Grassstrippilot has reported that the windsock at the chicken Strip is getting pretty raged and needs replaced. I can’t get there for a while so if anyone gets by the Chicken strip please measure the diameter of the sock and let me know so I can get a sock for the strip.

Rick

pacerpilot wrote:Grassstrippilot has reported that the windsock at the chicken Strip is getting pretty raged and needs replaced. I can’t get there for a while so if anyone gets by the Chicken strip please measure the diameter of the sock and let me know so I can get a sock for the strip.

Rick

Pacerpilot who is this pacer pilot

Glidergeek wrote:

pacerpilot wrote:Grassstrippilot has reported that the windsock at the chicken Strip is getting pretty raged and needs replaced. I can’t get there for a while so if anyone gets by the Chicken strip please measure the diameter of the sock and let me know so I can get a sock for the strip.

Rick

Pacerpilot who is this pacer pilot

Yeah, that's an interesting looking Pacer in Ricks avatar

I posted a request for windsock diameter on the saline preservation association forum as well

Maybe Desert Rat can go out there and report back or Hammer?

I got a message that the chicken strip sock opening diameter is about 19 1/2 inches.

Hi,

I'm the guy who went out and measured it. A slightly more accurate dimension is 19 3/4" O.D. The hoop is approx 1/8-3/16 diameter, and is somewhat bent. I straightened it out a bit, and some places measured a bit under 19 3/4, but if it were perfectly round I think it would be 19 3/4.

PS: I'm new here. I found this board researching the chicken strip before I went. The strip is in good condition. Some of the gravel in the turnaround area at the top is soft. I took my Mooney in there and spent two great nights sleeping out and enjoying the springs. My first trip to that valley, and it was quite enjoyable.

Thanks for doing that.

I plan on going down there in a couple weeks, I'll replace it if it hasn't been done by the time I get there. They seem to come in 18" and 24" and bigger.

c170pete wrote:Thanks for doing that.

I plan on going down there in a couple weeks, I'll replace it if it hasn't been done by the time I get there. They seem to come in 18" and 24" and bigger.

Nope hasn't been done yet and it's lookin real bad.

That's one of those new invisible windsocks-- keeps the lookie-loo's out of the low-profie airstrips. It's chemically treated to turn bright orange with more than 5 knots crosswind.

dirtstrip wrote:Nope hasn't been done yet and it's lookin real bad.

Ha Ha. Guess Marietta International needs one too. Though invisible works there pretty well.

Gump

c170pete,

I'll check and see if the wind socks I have are 20-inchs. If not it could take a few days to get one. If your going down in a couple of weeks and don't here from me, let me know and I just might have a sock for you to put up.

Rick

Just back from the Chicken Strip today, someone put up a windsock already.

Cool.