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"Show Me Your Hard Core Mountain Landing & Takeoff Spot"

Did you fly somewhere cool, take photos, and feel like telling the tale to make us drool from the confines of our offices? Post them up!
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Fri May 18, 2012 3:49 pm

Re: "Show Me Your Hard Core Mountain Landing & Takeoff Spot"

RTFM! :)

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Fri May 18, 2012 6:58 pm

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Yeah Zane, landed there once too, never to take off again.

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Oh yeah, I did it in my backcountry Ercoupe 415C
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Sun May 20, 2012 7:35 pm

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Mountainflier wrote:Show me a picture of your favorite "hard core" mountain landing and takeoff spot's with you and or your airplane in it!
This is one of my favorite Mountain Landing and Takeoff Spot's on a side of a 10,600 ft. mountain with about a 35% slope with rocks and sage brush in Utah.
I am trying to put a picture out there for the original post. Will see if this will work Zane!
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Sun May 20, 2012 7:39 pm

Re: "Show Me Your Hard Core Mountain Landing & Takeoff Spot"

Mountainflier wrote:
Mountainflier wrote:Show me a picture of your favorite "hard core" mountain landing and takeoff spot's with you and or your airplane in it!
This is one of my favorite Mountain Landing and Takeoff Spot's on a side of a 10,600 ft. mountain with about a 35% slope with rocks and sage brush in Utah.
I am trying to put a picture out there for the original post. Will see if this work Zane!Image
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Sun May 20, 2012 8:27 pm

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GumpAir wrote:
Mountainflier wrote:
Mountainflier wrote:Show me a picture of your favorite "hard core" mountain landing and takeoff spot's with you and or your airplane in it!
This is one of my favorite Mountain Landing and Takeoff Spot's on a side of a 10,600 ft. mountain with about a 35% slope with rocks and sage brush in Utah.
I am trying to put a picture out there for the original post. Will see if this work Zane!Image


Thank You GumpAir!! you know how work this web site a lot better than I do!
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Mon May 21, 2012 1:47 pm

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So....this thread could be kinda cool, as I think thats what the intention was from original poster. Lets see a photo of your plane in a unique spot...

Come on now...this is all I have for another 8 weeks or so until my plane is back. Feed Mikey (as Zane has called me)... :lol:

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Mon May 21, 2012 5:14 pm

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aktahoe1 wrote:So....this thread could be kinda cool, as I think thats what the intention was from original poster. Lets see a photo of your plane in a unique spot...

Come on now...this is all I have for another 8 weeks or so until my plane is back. Feed Mikey (as Zane has called me)... :lol:

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Cool picture and place! looks like just north of Marlette Lake.
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Mon May 21, 2012 7:03 pm

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Pretty sure thats just South of hootnanny ridge =P~ . That's Chickpea resivoir in the background.
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Tue May 22, 2012 10:02 pm

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Sometimes it can get a little hard core when she says "Where's your sense of adventure??"... ha ha :lol: Maybe landin on a big one in snow a$$ deep to a long legged cowgirl in high heels..

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Wed May 23, 2012 7:48 am

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Great pic Gump. =D>


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Sat May 26, 2012 5:56 pm

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[quote="Coyote Ugly"]Sometimes it can get a little hard core when she says "Where's your sense of adventure??"... ha ha :lol: Maybe landin on a big one in snow a$$ deep to a long legged cowgirl in high heels..

Where is your glove Joe? It looks cold out there in the picture! We know you are adventurous!!
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Tue May 29, 2012 8:35 pm

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Though it may not look that tough, the big cement airstrip outside of Pocatello is a handful. The mountains in back make a go round problematic, there is an expansion joint at the 2600' mark of the 9060' strip that can almost flex the bungees, and worst of all some guy who says he's in a tower keeps bugging me right when I'm trying to land! I've had to turn the music down just to try and understand what he was talking about, plus he must be a little slow as he keeps asking me to repeat what he just told me #-o Though they have several grass airstrips there that are really long and wide that they keep mowed nice and short, they keep telling me I have to land on the cement. There are some nice people there though who have free coffee, though they keep trying to sell me some kind of special gas I don't use. Image

I find this bump across the valley from my place much more to my liking. I can leave the music cranked up, the runway is tilted up for landing and down for takeoff the way it should be, but you do have to bring your own coffee. BTW, I'd like to apologise to Jed, Granny, Jethro, and especially Elle May of the Beverly Hillbillies and my flagrant plagarism of that whole cement pond thing, that still makes me laugh out loud every time I hear it.ImageImageImage
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Mon Jun 04, 2012 1:32 pm

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I would like to thank everyone that has taken the time to post there nice pictures on here for this topic! To try to keep this topic alive, here are some more pictures I am going to post of the Yellowhawk landing and taking-off and parking on the Mountains! Note: All of these pictures were taken from another airplane in-flight.



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Mon Jun 04, 2012 2:48 pm

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courierguy wrote:Though it may not look that tough, the big cement airstrip outside of Pocatello is a handful. The mountains in back make a go round problematic, there is an expansion joint at the 2600' mark of the 9060' strip that can almost flex the bungees, and worst of all some guy who says he's in a tower keeps bugging me right when I'm trying to land! I've had to turn the music down just to try and understand what he was talking about, plus he must be a little slow as he keeps asking me to repeat what he just told me #-o Though they have several grass airstrips there that are really long and wide that they keep mowed nice and short, they keep telling me I have to land on the cement. There are some nice people there though who have free coffee, though they keep trying to sell me some kind of special gas I don't use. Image

I find this bump across the valley from my place much more to my liking. I can leave the music cranked up, the runway is tilted up for landing and down for takeoff the way it should be, but you do have to bring your own coffee. BTW, I'd like to apologise to Jed, Granny, Jethro, and especially Elle May of the Beverly Hillbillies and my flagrant plagarism of that whole cement pond thing, that still makes me laugh out loud every time I hear it.ImageImageImage



I just know you disturbed someone or something landing & taking off there, I'm telling [-X
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Fri Jun 08, 2012 8:42 am

Re: "Show Me Your Hard Core Mountain Landing & Takeoff Spot"

Just a bump...

Some of you have been here...this one took A LOT of fly bys to muster the thought that it was a good idea...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-DGL3hU_h0
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Fri Jun 08, 2012 11:53 am

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aktahoe1 wrote:Just a bump...

Some of you have been here...this one took A LOT of fly bys to muster the thought that it was a good idea...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-DGL3hU_h0


I like that! Any more like that one?
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Sat Jun 09, 2012 11:07 am

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Some more pictures of the Yellowhawk on the Mountains to look at!

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Sat Jun 23, 2012 9:40 pm

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Some more pictures to check-out!
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Thu Jun 28, 2012 7:16 pm

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Let me know if any of you BCP's are enjoying any of these pictures? Lets talk! Here are some more pic's! :lol: Image
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Thu Jun 28, 2012 9:53 pm

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Great pics, I would love to fly that plane.

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