Will this airstrip be open to "Airstrip Baggers"? If so, what will the hours of operation be as to not disrupt the nearby hunters and neighbors?

58Skylane wrote:Will this airstrip be open to "Airstrip Baggers"? If so, what will the hours of operation be as to not disrupt the nearby hunters and neighbors?

NO BAGGERS!

I really don't want airplane carcasses littering my place.

James
Clear Creek Idaho

Hi James,
How is the new strip comming along? Have you been flying in and out of it yet?
Keep us poasted on the progress.

Ken in Alaska

great James!!!!! definitely looks M4 doable.. 1200 feet is plenty... hopefully next summer I'll park mine next to yours for a visit when I do my annual 2 weeks at JC.... are there any fish in that creek...

iceman wrote:great James!!!!! definitely looks M4 doable.. 1200 feet is plenty... hopefully next summer I'll park mine next to yours for a visit when I do my annual 2 weeks at JC.... are there any fish in that creek...

Iceman,
You're more than welcome to visit. Clear Creek has lots of small trout but very few big ones these days. What we do have, is more whitetail deer than anywhere I've ever seen. You can see the creek and our house on the right-hand side of the picture. There should have good turf on the runway by July too.

James

Super-Maule wrote:......Clear Creek has lots of small trout but very few big ones these days. What we do have, is more whitetail deer than anywhere I've ever seen.......

With hunting season coming up, and bowhunting probably already open over there, if you want to get them deer thinned out maybe you should put the word out locally that people are more than welcome to come hunt your place. Lots of people don't want a "wilderness experience", they just want venison in the freezer.

What a place to live - that house nestled in the trees looks fantastic.... and your own airstrip almost ready! What a lifestyle.

Edit - spelling

Neat looking place! You get much snow their in the winter?

fern_hopper wrote:Neat looking place! You get much snow their in the winter?

Fern Hopper,
The airstrip is only 1740 feet MSL and the top of my property is 2300 feet MSL. We do get some snow but not more than 1/2 a foot usually.

James

soggyc » Wed Sep 26, 2012 6:55 am

Why the "No fill please" sign?

Got all the fill from the County Road Department I need. We got the place looking like a park and the runway leveled out so I don't need any more dirt piles.

James

hows it going James... You still working on it or is it on hold till next spring/.

Hello Backcountry Pilots,
I spent the last week picking rock and seeding my airstrip. It took 150 pounds of grass seed to do the runway. I borrowed a big roller that I pulled behind my pickup truck in 4 low. In addition, I purchased a $70 seed broadcaster from Walmart that worked great. I surveyed the power-line to be burried with a camera tri-pod and an old Weaver 4K gun scope.
Hope to have the power-line burried early this winter. Way too many deer on my runway too. Had some guy try to land there in a black super-cub type airplane on bush-wheels until he saw the power-line on short final as I was picking rocks.

James
Clear Creek, Idaho

Looks like a PA-12 Super Cruiser... Looking good, James!

hard to tell James but is it not landable at all with the wires.. looks like there is room although tight...