Utter Utah - Sept 17, 2023

[SteveG]

Dave said that there is notohing boring anywhere in utah.

Our pilots were Allan, Dave, Mike, Norm (welcome back), and Steve.

It was noted that there is alot of civilization near Salt Lake City








I only ever saw Norm on this trip.....

[nbrich1]

Thanks Steve, nice to be back after a few months away.. Here are a few pics ...

Nice flight Dave. Fun Terrain Indeed!

 

Norm

[molyned]

Brilliant set of screen-shots ! BTW where approximately is the tower you saw on the flight folks
Iwant to hunt for it via Google Earth.
Cheers
Dave M(oly)

[SteveG]

Hi Dave. I didn't fly to see the tower on Sunday's flight, but I have been to the region pictured (which is about 10 miles north of KDTA (Delta Muni). Note the text at the bottom right of Norm's pics. I used to fly with this indicator of where I was in relation ship to the nearest airport (in FSX,, I think. Looks like it works in 2020). Anyway, this indicates Norm was just a few miles from UT49 Desert Aviation. This must be based on an old navigation database - UT49 is not in 2020 (It was in P3D, though, as well as FSX I am guessing).
I turned up my graphics to Ultra to get the best picture I could of the tower but all that I saw was a large shadow of something on the satellite image. Note what looks like steam escaping from the back of the building. Go figure?





I hope this helps, Dave - I will advise if I learn anything else.

[molyned]

Thanks Steve - I located it on Google Earth where you said. To me, it looks like a windturbine electricity generator.
Especially because on 'street view'
it clearily shows the site as an elecricity generating stationwith steam/smoke issuing from the chimney.
Case closed -
Cheers
Dave M(oly)