North Las Vegas - Kingman (January 2011)

Date of flight 09 Jan 2011
From KVGT - North Las Vegas Airport (NV)
To KIGM - Kingman Airport (AZ)
Aircraft N686US (DA40)

I called Jamie, an ex-US Marines, to arrange the DA40 for a flight from Las Vegas North to Kingman airport. It was the same aircraft as in 2009 when going to Death Valley. Kingman airport is 85 miles South-East and is the nearest (small) aircraft graveyard.

After take-off I headed to Hoover dam and from there on south along the Colorado river till Lake Mohave. From Lake Mohave direction East to Kingman.

For the return flight I stayed South of Las Vegas and entered the Las Vegas North airspace from the West-side.

bridge at hover dam

Hoover Dam, now with the new bridge that avoids the traffic over the dam.

desert

Desert

colorado river

Along the Colorado river

Lake Mohave

Lake Mohave

Lake Mohave

Lake Mohave

Goldmine

Goldmine (Mineral Park Inc.)

Aircraft graveyard at Kingman airport

Aircraft graveyard at Kingman airport

Aircraft graveyard at Kingman airport

Aircraft graveyard at Kingman airport

Aircraft graveyard at Kingman airport

Aircraft graveyard at Kingman airport

Solar power plant

on the return flight a Solar power plant (weather getting haze)

Sunset

Sunset, getting close to Las Vegas