Hi Shannon, is Colusa's Flyn this weekend?

Mike

RoughAir wrote:Hi Shannon, is Colusa's Flyn this weekend?

Mike

Yes it is. Saturday morning.

Crack of dawn, one of the two best times of the day to fly.

Couple of tips for keeping your canine copilot happy:
-Let them out to stretch their legs often;
-Make sure they have plenty of fresh water available!

Perfect weather and work schedule finally came together to enable a trip over to HSF in the Champ this year. Had an absolute blast, the desert is like Disneyland in a 7AC!






Carly here is a big Champ fan, as you can see by her shirt. Had a great time visiting with her and her proud dad. She is already saving up for her own Champ, and was presented with her very own 100 Horse Air Force hat.


Exploring the desert with some of my favorite people..

Small world, that Ag Cat was rebuilt at my home airport.

Had a great time out flying over New Year's with the Redtip 140!

Lots of green grass, wildflowers, and waterfalls lately...

Some evening flying and getting a little time in a Stinson...what a sweet airplane to fly!




Pokey Joe having a blast as usual!

Pokey Joe kickin' it at Champ Camp; Redhills a few weeks ago.

Some nice evening flights-

Beautiful!

You can tell a lot about the character of a man by the smile of his dog.

CFOT wrote:

One red wingtip, one plain wingtip.
Is there a story there?

I almost expected to see a green RH wingtip-- nav light colors.

Yep, that's the famous Redtip 140. All kinds of great stories and speculation about its origin. The airplane has quite a history, and spent a good portion of its life in Alaska. The red tip is easy to identify in the air and differentiate from other airplanes, and has great significance as an iconic symbol of many heroic missions being the original squadron markings of the 100 Horse Air Force....but all BS aside, I think that red paint was the only paint in the hangar when the wingtip was repaired many years ago.

Dropped into Gravelly on the Fourth. Lake is pretty full, strip is a little tore up. We walked it and pitched rocks and cleaned up the trash.

Gravelly is nice, flew in and camped there a few times a while back. Lots of elk each time, had to shoo some cows off the runway prior to take off.
Thanks for looking after the strip.

Ernie

Pokey Joe enjoying his summer!

Just wanted to let you know how much I enjoy this entire thread. Great pictures, obvious love for flying, and for Pokey Joe (the real star of the series...). Vicarious enjoyment at it's best!

Out exploring the desert at HSF last week

Checking out the geyser.

Spectacular sunsets every night...

Many great stories were shared around the fire.



IFRR

A little tracking from the air.


Daedeluscan's 170 down there somewhere...was great meeting you!

A lot of head turning out here...

Some very nice people and very nice airplanes. Sorry I couldn't chat with you longer Fred, I was on a mission!

These guys know how to travel! Thanks for the great stories and grand tour!

Champ Camp

Avidflyer giving my buddy Chris a taste of real low and slow flying-

Next generation Champ pilot showed up with her 100 Horse Air Force hat ready to go!

Getting out of the dust and wind for a minute.


This thing landed about as slow as any of the Cubs out there. Great people...thanks for letting me climb up front and make airplane noises!

"Hey guys, find a cool airplane to stand next to so I can get a picture."

Everytime I head out to the middle of nowhere I run into this guy...great to see you Fiddler!

Champ version of Disneyland!

See you all next year!