I was doing some off airport/hayfield/farm road stress relieving this AM (before the 30 mph winds came up again) and though I am used to seeing this '59 Caddie while on SHORT final on a little squigglie tractor trail, I thought I'd post it. It's owner, and the lands farmer (and permission giver to screw around there, he used to fly and is a willing victim) has a mint condition '59 Caddie driver, not restored, he bought it new and takes care of it! This wasn't on final actually, when landing the grain auger sticking up is one of the charms of the landing, you have to come real close to it or overshoot.



A couple miles away another neighboring property owner took their ground out of CRP (Conservation Resource Program), and cut and baled it this year for the first time. I look at it right out my kitchen windows, now I can land it, yeah, I asked, once it's cut no problemo, GREAT NEIGHBORS! I already use this area in the winter now that I have skis. It has a lot of interesting slopes, double fall lines etc, and as short or long of set downs as you want to play with. Just today I also found out it has that temporary type electric fencing, (some cattle in there now, of course I don't mess with them, the swiss muffler really helps there) REAL hard to see from the air. It is just in a few spots, kind of random. I thought I may have snagged some or maybe pushed a section down, and jumped on the ATV after landing home to check it out. I ran into the herder/cowboy/fence guy, who is Peruvian, and after some sign language we both decided everything was just fine, and we should both have a good day. Whether I made myself clear (I'm the guy screwing around with the plane who lives over there) or not, he didn't seem to have a problem with it! I'm pretty sure I missed it anyway, I'll look for it in the future.

BTW: el avion is spanish for the airplane near as I can tell, I looked it up after I got home.


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