Greetings from a new guy here
We like the Mn. Ontario area, but the best trip for us was to AK.
I'd like to do that again soon..
Where can a guy find more dates and locations of things going on like Johnson Cr. ? The skywagon guys use that place some.. how many sites like this ?? Super cub is another. I also use FSS auto breifing for fly-ins.but that is local states only.
Isn't this a great way to find new places ? it was hard before the web.
http://www.utahbackcountrypilots.org/ai ... nuID=26~26
http://www.skywagons.org/gallery/view_a ... ame=N180DV
http://www.skywagons.org/gallery/view_a ... me=album02

The events on the Event Calendar here are posted when someone notifies me of them. I'm happy to post them regardless of location, but I do rely on users to provide that information to me.

Checked out your gallleries. I hate you.

Isn't she pretty.. The 180's pretty nice too..But was wrecked a few times before I got her, then it took years to get to this point-stripping paint and structural work. Had her almost done once and went thru the ice in Lk.of the woods.Its a sweat equity thing-wouldn't want to go thru that again.

I was talking about the FISH!

Winger, I would be interested in hearing the story of going through the ice. Also would like your take on the Skywagon on skis. Do you get along all right maneuvering in deeper snow? Thanks for any info. Steve

steve wrote:Winger, I would be interested in hearing the story of going through the ice. Also would like your take on the Skywagon on skis. Do you get along all right maneuvering in deeper snow? Thanks for any info. Steve

Seriously...why are you holding out on us? I know you've only been a member for 15 days, but we all have certain duties...and one of those is to tell stories of airplanes going thru ice.

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HI guys, I went thru the ice twice, once 45 miles past Baudett Mn. in Lk. of the woods, and once lower in MN. The second time I even augered holes to check the thickness, but found a bad spot.

1st time- 2 days before my insurance expired in march- I landed on ice that was too thin-the landing was gentle and slow-tail trimmed all the way down- but as slowing went thru to the belly and into the floor. Prop was OK-4 feet of wing bent up- used chorless drill and sheet metal-self tapping screws to fix the wing- Chopper from Winnipeg $2k an hour to lift out of the hole- If you know what a Die Cart is- used in tool & die shops- I used 2 of these the second time- right under the tie down fingers at the wing struts. Put the die carts on pallets for a bigger footprint.
I have pics, but not digital ones. scanning them sometime can show, but they wont be as clear. both times the landes 3600 ski's were off- a bad thing-she dropped harder-the ski's would have made a more gentle push against the water. I have seen others do this- the same year Lk. of the woods- 2 others went down. Mine were less damage. One time a new prop- the other time no prop damage.-
I love flying ski's- even heavy snow where you can't walk-as sinking up to your belt- I have operated making tracks to depart in-1/4 mile+ tear drop ends for turns- try to stay light but it's not always possible. slush is a big problem- I try to park by the shore pointed inward to help stay away from slush.put brush under ski's so it won't freeze in. its good to make extra passes before landing if you can to look for dark spots. Speed cost about as much as floats.

A side note- survival gear, Do we have snow shoes and gear ?
A guy can get too remote to walk out- within only a few minutes of flying.
the new small alum. snow shoes are cheep .
happy day and happy flying