Cool, but at 1:23 it looks like you narrowly escaped gear/airframe damage Play safe out there

Nice video! Really enjoyed the viewpoint just over the tire. Looks like a lot of fun!

Great video!! I am detecting a little sarcasm in that piece....has that takeoff and circle to land been approved???

SixTwoLeemer wrote:Great video!! I am detecting a little sarcasm in that piece....has that takeoff and circle to land been approved???

Nothing like it is approved, according to the Payette National Forest. No sarcasm intended. Swingle, and his ilk, are screwed, is the FS gets its way.

On Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:19:08 -0600, "Joe Harper" <[email protected]>
said:
We intend to implement the Wilderness Plan consistently and not ignore
any issues that compromise the Plan and it's direction. I would hope the IAN
would assist in getting the message out to pilots that the Big Creek Four
are managed for emergencies only (per the Frank Church Management Plan)
and are classified by the IAN as "Hazardous" where use is discouraged. I
think this is where the IAN needs be consistent also in what we have
worked so hard to get.

Any non-emergency planes we stumble upon this year at either Dewey Moore,
Mile-High, Simonds and Vines, will have their tail numbers taken down
and the owners of the aircraft will be receiving a letter from us. I talked
with Suzanne about this and we agree, citations are not a good education
tool and something we don't want to pursue this first year of the Errata.
We are putting our money on the IAN and the Division of Aeronautics to
assist the FS in backcountry airstrip management, education and
enforcement.

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Joe Harper, District Ranger
Krassel Ranger District
Payette NF
800 West Lakeside Avenue
McCall, Idaho 83638
phone: (208) 634-0601
fax: (208) 634-0634
email: [email protected]
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