:21 MDT

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See the people on the rocks to the left of the 333, and then one guy to the right? Click on the photo for a close up!

Waterton Canyon

RkyMtnHI2 — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 10:12:28 MDT

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There is a great mountain bike ride up to this dam, about six miles round trip. Couldn't wait to fly the canyon.

Waterton Canyon

RkyMtnHI2 — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 10:09:36 MDT

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Flying over Waterton Canyon on the way to Leadville, a beatutiful shot and a great place to mountain bike. Of over 6,000 photos of Rotors helicopters, this is my favorite!!

333 on the way to Leadville

RkyMtnHI2 — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 09:59:40 MDT

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check out the heat from the turbine

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RkyMtnHI2 — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 09:58:49 MDT

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just past Chatfield

Mountain lake

RkyMtnHI2 — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 09:58:24 MDT

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333 on the way to LV

RkyMtnHI2 — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 09:57:20 MDT

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This was about half way from Chatfield to Leadville.

333 from above

RkyMtnHI2 — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 09:56:44 MDT

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333 just past Chatfield

RkyMtnHI2 — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 09:56:22 MDT

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Light scattered shower

RkyMtnHI2 — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 09:55:24 MDT

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Love the colors on this shot, and the rain squall. Nice to look at but an indication of things to come!

Small rain shower

RkyMtnHI2 — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 09:55:07 MDT

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Just left the town of Leadville here, we knew it was time to get home.

Weather moving in!

RkyMtnHI2 — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 09:54:51 MDT

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Weather can change in an instant in the mountains.. we found out!

Mountain Lake

RkyMtnHI2 — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 09:54:34 MDT

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See the 333 lower right?

Mountain Lake

RkyMtnHI2 — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 19:14:31 MDT

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See the snow patches and the 333 on the bottom right... with the mountains in the distance this photo reminds us just how small we really are!! (and how far we are from home!)

Mountain Lake

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see the 333 on the bottom right...

Leadville Airport

RkyMtnHI2 — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 19:14:02 MDT

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Bell 429

RkyMtnHI2 — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 19:13:49 MDT

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another shot of the 429 on the way out...

Leadville FBO, Elevation 9927

RkyMtnHI2 — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 19:13:22 MDT

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Leadville sign, Elevation 9927

RkyMtnHI2 — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 19:13:10 MDT

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R44 & weather

RkyMtnHI2 — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 19:11:49 MDT

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We flew around this weather on the way in... it caused us to skip breakfast and get on the go for home.

R44 at Leadville, CO

RkyMtnHI2 — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 19:11:41 MDT

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This awesome R44 had NO TROUBLE flying to the highest airport in the US. Elevation 9927 feet. I might add that to get there we had to fly over the Eisenhower Tunnel at 13,500 feet!!!

Leadville FOB, Dan & Ed

RkyMtnHI2 — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 19:11:31 MDT

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Check out all the T-shirts on the ceiling, there have been a lot of pilots land here...

Black Hawk & visitors

RkyMtnHI2 — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 19:10:35 MDT

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These gents had just landed, i think they were from Europe just passing thru.

T6 waiting for a flight

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Bell 429

RkyMtnHI2 — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:45:36 MDT

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The Bell 429 is at Leadville for high altitude testing. Ed's trying to figure out how to get it started!!

Ed & the 429

RkyMtnHI2 — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:45:07 MDT

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The Bell 429 is at Leadville for high altitude testing. Check out all the instruments in the cabin.

429 Panel

RkyMtnHI2 — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:44:35 MDT

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The Bell 429 is at Leadville for high altitude testing.

Bell 429 Main Rotor

RkyMtnHI2 — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:44:14 MDT

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The Bell 429 is at Leadville for high altitude testing.

Ed looking at his next ride.

RkyMtnHI2 — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:43:05 MDT

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This is the next Presidential Helicopter getting ready for high altitude trials.

Next Pres Helo

RkyMtnHI2 — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:42:57 MDT

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This is the next Presidential Helicopter getting ready for high altitude trials. Ed will probably fly this thing one day!!

Tail rotor

RkyMtnHI2 — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:42:44 MDT

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This is the next Presidential Helicopter getting ready for high altitude trials.

Black Hawk on the go..

RkyMtnHI2 — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:42:39 MDT

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These guys were training at Leadville the day we were there.