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The view: The Las Vegas Strip, as seen inbound to the LAS VORTAC on the Northtown 5 departure out of the North Las Vegas Airport (KVGT).
The pilot: David Tyler, Glendale, AZ
The airplane: Cessna Turbo 210
The mission: Dinner with a good friend stationed at Nellis AFB and his family.
The memory: This trip was my first flight into North Las Vegas (KVGT), and it was busy even after the tower had closed. I was very focused on minding the traffic and flying the departure procedure, so I hadn’t given any thought at all to where the procedure would take us relative to the city. Luckily, I happened to sneak a look out the window. I grabbed my phone and took this shot. Seconds later, Las Vegas departure cleared us direct all the way home.
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David learned to fly in the University of North Dakota program while stationed at Grand Forks AFB as a B-52 crew chief. As a USAF flight engineer on C-130 E/Hs in Arkansas and E-3As in Oklahoma, he logged over 3,000 hours while earning a commercial pilot license with instrument and multi-engine ratings and a CFI. Currently a senior principal research scientist and technical fellow with an R&D company serving the government, David has over 500 hours as a pilot and is preparing for a CFII check ride.
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I should update my pilot bio: I passed that CFII check ride last November. :-)