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C&TSRR Air ForceWe have been working on a new logo for the 2022 season.

Roger Hogan
Chama, NM
Train Stuff

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Roger I like it, Very well done!

Chris

Mudrock Wrote:
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> Roger I like it, Very well done!
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> Chris

I am thining it will work just fine for our new car magnets.

 

Roger Hogan
Chama, NM
Train Stuff

You're putting magnets on your drones to pick up cars?

Out 

callum_out Wrote:
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> You're putting magnets on your drones to pick up
> cars?
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> Out 

I think I should try that.

Roger Hogan
Chama, NM
Train Stuff

The US Air Force knows the C&TSRR.  In early September while chugging along the side of the hill looked out and there was a C-130 going by about eye level... Must be a mountain training route through there.

millerdc Wrote:
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> The US Air Force knows the C&TSRR.  In early
> September while chugging along the side of the
> hill looked out and there was a C-130 going by
> about eye level... Must be a mountain training
> route through there.
The valley is where the air force does low flight training. I have shot a 130 looking dow cuz it was flying below me.

Roger Hogan
Chama, NM
Train Stuff

Yes, the C-130 folks out of C Springs (731st Airlift Squadron, AFRC) do have a few low level training routes in the area.

PHall Wrote:
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> Yes, the C-130 folks out of C Springs (731st
> Airlift Squadron, AFRC) do have a few low level
> training routes in the area.


We see them often when chasing the train

Roger Hogan
Chama, NM
Train Stuff

Roger:

How about some footage of the C-130s (WITH SOUND)?

Victor

wabash2800 Wrote:
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> Roger:
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> How about some footage of the C-130s (WITH
> SOUND)?
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> Victor

Sorry don't have any. Most of the time when we see them I am flying and I get my drone out of the way.

Roger Hogan
Chama, NM
Train Stuff

Wacky-roger1942 Wrote:
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> wabash2800 Wrote:
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> > Roger:
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> > How about some footage of the C-130s (WITH
> > SOUND)?
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> > Victor
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> Sorry don't have any. Most of the time when we see
> them I am flying and I get my drone out of the
> way.

Stay below 200 feet AGL and you should have no problems. They're usually doing 250 knots at 250 feet.

PHall Wrote:
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> Wacky-roger1942 Wrote:
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> > > Roger:
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> > > How about some footage of the C-130s (WITH
> > > SOUND)?
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> > > Victor
> >
> > Sorry don't have any. Most of the time when we
> see
> > them I am flying and I get my drone out of the
> > way.
>
> Stay below 200 feet AGL and you should have no
> problems. They're usually doing 250 knots at 250
> feet.

You are right on flat ground but I hae been on the mesa above Toltec Gourge and they are below me. I could of been flying at 25 feet and been way aabove them. Same problem at Hamilton Point just above Cresco we are way above them and the track.

Roger Hogan
Chama, NM
Train Stuff

Roger, don't get your drone in those props.... or the they might come looking for you... <G> I'm old enough to remember dad parachuting out of old C-47s at Fort Bragg in the 1960s. I wish I'd photographed them. To me, those were flying "covered wagons". They must have been fun to fly.

Victor



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wabash2800 Wrote:
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> Roger, don't get your drone in those props.... or
> the they might come looking for you... I'm old
> enough to remember dad parachuting out of old
> C-47s at Fort Bragg in the 1960s. I wish I'd
> photographed them. To me, those were flying
> "covered wagons". They must have been fun to fly.
>
> Victor

Lucky for me they are loud so I have time to get ut of the way.

Roger Hogan
Chama, NM
Train Stuff

Last time I was there for a charter, we got buzzed by an aircraft. I don't think this was a drone, though. 

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march_hare Wrote:
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> Last time I was there for a charter, we got buzzed
> by an aircraft. I don't think this was a drone,
> though. 

If it is a drone it looks like a mighty big one.

Roger Hogan
Chama, NM
Train Stuff

Yup. And way noisier than average, too.