Nice on both accounts!


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I am lucky that I fly as part of my work. Being in the gravel and construction business I have strips at all my locations and home. The plane is a 200' walk from my desk. So today I went for a quick inspection at the end of my work day. A 30 minute flight in the 180 that would take me 4 hours to drive.




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Been flying most everyday the past few weeks. Thought I would post up some pics.

Skywagon Flyin today at Columbia





David Goodman's nose cushion on his 182. People always ask about this so here you go


The 145hp 172 that could. This CFI thing is a lot of fun. Feel like I'm flying puppets


The air force



Sold the Highlander and checked the buyer out. It's now in TX


Mountain flying fun



AKT


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Took a float plane camping trip on the Mississippi River with my boys.
At home getting ready to load all of our crap.

Tied up on the back side of an island in the river so that the airplane wouldn't get swamped when a barge goes by.

The boys relaxing in camp

Last week went camping with the cub. Quiet with not many folks around. Got a little paper work done in the afternoon and then watched the sunset while enjoying some Crown Royal and ice. Slept like a baby that night and in the morning found fresh elk tracks where they had walked by the tent only feet away. Never heard a sound, guess I should have had the dog with me. Many thanks to Rob for the info on the camping area.

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On Sunday took another ride over the hill, and after breakfast stopped at a sand bar along the Sacramento River. Kicked back in the shade of the wing, did a little reading and then thought for a while on the meaning of the Memorial Day holiday and those who gave so much so that we can enjoy all of the things we do. Got home about 1/2 hour before the thunder storms started over the south end of Tahoe. Hope everyone else had a good weekend.


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Guess I should learn to post pics better

Nice! I think I've camped under that tree...Gravelly Valley? Its good to see that much water in the lake.

Good to see you made it out there Bill. Almost didn't recognize the place.... there's a lot of water in the lake now!

The lake looked to be real full. Hard to believe that there was a drought just a year ago. That is a great spot - I can see returning there again. Had a couple of cars drive by to talk and check out the plane but otherwise only me and a few 4 legged critters around. In the morning there were a couple of boats off the shore fishing but it looked like they were fishing not catching. I left some wood I collected there next to the fire pit for the next person.

Ready for endless float summer 2017

Had a decent weekend of flying. Started with the 172 on Saturday. Flew over to a rodeo and deliver some seed drill parts to a farmer on the way. My daughter enjoyed sharing her sucker with her new T-Rex.
Sunday had us hoping she would get back in the plane, as seeing a dummy fall out of her airplane the day before had her very concerned. I didn't think she would even notice at her age of 2.5, but she was quite worried. Thankfully, she got in no problem. Ended up in a 7GCBC for the flight home as it is due for annual. Means more flying for me once I am done and can go get my plane again. And birthday flights in a 7GCBC always make for the best birthdays!


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Float season 2017 begins.




a cousin of mine stopped by on the way to his bachelor party in Mpls. So took him flying and water skiing as a send off.

Lake run with Debbie.

The 150 finally got out of the engine rebuild shop. So Debbie took it up last night.

Flew the Maule to its new home at Timmerman (Milwaukee) last night. Loaded up with gas in Marshfield and headed out a bit before 8p.







Of course, I arrived at 9:03p, right after the FBO folks had just driven out the gate. I did get to talk to the control tower for about 50 seconds before they shut down for the night, though. So, I tied her down on the lonely ramp at Timmerman. On the plus side, she had a beautiful view of the stars last night.





Popped back over to the airport this morning and got my hangar stuff all straightened out. Now she's got a new home, complete with lights, electricity, a fancy sliding door, unlimited heat in summer, and unlimited cooling in winter.



So this is the first time I landed a taildragger at night, and I didn't die. So I have that going for me. Actually one of my better landings.

Hello Milwaukee!

~Chris

CFOT wrote:

Oregon180 wrote:Too nice of a day not to play hooky and go flying. Smooth as glass, so I was able to get an angle I've been wanting to get for a while.

Castle Crags, CA with Mt Shasta in the background:

I was in the same spot the other day, I like your photo better though.

Snapped this Saturday 6/17 as I went by. Thought it would be fun to compare the snow pack a month later. Still a ton of snow up high, but pretty much melted out below tree line, and Ash Creek Butte in the background is looking pretty bare on this side.

...still like your pic better!

Solstice flight up around some big rocks. Stood on top of the biggest rock 20 years ago this week. Happy Summer Solstice.

-DP

Simon,

How did your airplane do up high? How high did you get?

Kurt

G44 wrote:Simon,

How did your airplane do up high? How high did you get?

Kurt

Kurt- we turned for home at 15,000. 16 degree OAT, calm air. Two medium size guys and full fuel. I wasn't really trying, we were just enjoying the scenery. Had no problem continuing to climb at a couple hundred fpm, with CHTs, EGTs and oil temp in the green on the CGR-30P, about 16" MP, and the MT full in at 2650 rpm.
Could have overflown 14,200 camp, but having stood down there, the idea of buzzing climbers rubs me wrong personally.
-DP

edit:
A widely-acknowledged phenomenon on Denali is that the summit altitude at 20,000 feels a couple thousand feet higher physiologically than Kilimanjaro or Chimborazo*, which are comparable elevations, but situated on the equator. The idea is that as the earth rotates, spinning forces cause the atmosphere to bulge near the equator, pretty much the way they also cause the oceans to bulge near the equator. So when you place a 20,000' mountain near the arctic circle, there is less pressure on the summit to aid gas exchange in the lungs. By rights this should also influence density altitude, but I don't recall ever seeing latitude on a density-altitude formula. Is that something you airline types encounter?

*Fun fact: due to this phenomenon of equatorial bulging, the summit of Chimbo at a bit over 20,000 MSL is actually the furthest point on the planet from the center of the earth.