{"id":1790,"date":"2013-06-05T20:16:01","date_gmt":"2013-06-05T20:16:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/?p=1790"},"modified":"2013-06-05T20:16:01","modified_gmt":"2013-06-05T20:16:01","slug":"another-form-of-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/?p=1790","title":{"rendered":"Another form of flight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Most will find this completely absurd but jumping out of an aircraft is one of my favorite things to do. I love it when our heli pilots ask &#8220;So how high do you guys want to go?&#8221; &#8230;its generally followed by a lot of laughter&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>4000&#8242; to go&#8230;checking my altimeter<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/6212_1171612300251_6191520_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1791\" title=\"6212_1171612300251_6191520_n\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/6212_1171612300251_6191520_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"604\" height=\"403\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/6212_1171612300251_6191520_n.jpg 604w, http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/6212_1171612300251_6191520_n-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/a>Here is a drop from 9000&#8242; over our lodge and the Chugach Mountains. This shot made a Warren Miller film<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/215141_1033359004005_9822_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1792\" title=\"215141_1033359004005_9822_n\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/215141_1033359004005_9822_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"432\" height=\"592\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/215141_1033359004005_9822_n.jpg 432w, http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/215141_1033359004005_9822_n-218x300.jpg 218w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><\/a>Going backwards always adds some entertainment<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/416655_3613618348876_173445268_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1793\" title=\"416655_3613618348876_173445268_o\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/416655_3613618348876_173445268_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/416655_3613618348876_173445268_o.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/416655_3613618348876_173445268_o-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/416655_3613618348876_173445268_o-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/206178_10151051236112464_98224269_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1798\" title=\"206178_10151051236112464_98224269_n\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/206178_10151051236112464_98224269_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"621\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/206178_10151051236112464_98224269_n.jpg 621w, http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/206178_10151051236112464_98224269_n-300x171.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 621px) 100vw, 621px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The view from the gound<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/PNH_2009_147.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1794\" title=\"Cordova, Alaska,\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/PNH_2009_147.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/PNH_2009_147.jpg 700w, http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/PNH_2009_147-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a>Sometimes perspective is everything<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/MG_3754.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1795\" title=\"_MG_3754\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/MG_3754.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/MG_3754.jpg 700w, http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/MG_3754-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a>Opening<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Kevin-opening.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1796\" title=\"Kevin opening\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Kevin-opening.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Kevin-opening.jpg 700w, http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Kevin-opening-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a>And of course, the landing&#8230;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/189640_10150182395936667_835795_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1797\" title=\"189640_10150182395936667_835795_n\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/189640_10150182395936667_835795_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/189640_10150182395936667_835795_n.jpg 720w, http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/189640_10150182395936667_835795_n-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a>Ski&#8217;s bring another dimension as you don&#8217;t need to jump from anything. Just start gliding downhill&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/kev-speed.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1799\" title=\"kev speed\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/kev-speed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/kev-speed.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/kev-speed-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/kev-speed-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/PNH_2009_402.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1800\" title=\"PNH_2009_402\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/PNH_2009_402.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"681\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/PNH_2009_402.jpg 681w, http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/PNH_2009_402-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 681px) 100vw, 681px\" \/><\/a>All just another form of flight&#8230;:)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most will find this completely absurd but jumping out of an aircraft is one of my favorite things to do. I love it when our heli pilots ask &#8220;So how high do you guys want to go?&#8221; &#8230;its generally followed by a lot of laughter&#8230;. 4000&#8242; to go&#8230;checking my altimeter Here is a drop from 9000&#8242; over our lodge and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1790"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1790"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1790\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1801,"href":"http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1790\/revisions\/1801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}