Saturday I planned the flight, rented N386ME, and flew my girlfriend to the summit of Mt. St. Helens. We climbed to 10,000 feet and circled counterclockwise (per the instructions in the “Special Notices” section of the Airport/Facility Directory), remaining clear of the TFR that extends 1.5nm from the crater to an elevation of 9,000ft.
The unfortunate part about flying counterclockwise is the passenger doesn’t get a great view of the mountain from the right seat, so I took a few of the pictures. After a full stop at Chehalis-Centralia airport (KCLS) we returned to Hillsboro, crossing the Columbia River just before sunset. I’m quite certain we’ll be repeating this flight many times!
May 4th, 2007 - 1:23 pm
This page is well made, I like the background and you chose great pictures
May 23rd, 2007 - 4:21 pm
Those photos of the mountain are amazing. It must be wonderful to be up there seeing it live. Very cool.
May 23rd, 2007 - 7:42 pm
Dave pointed me to your site. He mentioned this photo of St. Helens. Yes, it is quite nice.