Wasting time on Google Earth and I found "Kinzue General Aviation Recreational Airport" 8 miles east of Fossil Oregon at 45 deg north, 120 deg 3 min. west. Appears to be about 4000 foot long and abandoned....
Anyone flying into Caldwell Idaho, EUL, in the near future, the FAA changed the unicom freq. today to 123.0. Effective immediately instead of waiting for the normal 28 day cycle. Expect some confusion and watch for traffic that is still using the old freq.
The news story says a plane hit a kayak on takeoff from a gravel bar, but is very short on real details, anyone know the rest of the story?
https://www.yahoo.com/news/small-plane-smacks-kayaker-loses-195030161.html
Idaho aeronautics is asking for comments about reopening Hoodoo Meadows Airstrip.
https://itd.idaho.gov/aero/?target=hoodoo-meadows-airstrip
Because most people here can't think of any airport they...
I'm sure everyone knows by now that a 30 mile stretch of California hiway 1 is closed thru Big Sur by a washed out bridge and a mudslide. Is there any legal landing area along this stretch (private strip,...
I was working on my plane this evening and heard an ELT on the radio, very strong signal, I could hear it in the backgound on my radio from 121.0-122.0. I didn't have any phone numbers with me so I called...
I was cleaning the garage and found 2 5 gallon cans, 1 each of non tautening butyrate and butyrate reducer. They appear to be still sealed full cans, and are probably from either 1994 or 1996. Does anyone...
Looking at an online map and I found a reference to "Albion Municipal Airport" 1/2 mile south-east of Albion Idaho. I can't find anything on it in the FAA database, on Google earth I can see a 5000 ft....
Must be a slow news day, this made the morning news in Boise. A Cherokee ran out of gas and landed on US 20, 10 miles east of Bend OR, refueled and left 3 hours later. Interesting point is it was Initially...
not much real news, other than it came down in pieces with 1 fatality and 1 serious injury
http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/oct/31/spaceshiptwo-richard-branson-virgin-crash-mojave?cmp=fb_gu
expect...
I have no idea why or for how long, but FIFI is curently parked on the ramp at Gowen field near the state aeronautics office and firehawk helicopters. Anyone local who has never seen her can at least get...
Google found 3 references to Buffario propellers, none of them exactly match yours but they were all used on Curtis airplanes before 1920 .0ne of them had holes to match an OX-5 engine, and another one...
The truck is currently 2 miles west of marsing at the juntion of US 95 and ID 55, it will stay there untill 8:00 thursday evening. Today it was quiet, yesterday was a circus as protestors tried to handcuff...
I talked to one of the state cops about this yesterday because i wanted some photos myself. He recomended following the group "wild idaho rising tide", either on facebook or thier own website. They are...
According to Cessna's weight and balance paperwork for my 56 C172, the "overall paint scheme" adds 28 pounds over the standard paint scheme. Visibility in the air is great for a pollished plane, but...
I don't know how many scuba divers are are on this forum , but my dive insurance from DAN covers medical flights for any "non work related" injury more than 50 miles from home.
I hope no one minds if I drag this back to the original subject, the weather is much brtter today, a search headquarters has been established at Johnson Creek and an ELT has been traced to 1 mile south...