Backcountry Pilot • First time into Colombia today

First time into Colombia today

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Sun Oct 29, 2006 9:15 pm

First time into Colombia today

Was out cruising around the Sierra's today and I dropped in O22 for a potty break. Really nice airfield. I landed on the pavement since I was unfamiliar and took off 29. Anyone know why the CDF plane is sitting off in the grass all by it's lonesome by the campground?
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Sun Oct 29, 2006 9:50 pm

The CDF S-2 parked there is one of the retired piston powered ones that is going to be made into a memorial at Columbia.
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Sun Oct 29, 2006 11:07 pm

Did you fly into Bogota? ;)
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Mon Oct 30, 2006 7:59 am

Kenny Chapman wrote:The CDF S-2 parked there is one of the retired piston powered ones that is going to be made into a memorial at Columbia.


Kinda figured something like that was going on. They have rubbermaid trashcans under the nacelles to catch all the oil. That thing was leaking like a siv. :D Hard to believe they used to fly them things off of carriers.
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Mon Oct 30, 2006 10:37 pm

If ya' call ahead and talk to the airport manager you can take a tour of the S-2. This especially goes for school fieldtrips etc. Columbia just ain't the same without the rumble of the big ol' radials on hot summer days...

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