Ferrari Mailing List: Re: NFC: Grand Canyon tips anyone?

[LarryT (l02turner]

Stephen wrote << pilot is adding power & collective to counter it. you loose 
a couple hundred feet>>

Is that when the guy at the controls asked if the pilot was aboard yet?  ;-)

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From: "Stephen Sherman" <sherman [at] wildblue.net>
Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 8:45 PM
To: "Larry Turner" <l02turner [at] comcast.net>
Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] NFC: Grand Canyon tips anyone?

> Take the helicopter ride. It starts out normal but   then just after you 
> go
> over the edge your cought in a downdraft and the pilot
> is adding power & collective to counter it. you loose a couple hundred 
> feet.
> We did in the choppers like were used in Whirlybirds (a old tv show). 
> After
> that I was hanging out the chopper taking pictures like crazy.
>
> Stephen
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <stewartchung [at] comcast.net>
> To: "Stephen" <sherman [at] wildblue.net>
> Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
> Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 2:27 PM
> Subject: [Ferrari] NFC: Grand Canyon tips anyone?
>
>
> > hi all,
> >
> >
> >
> > i am taking my 11-year old son down to vegas next weekend for chinese new
> > year and also taking a couple of days to see the grand canyon.
> >
> >
> >
> > it is shameful of me i know but i have never been to the grand canyon.
> > would any of you offer some tips to us? for example -
> >
> >
> >
> > 1. go to the north rim? or the south?
> >
> > 2. is it a one-day visit? or should i stay a night?
> >
> > 3. any "must-sees"? like caverns and stuff..
> >
> > 4. nice place to eat? lizardburger?
> >
> >
> >
> > just fyi, we will be flying in to vegas and renting a car to drive there.
> > after the visit, we would need to drive back to vegas, return the car, 
> > and
> > fly home.
> >
> >
> >
> > i know some of you are thinking why i don't go to the web and research -
> > the web is full of grand canyon stuff - problem is they are mostly
> > commercial sites that try to steer you to patronize them. so i thought to
> > turn to my friends here and get some trusted advices.
> >
> >
> >
> > thanks in advance.
> >
> >
> >
> > stewart
> >
> > seattle, wa
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