We've heard from many folks about neat places to go and beautify flying days. How about some of the toughest? I'd like to hear about some of the places you've landed that made you wonder if you would get back out. Places that are unforgiving even the slightest mistake on approach. In short, what are the nastiest strips you've been to?
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Nasty Airstrips?
Sun Feb 18, 2007 6:58 pm
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Probably not what you meant but I would say this is one of the nastiest. 
This was today (02-18-07) from the Coliseum Transition in the middle of LAX class bravo airspace.
This was today (02-18-07) from the Coliseum Transition in the middle of LAX class bravo airspace.
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Sun Feb 18, 2007 7:53 pm
You are right that I wasn't thinking about that, but it would definitely be one of the bad ones for me. I don't even have a transponder.
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Thats my old 65hp BC12D in the parked on the side and a friends Cub on rollout. BIG drop off at each end of this maybe 300' strip. Don't screw up or its a long walk back to town. When flying out of strips like this its wise to fly in pairs just incase one plane has a problem.
jason
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Sun Feb 18, 2007 8:22 pm
jmtgt wrote:Mark,
What the heck were you doing down there?
Relatives in San Diego. Flew down to MYF (Montgomery Field) on Friday PM and back this AM. Tailwind both ways thanks to our little low pressure area sneaking onshore.
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jgerard wrote:Thats my old 65hp BC12D in the parked on the side and a friends Cub on rollout. BIG drop off at each end of this maybe 300' strip. Don't screw up or its a long walk back to town. When flying out of strips like this its wise to fly in pairs just incase one plane has a problem.
jason
Jason,
That does look nasty in more ways than one.
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Wed Feb 21, 2007 7:48 pm
Nasty airstrips
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTW8ginlrh0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4idAwr1B0eQ
I wanted to share these video clips I shot with you all - see links above. The first is landing at my home in Maine - (now 54ME). Not such a big deal now that I've done it 100 times - but for some who have looked at it - they put it in the "nasty strip" category. The second one was up in northern maine on a logging road - some friends were hunting and I wanted to go - but did not want to drive 4 hours - so I flew up instead - one and a half hours. It was definately a neat way to show up at hunting camp!! I posted this link on youtube and within a month - over 5,600 people had viewed it. It looks worse on video than it really was - there was plenty of clearance between the trees and my wing tips.
also note the caption above the second video - DOWS.COM - I got some pretty good advertising out of it - and it was free!
If you are in Maine - please ring me up and stop in for a visit.
Cliff Dow, Jr.
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54ME
DOWS.COM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4idAwr1B0eQ
I wanted to share these video clips I shot with you all - see links above. The first is landing at my home in Maine - (now 54ME). Not such a big deal now that I've done it 100 times - but for some who have looked at it - they put it in the "nasty strip" category. The second one was up in northern maine on a logging road - some friends were hunting and I wanted to go - but did not want to drive 4 hours - so I flew up instead - one and a half hours. It was definately a neat way to show up at hunting camp!! I posted this link on youtube and within a month - over 5,600 people had viewed it. It looks worse on video than it really was - there was plenty of clearance between the trees and my wing tips.
also note the caption above the second video - DOWS.COM - I got some pretty good advertising out of it - and it was free!
If you are in Maine - please ring me up and stop in for a visit.
Cliff Dow, Jr.
N82225
PA-18,
54ME
DOWS.COM
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Re: Nasty airstrips
That was you?!? LOL, I saw that a couple months ago, thinking what the hell? I guess the video makes it out to be worse than it is.overeasyguy wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTW8ginlrh0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4idAwr1B0eQ
I wanted to share these video clips I shot with you all - see links above. The first is landing at my home in Maine - (now 54ME). Not such a big deal now that I've done it 100 times - but for some who have looked at it - they put it in the "nasty strip" category. The second one was up in northern maine on a logging road - some friends were hunting and I wanted to go - but did not want to drive 4 hours - so I flew up instead - one and a half hours. It was definately a neat way to show up at hunting camp!! I posted this link on youtube and within a month - over 5,600 people had viewed it. It looks worse on video than it really was - there was plenty of clearance between the trees and my wing tips.
also note the caption above the second video - DOWS.COM - I got some pretty good advertising out of it - and it was free!
If you are in Maine - please ring me up and stop in for a visit.
Cliff Dow, Jr.
N82225
PA-18,
54ME
DOWS.COM
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jgerard wrote:Thats my old 65hp BC12D in the parked on the side and a friends Cub on rollout. BIG drop off at each end of this maybe 300' strip. Don't screw up or its a long walk back to town. When flying out of strips like this its wise to fly in pairs just incase one plane has a problem.
jason
Oh to have a plane with that kind of performance. I'll just keep dreaming. Where was this??
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