04:00 PDT Goal is to recon McKenzie River Bridge (00S) today. Will be adding to this thread as the trip progresses:

VIDEO #1

The morning preflight 04:00PDT:



VIDEO #2

09:30 PDT Airport

Perfect day to fly up the base of the Cascade Mountains.







An exciting VIDEO is soon to follow (if I don’t screw up the editing)!

McKenzie is definitely a one of kind airstrip. It has several personalities depending on the weather and time of year etc..

Today was 100% perfect to fly there from the Coast. ...Please climb aboard and let’s ride...

Thanks for the videos, McKenzie Bridge is looking phenomenal.

Ha! We just mowed McKenzie Bridge on Tuesday. If I had known you planned a visit I would have trimmed up a bit around the helipad [emoji16].

Glad you enjoyed your visit - it is a special airfield. The RAF will continue working with ODA and USFS to improve the field and the facilities. Your support of our mission is always appreciated.

Have you made it out to USFS Rager?




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Windknot54 wrote:Ha! We just mowed McKenzie Bridge on Tuesday. If I had known you planned a visit I would have trimmed up a bit around the helipad [emoji16].

Glad you enjoyed your visit - it is a special airfield. The RAF will continue working with ODA and USFS to improve the field and the facilities. Your support of our mission is always appreciated.

Have you made it out to USFS Rager?

The helipad was very clean and I didn’t notice any roughness around the edges!!! Sorry I missed you folks!

The environment was pristine. The grass is very green and almost surreal. Very well kept airfield, thank you.

I’m not familiar with USFS Rager. Could you forward the location?

Thank you again for all the tireless effort and appreciation of this classic Oregon airfield.

Rager Landing Strip: 44.2231, -119.7622

I’m not familiar with USFS Rager. Could you forward the location?

Thank you again for all the tireless effort and appreciation of this classic Oregon airfield.

In collaboration with the USFS, the RAF recently completed a major bit of work at Rager. Volunteers cleared brush to restore the full 30 feet width by 2,800 feet length, repaired damage to the runway, installed a new windsock and picnic table, and built a fire ring.

Check out https://airfield.guide and search the Oregon tab. You may find some additional interesting destinations in the site

Thank you guys for the information...

Lots of information on airfield.guide ... Totally intuitive and intelligent format! Mahalo!!

I love the tabular format. Very thoughtful! Exactly what I was looking for.

Rager
Airfield Information:
(Date last surveyed: 4/21/2020)
Elevation: 4,189' (2 points)
Region: North Pacific
State: Oregon
Near: Paulina, OR
Comm: 122.9
Fuel: None
Lat/Long: 44.22304 / -119.76223
44° 13' 22.96" / -119° 45' 44.03"
Variation: 14E ()
Time Zone: UTC-7
(UTC-8 during standard time)
Time Now: 15:20 Z (08:20 PDT)
Contact:
Name: Paulina Ranger District Office
Address: 3160 NE 3rd St
Prineville, OR 97754
Phone:* 541-416-6449
* Preferred method of contact

Hello heli friends from Nehalem Bay! Nice to see a post from you! My friends you met at the coast camped with me at McKenzie on the night of May 23. Great weekend trip. Thank you to the RAF for mowing. The airfield looked great.

Hope to see you and your wife on another camp trip! Terri (TT)

TT wrote:Hello heli friends from Nehalem Bay! Nice to see a post from you! My friends you met at the coast camped with me at McKenzie on the night of May 23. Great weekend trip. Thank you to the RAF for mowing. The airfield looked great.

Hope to see you and your wife on another camp trip! Terri (TT)

Hi Terri!!

I’m very glad to read your post. I have been meaning to hopefully see all of you again out flying. Your knowledge of Oregon and the surrounding areas is very useful to an outsider like myself! Would love to fly to Reds or Minam!

NOTAM: 10-JUNE Nehalem Bay State opens.

Aloha,
Ted and for Mary Lou

Just landed for dinner at McKenzie last week...grass was high, but smooth ground!

Had dinner in town with live music....great strip!