Placerville Trike

Got up early this morning to go on another trike flight with a friend of mine who is an avid pilot. It was lots of fun flying around the foothills of the Sierras. We flew out of the Placerville airport which is situated on a little plateau above the famous gold rush town.

Here's a snap of the airport with the mountains in the background.


We quickly took off and positioned ourselves West of the airport. Two airplanes took off shortly after us...more on them later. Here's a view of the airport with the trike wing visible in the corner of the snap.


The two cats in planes following us were headed to Auburn to have breakfast. One of them is a stunt pilot so he pulled up to say hi.


Then he pulled in a bit closer...


and pulled away to do some aerial acrobatics...(note - click on photo for a better view of the plane)


We then headed West a bit and followed the South fork of the American River flowing into Folsom lake.


Finally, we headed back and flew over Cameron Park so I could snap a photo over our house. If you look very closely (after clicking on the photo you can see a person walking their dog on just in front of our house)