Wonderful write-up, thanks so much!
For anyone considering this (and you should!!) some rental operations have Sedona (and Catalina Is.) ‘out of bounds’ claiming insurance reasons. They’d do the same for Marble Canyon if they’d ever heard of it!
There’s a plaque at Lake Havasu clarifying that McCullough absolutely did not think that he was getting Tower Bridge when he bought London Bridge.
I’ve not been back since Covid and your post makes me feel quite (very) homesick! Thanks again.
Thanks for this fantastic report and congrats to your great trip!
What a totally amazing trip. Thank you for posting it. Very much my favourite bit of the US if going for a short trip only.
And with a really good purpose.
I did it in the 1980s, bringing back 20-30 rolls of film each time 
I also did my FAA IR in Arizona, near Phoenix, but it was all under the hood so saw very little.
Brings back memories as well for me.
Did my training in Falcon Field KFFZ so i’ve visited most of those places in AZ.
Wow @Caba ! What a trip! I am glad you could do it with family.
You even managed to schedule a US-mini-EuroGA-meetup and involuntarily skip another one!
What photo equipment were you using?
Also, pertinent to this thread, it seems the 172 you were flying was using an AV-30 as a back-up to two G5’s?
What a trip, so nice to do it with your daughter, memories for life !
Just a quick comment in relation to a minor mention in the trip report…
Lake Havasu is a town that is known for its “London Bridge”. Rather unspectacular though, I would not recommend doing a large detour for it.
I think that’s a good recommendation overall… but FWIW it’s also known as a river boat party town, particularly in the season, and that’s kind of why it exists. Not at par with the natural wonders on this trip for most of us, but I guess it has its 3000 horsepower boating moments for the boys and girls at play.
BTW the guy who brought over the Lake Havasu bridge also manufactured the McCulloch J-2 autogyro there, having earlier developed the Paxton centrifugal supercharger and built the ear-splittingly loud 72 HP drone engines that often powered Bensen Gyrocopters. The town (such as it is) was his project, he apparently paid $75/acre for the land, originally for use as an outboard motor test site.
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Maybe next time then, another eclipse is due in April.
Sure, if you come through L.A. lmk beforehand. Plan right now is to do what a few of us did during the last eclipse: fly to an airport an hour or so flying away from the path of totality, sleep there and then fly to a place inside the totality during the morning. Watch and fly out. Worked a treat last time, you ‘only’ need to reserve a spot wherever you intend to watch the eclipse. Saves a lot of hassle (and $$$$!), as hotels in the main path book up years in advance.
Ah, those KTUS pictures bring back great memories. Spent the best 2 flying weeks ever there, two years ago. Now I want to go back…
