Flight over Tonto Natural Bridge Arizona (Video)

[Qrome]

On May 19, 2007 we visited the Tonto Natural Bridge in Arizona just 13 miles north of Payson. It is a natural tunnel (like a cave)... huge. You can hike through it and enjoy it. While we were there they had such a nice grass park area I decided to throw up my SS. The winds through the canyon were very interesting. On one side of the canyon there was a nice up draft and cross wind.

Enjoy the video: http://www.stickflyers.com/videos/tonto_natural_bridge

[wattnoise]

Very nice!... I had envisioned that the bridge was more remote and not as accessible as it is... Definitely going to have to move it up on my "to visit" list... I liked the previous vid on the web link, too... Is that northern or N of Phoenix?...

Kevin

[Qrome]

Kevin, Tonto Natural Bridge is a nice place to visit... easy to get to and easy to find.

Most of my videos are in Mesa. I think the other one was I60 and Elsworth. Here is a really high flying one at the same location:

http://www.stickflyers.com/videos/ellsworthbowl2

There was a house fire going on a few miles away... I didn't know till I viewed the video.

[wattnoise]

That was a good one... I could see the landmarks better on that one... Fire was a good catch and I really liked the shadow of the plane to landing... Thanks...

Kevin

[kd7ost]

Nice video Qrome,

The area looks like volcanic formed Basalt or Rhyolite although I didn’t see any basalt pillars. However the last shot looking in the bridge had more of a limestone or other sedimentary rock look to it. I was thinking it must be a lava tube till I saw that last shot. Was it formed by water dissolving minerals while heading down that drain?

Dan

[Qrome]

Dan, You are correct... it was first formed by lava then finished off by water -- something like that. I really wish I could have gotten some better views but the canyon had some strange wind patterns.