{"id":588,"date":"2024-08-08T02:55:14","date_gmt":"2024-08-08T02:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pngyoung.com\/Flying\/?page_id=588"},"modified":"2024-08-08T02:55:14","modified_gmt":"2024-08-08T02:55:14","slug":"flying-in-new-mexico-and-occasionally-elsewhere","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pngyoung.com\/Flying\/flying-in-new-mexico-and-occasionally-elsewhere\/","title":{"rendered":"Flying in New Mexico (and Occasionally Elsewhere)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Tho not a passion, flying and aviation has been a pursuit of mine for as long as I can remember.&nbsp; Since moving to New Mexico in 2010, and getting back in the cockpit in 2012, flying has meant seeing New Mexico from a different vantage point.&nbsp; This state is so fascinating when traveling on the ground, whether by car or hiking.&nbsp; Adding the aerial views makes it all so much more interesting and exciting.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_186\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-186\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-186\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pngyoung.com\/Flying\/wp-content\/uploads\/20161219_101709-1.jpg?resize=300%2C169&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pngyoung.com\/Flying\/wp-content\/uploads\/20161219_101709-1.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pngyoung.com\/Flying\/wp-content\/uploads\/20161219_101709-1.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pngyoung.com\/Flying\/wp-content\/uploads\/20161219_101709-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pngyoung.com\/Flying\/wp-content\/uploads\/20161219_101709-1.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pngyoung.com\/Flying\/wp-content\/uploads\/20161219_101709-1.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-186\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Flying with Lanny in his Rallye or our way to Mystic Bluffs Flyin, Dec 2016.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In this Journal, I will post reports about flights that I&#8217;ve taken, some recently and some in the past, often with Pat, family, or friends.&nbsp; (This won&#8217;t be a typical BLOG, since I won&#8217;t post on a regular schedule.)&nbsp; Posts from recent flights will often correlate with posts in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pngyoung.com\/Hiking\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hiking in New Mexico<\/a> Journal when we fly over territory that we have hiked in, or go hiking in territory that we&#8217;ve previously flown over.<\/p>\n<p>I will also publish posts about aviation related events that I participate in or attend, such as our EAA chapter&#8217;s quarterly Young Eagles, annual Land of Enchantment Flyin, and Double Eagle Aviation Adventure.&nbsp; And for just the fun of it, visits to aviation museums.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m also incorporating into this Journal chapters, pages in this Journal as opposed to posts, that constitute a sort of autobiography about my life associated with aviation.&nbsp; I envision it as extending a family story that began with an autobiography written by my uncle John Young about his experiences during World War II: &#8220;I Flew Them All&#8221; (to be published here someday).<\/p>\n<p>Why am I writing this epistle?&nbsp; First, it serves as a vehicle to bring back memories of times and experiences that I&#8217;ve had, to relive them if only for moments (when I write them, and when I return to read them again). Second, as a record about my life that maybe an heir will enjoy, to know something about their ancestor, much as I so value my uncle John&#8217;s brief but spectacular of his time flying during WWII.&nbsp; And third, maybe others will find some parts of my story interesting or entertaining.<\/p>\n<p>I hope you enjoy these stories as much as I enjoyed the&nbsp; experiences, and the memories.<\/p>\n<p>george<br \/>\n&nbsp; 2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Tho not a passion, flying and aviation has been a pursuit of mine for as long as I can remember.&nbsp; Since moving to New Mexico in 2010, and getting back in the cockpit in 2012, flying has meant seeing New &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/pngyoung.com\/Flying\/flying-in-new-mexico-and-occasionally-elsewhere\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":174,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-588","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/PfNk8F-9u","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pngyoung.com\/Flying\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/588","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pngyoung.com\/Flying\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pngyoung.com\/Flying\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pngyoung.com\/Flying\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pngyoung.com\/Flying\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=588"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pngyoung.com\/Flying\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/588\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":591,"href":"https:\/\/pngyoung.com\/Flying\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/588\/revisions\/591"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pngyoung.com\/Flying\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pngyoung.com\/Flying\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}