Does anybody know if there's an airstrip near Lunar Crater, Nevada. It looks like the nearest airport would be Tonopah. I'd like to hike to the thing if possible. Thanks.

Lunar Crater Lakebed is about 3 miles to the east. It is dry lake (I think) that is about 10,000 ft long. Never been there but it shows up on google earth.

Tim

Where's Coyote Ugly when you need him? Maybe making a new video?

Coyote Ugly knows about every square mile of the NV desert. So he might know of someplace to land near the crater. Otherwise your in for a long hike.

The picture of the dry lake on Google Earth makes it look usable. It also looks like an easily hikeable trail leading to the crater. There's a paved strip about 10 miles to the southwest but that would be a long hike and the Sectional shows it closed for some reason. Looks in great shape on Google Earth. A fly-in to the crater is definitely something worth investigating futher.

By the way, folks...N38 23.326' W116 04.076'.

That area does looks really neat to explore! Looks like a dry lake bed close to Easy Chair Crater, too.

How soon are you looking to fly up there? I might be driving down to SoCal next month and it might be worth a detour to check out that area and report back about some landing area's close by the craters.

But I'm sure Coyote Ugly will chime in here soon. Or send him a PM.

I just looked at it in Google Earth using the perspective view. Very cool! It looks like a bowl in the ground about a half mile in diameter, 500 ft. deep, and a flat bottom.

To hell with flying into an airstrip near there, get a cub and land it INSIDE! And record a video!

kevbert wrote:I just looked at it in Google Earth using the perspective view. Very cool! It looks like a bowl in the ground about a half mile in diameter, 500 ft. deep, and a flat bottom.

To hell with flying into an airstrip near there, get a cub and land it INSIDE! And record a video!

Did you look to the north and noticed Easy Chair Crater? Looks cool!!

Bacon8tor wrote:The picture of the dry lake on Google Earth makes it look usable. It also looks like an easily hikeable trail leading to the crater. There's a paved strip about 10 miles to the southwest but that would be a long hike and the Sectional shows it closed for some reason. Looks in great shape on Google Earth. A fly-in to the crater is definitely something worth investigating futher.

You can land a lot closer than that... ha ha I looked at inside, but it's pretty brushy..

I just don't know what to say !! Is Coyote Ugly awesome or what??

Impressive! Not just the fact that he landed on the rim but the picture itself! How did you take that, Coyote Ugly? Were you standing on a ladder?

Niether my C-150/150 nor its pilot can make the same landing. Is it possible to land on the dry lake to the east and hike in?

Bacon8tor wrote:Impressive! Not just the fact that he landed on the rim but the picture itself! How did you take that, Coyote Ugly? Were you standing on a ladder?

I bet it's an old Indian trick!

Way to go Coyote ugly!!

58Skylane wrote:

Bacon8tor wrote:Impressive! Not just the fact that he landed on the rim but the picture itself! How did you take that, Coyote Ugly? Were you standing on a ladder?

I bet it's an old Indian trick!

I bet he just jumped off the wing and snapped the shot while airborne, all the while playing a nice serenade...

onthegas wrote:

58Skylane wrote:

Bacon8tor wrote:Impressive! Not just the fact that he landed on the rim but the picture itself! How did you take that, Coyote Ugly? Were you standing on a ladder?

I bet it's an old Indian trick!

I bet he just jumped off the wing and snapped the shot while airborne, all the while playing a nice serenade...

Ah man.....I can't wait for the video on that one

ha ha.... I saw an ol indian take his camera and screw it on top of his walking stick, then he could hold it way up in the air....

Yea, I think the dry lake is ok to land on, altho I didn't land on it, I don't think, and can't really remember how brushy it was. The gravel road into the crater I'm pretty sure would be good too. If anyone gets ready to fly there, let me know, an maybe I'll come down and meet ya. There are a couple of dry lakes in the area, that I know are good for anything, just not sure how far from the crater they are.

SMOKE and MIRRORS

off topic/

Hey Coyote,
Does the staggering of the vg's help on the outboard ends of the wings over the ailerons? I've never seen vg's placed like that.

Inquiring minds want to know.

/off topic

Nice pic btw.

Heck, I don't know, that's just the way that this kit tells ya to put them... My old cub was the same way. The vg's on my old J-3 were straight tho.. go figure.. Might have been two different companies. I think the J-3 had Micro's and these are Boundary's if I'm not mistaken.

I thought I had this someplace... It's been a year or so. I remember now, it was windy too.