This week I got to fly into PDX (Portland International Airport) airspace and land on one of the runways and fly a pattern a few times. It’s a really busy airport, a lot bigger than Kansas City’s. Andy handled all the calls cuz you really need to be on top of it to fly into Class C airspace like this. There’s a lot of stuff going on that I just never had to deal with before. We just landed at the end of the cross runway that wasn’t in use and flew some patterns from there while 737’s were landing right in front of us on that big runway.
Fun stuff.
Then we flew down the river to the Downtown Heliport. This is where the news choppers hang out when there’s nothing happening. I didn’t get a picture of this place, I was too busy landing. There’s not much to it, it’s a few landing pads on top a five story parking garage. But still, it’s really cool to get to land on top of a building!
I did get a few pics of the general downtown area of Portland, though.
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awesome freaking photos of DT Portland. hope to visit someday soon.
Please do – we have so much to show you!! – Jes
This proves the saying once again, that behind every good man is a good woman, and vise versa, of course. Keep going, and have the time of your lives. I’m still cheering.