Nice flight and pictures Mau, wish I had flown formation with you on this one. Strange the way your wing struts look like a wet noodle with the bends in them. I wonder what it was in the posting process that caused this.

Looks like the wx is going to be good the next few days!

G44

akavidflyer wrote:A buddy and I went and played on some sand and gravel bars last weekend. Was a nice day to get out and enjoy the spring time sunshine.

Nice! Way to get after it, AK Avid guys.

Dearwater International (O79) for breakfast at Sierraville Kitchen.

Finally got to meet Vick. It was funny, because as we were taxiing up we saw the C185 sitting there, I told Reno Chick, "I bet that's a BCP'er. " Sure enough, Vick walked over and asked, " You Gump?"



Gump

Went to Rimrock Lake/ Tieton State this morning. Had an awesome adventure except for a near miss with some geese on short final. I am loving the 8.50s with Airglas fork. I was suprised at some of the ruts, tracks, and bumps in the runway when I walked it. It definitely looked worse than in felt.. I am impressed at how much just an 8.50 soaks up.

Jeredp,

Your airplane sure does look nice! And….It looks even better with the 8:50's!

G44

G44 wrote:Jeredp,

Your airplane sure does look nice! And….It looks even better with the 8:50's!

G44

Thank you!

Worked late tonight. Stopped by the airport around 730 on my way home. Had some storms roll through this afternoon and things calmed down enough to go up.

Ready to roll.

Fog laying in the valleys.

Stopped by Larry's Landing south of Summerfield, Ohio. This pasture turned strip has gotta be the smoothest in Southeast Ohio!

Did a couple landings and bs'ed with Larry for a few minutes before heading out





This flight was probably only 40 minutes long but great every second.

To a cell tower site to eyeball crane access for an upcoming job, then the saddle below.
While landed I got a call for a crane job tomorrow morning, 10 minutes later I was over the site and texted the contractor an aerial pic 5 seconds after my flyover (the smart phone does pretty good on the aerial pics, to my surprise) along with suggestions as to where I'll set up. Then a couple miles down the same street, where they just started moving dirt for a new Schwab tire store, got a picture of that to give the contractor and maybe get my foot in the door to do the crane work for them, if any. Also two other construction sites and the new Moslem mosque under construction I worked on yesterday, they'll all get pictures. A little work, a little play

[https://vimeo.com/97399436/vimeo] Flew the bighorn canyon in MT. Airstirip is Fort Smith. Total elapsed time of flight is 20 minutes. I do this flight with newbies and usually when I sail off the edge of the canyon there will be a deep breath by the passenger followed by ten seconds of silence and then some comment. Preceding this I will fly for 30 minutes from Billings at 50 feet so they never see it coming. After the big gasp because they thought they were falling into the canyon I say " What did you think we were driving, we are flying." The day I took this there where 30mph winds at canyon level and after I went off the edge the downdraft wind smacked my head into the roof knocking my phones off despite 4 piont harness tightened up

Fixed it for you

Got my 50nm+ xc done today. Little bumpy, with some gusty winds near LCI, but lucked out that they were right down the runway at 5M3.

Flying over the lake on the way back...

Brown field for gas. Always nice to share airspace and airports with the good guys. 6 f18's and 3 top gun F5's in soviet markings. Just like the movie

F 18

Coyote wrote:[https://vimeo.com/97399436/vimeo] Flew the bighorn canyon in MT. Airstirip is Fort Smith. Total elapsed time of flight is 20 minutes. I do this flight with newbies and usually when I sail off the edge of the canyon there will be a deep breath by the passenger followed by ten seconds of silence and then some comment. Preceding this I will fly for 30 minutes from Billings at 50 feet so they never see it coming. After the big gasp because they thought they were falling into the canyon I say " What did you think we were driving, we are flying." The day I took this there where 30mph winds at canyon level and after I went off the edge the downdraft wind smacked my head into the roof knocking my phones off despite 4 piont harness tightened up

I used be amused by doing stuff like that years ago , but found that some of my "victims" were actually traumatized to some extent and would possibly never get into a small plane again. Those who are not familiar with the sensations of flying, can be very sensitive to the forces of acceleration , and the gyrating visual field of view associated. Now, if I take newbies for a ride, I try my best to make it a positive experience, despite the temptations to terrorize them

This is a slight digression from the thread, but associated to this issue. Reminds me of my very first helicopter ride.

It was a civic airport day and we (the paying public) lined up for quick chopper rides in a clunky old 206. I got the front seat next to the pilot and we had three others in the back, two were woman with toddlers on their knees. The pilot was a young guy who bought the old heap hoping to work it on contract.

We took off and I started yacking to the pilot and asked, how well choppers did wing overs. Well his eyes lit up and within seconds we were in a dive, a few second more and we were going nose up almost vertical, followed by a pretty near vertical straight down. The old chopper shuttered with vibration as the rotor loaded up on the pull out and we were all staring at a substation on the ground getting bigger, in the windshield. I thought holy shit and look back at the people in the rear, they were white as a ghosts. He had no comm in the back, so they had no idea what was going on. After we landed there was an eery silence as they got out and left without a word probably very thankful to be alive.

They probably shared that terror ridden ride with many since then, with the result of promoting a negative image of aviation.

Great story Sidewinder. I also take it easy on my passengers, even when I gave acro rides in my Pitts.I world typically explain each maneuver before doing it, and would flight straight and level after it was complete to see how my passenger felt. I would start with simple things like a barrel roll and slowly work up to harsher maneuvers like snap rolls. One passenger used to fly the A6 off of carriers and he flat out told me I couldn't make him sick. Oh yeah? I went through a full repertoire of positive G maneuvers and he was doing fine. Then I banked knife edge like I was going to do a really tight turn. I did, but it was a negative G turn to the outside followed by a roll to inverted and a negative G push to vertical with a negative G push over the top. He filled 2 bags. Most military pilots don't ever play around in negative G territory, so I was evil, but couldn't resist after his challenge. Sometimes it is OK to me with the passengers, but not very often.

a dad at the albany airport taking his kid(s) for the EAA YE flight's, took a heli ride once and the pilot did close to what Sidewinder had and now wont go for rides in heli's at least.

I had a nice day of flying. Did a bunch of scenic stuff. Flew to hemlock Valley ski resort with my handicapped brother. Then flew off to Cultus Lake with my wife's cousin. Hung out at the airport coffee shop. And now having a bbq.

All in all a good day

Went and played on the river today

This is why I love living here in western Colorado.
All of this was unplanned on a single morning. Just out for some practice and ended up having an incredible 4 hour flight.
It's hard to cram all that into a 6 minute video.
Hope you enjoy.

Saved to watch at a more convenient time. Looking forward to it though!