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Enjoying the VSkylabs Eurofox out of Spanish Fork airport near Provo, Utah. I flew out of Spanish Fork in the Eurofox's cousin, the Kitfox. Highest flight (in terms of a runway takeoff) I have ever flown as a pilot, although I flew a Rans S6 ES homebuilt out of Hemet California to 9000 feet MSL on a warm desert day in California's Inland Empire. I wish they had a quality Rans S6ES for Xplane11 or P3D, maybe VSkylabs will see this post and put the Rans on a wishlist, it is a great experimental, especially when powered with a 100 hp Rotax 912 with a slipper clutch. I do not recommend purchase of an experimental with a two stroke, my friend and CFI Jim Blumer invited me up for a free lesson on his Challenger, but he later suffered an engine out with his passenger and had to land on Lake Pleasant highway near Peoria Arizona, in the Phoenix metro area. He and his pax survived without injury but his Challenger was a total loss when one of his wings hit a roadsign, fortunately his dope and fabric aircraft did what it was supposed to do and absorbed the impact. I used to run into Jim often at air shows around Phoenix, he is the one who signed off on my student pilot's license. Nice, humble pilot who was older but not bolder.... My final sim cruising altitude in these pics is just shy of 9000 MSL, about as high as I can get with the fuel needed for the sim flight I will now continue to Ely Nevada. As I burn off fuel I may have to climb higher to avoid some of the Basin and Range peaks... John
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A Vegas Fall Departure...Las Vegas to Phoenix through the Eastern Mojave. Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport not included since I don't own this product. Darryl
