Here is is - ABC Wednesday again. The letter for today is H - H is for Hanksville, Utah. Hanksville Airport (HVE) is one of our favorite places to launch out of in our Murphy Rebel. We have spent many a spring and fall there, camping and flying both early morning and evening for the best photo opportunities. Just a few miles west of the Hanksville Airport is Factory Butte (one of the world's wonders in our eyes). Not only is it close to Factory Butte, it is within a short flying distance from Lake Powell, Capital Reef, Bryce Canyon, Waterfold Pocket, San Rafael Reef, the Maze area of Canyonlands and more.
This photo is of the Firestar II at Hanksville Airport back in 2004 - pre-Lazy Daze days. Probably had our Airstream Class B there.
Since that time, we have visited this airport at least once a year, sometimes twice for a week at a time for launching out in our airplane for aerial photos. It is a quiet airport, no fuel, bathroom facilities are there, but always have to watch out for spiders.
So this is my contribution for ABC Weds - the letter H - hats off to Hanksville!
If only you knew how prowd we, your Mom and Dad, were when we could come to the airport here in
ReplyDeleteSabetha and watch your plane coming in to land.
It was a thrill for us oldies and we never imagined what a thrill it would be.
LOVE MOM
Mom - I was always (and still am) excited to come visit you.
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