Before I start, let me say NO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES WERE CONSUMED PRIOR TO ANY FLYING!!!

Now that this is out of the way... made a great find this weekend! There is a brewery in Barre Massachusetts with enough room to land and a pilot as the owner! Stone Cow Brewery is located just a few miles north of Tanner-Hiller airport (8B5). While tooling around the local area Saturday night, I noticed a windsock in the field next to the brewery. So after landing back at the home airport, I drove over and have a great conversation with the owner. Turns out he is a powered paraglider pilot and regularly operates out of his field there. We spent the evening walking the field for any holes or obstacles and he gave me the green light to land the next day. With my low hp cessna 140, it's pretty much a one way in and one way out strip due to trees, but with 1200 feet of grass, it is easily doable in light winds. Minimum tire size is 8.50s for sure, but it wasnt overly rough IMHO. As long as you can safely get in and out, the owner said any aircraft are welcome! They have non alcoholic beverages and pizza as well, so I'd say it's worth the drop in if you have a capable aircraft.

(PS) I'll post some video of landing there soon, unable to do it from my phone...

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Very cool. I'll have to check it out sometime. Is the owner willing to give out his contact info?

gdflys wrote:Very cool. I'll have to check it out sometime. Is the owner willing to give out his contact info?

He gave it to me in person... not sure if he would be comfortable with me posting it, but if you call the brewery and ask for Phil, I'm sure he would be willing to talk! Very friendly folks over there

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Where are you based?
I’ll have to drop in one of these days. This is it right?



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Tom wrote:Where are you based?
I’ll have to drop in one of these days. This is it right?



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Yup, that's it! I landed from right to left on the more diagonal of the two chunks of grass. I'm based out of Tanner-Hiller, identifier 8B5, which is just to the south of the brewery

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Too far for me, ha ha, but I do remember flying overhead to the Wyoming Whiskey distillery (http://www.wyomingwhiskey.com/visiting-the-distillery) and when I realized there was a spot I could have easily set down the S-7 in, I didn't. It didn't pass the smell test of a politically correct off airport landing, so I passed, giving myself a pat on the back for being such a responsible pilot.

That night, I stopped by a supermarket and just bought a bottle of the stuff, mission accomplished. Good for the owner of the brewery, I wish I could give him some business.

Closed now, the Lang Creek Brewery in Montana had a grass airstrip, and I did fly in there once.

jlacharite wrote:Before I start, let me say NO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES WERE CONSUMED PRIOR TO ANY FLYING!!!

Good on you for waiting until being airborne to start drinking! Discipline: it's what separates pilots from people who get where they're going on time and at reasonable cost.