02/22/2023
Saturday night, produced one of our best flights of the year, as it usually does. We launched from Motown Airport (5AZ6) and the 2023 Arizona Flying Circus! This was our only flight from this years AZFC, as we had flight commitments elsewhere. But it was a beautiful one. This flight launches deeper into the Sonoran Desert National Monument, which surrounds the airport. Some of the best Sonoran Desert and mountains views we can provide. Our passengers were open to the challenge and going with the flow of this usually adventurous flight! We arrived early and enjoyed the activities before this evenings flying window opened up. This event is mostly a powered paraglider and ultralight event. However, it has grown over the years and has become a well known event in the general aviation community. Planes and aircraft of all kinds do fly bys as well as fly in and camp out for the four days of festivities at this rather remote airstrip (16 miles of dirt road to get there if you don’t fly in!). Our flight launched from the airport. We climbed to almost 5000’ MSL for some fantastic views of the nearby South Maricopa Mountains, Booth Hills, and the many other visible mountain ranges. We then dropped down to some low level flight across the desert and hills to eventually land about a mile SE or the airport, enjoying a spectacular Arizona sunset a few minutes before landing. After a wonderful champagne toast in the desert, we headed back to Motown to wrap it up and say some good bys to some friends I will not see for another year! Fun times as always! Anything else that may or may not have happened at this event, well... you just had to be there! What happens at the Flying Circus, stays at the Flying Circus! (Well ok, there’s lots of videos on YouTube of the Arizona Flying Circus too!).
