Another question, Rob, from a vfr guy: In an uncontrolled airstrip, with no localizer, like Pacific City, I'm guessing that you could not land through a cloud layer unless it was reported to be pretty high?

tom

ps. I flew over Nehelem Saturday morning and saw all you hosers parked all along the runway. I had a pax that needed to get home, or I would have dropped in for some abuse. Looked like an excellent turnout. What % was PCP folks versus others?

Rob, I see your airplane is here in Hood River, call me 541-490-3580 if you want to get together while your here! I have today and tomorrow off!

Savannah-Tom wrote:What % was PCP folks versus others?

From what I hear, 50% was PCP, 20% LSD, and 30% Meth.

Tadpole wrote:

Savannah-Tom wrote:What % was PCP folks versus others?

From what I hear, 50% was PCP, 20% LSD, and 30% Meth.

Hah Hah, guess you know my state of mind.

tom

scottnt wrote:Hey Rob, what kind of IFR clearance did you request to get out of there? An IFR to VFR on top, or a full blown IFR route clearance, and if so, what was your clearance to, i.e. what initial fixes did you use? I'm curious because the thought has crossed my mind on the coast many time, but I've never actually had to do it. Cheers!

AOPA Safety Advisor

Many pilots do not know that IFR flight without a
clearance is permitted in uncontrolled airspace,
provided that the pilot is instrument-rated and the
aircraft is equipped for instrument flight.

I was in Class G airspace.

scottnt wrote:Rob, I see your airplane is here in Hood River, call me 541 if you want to get together while your here! I have today and tomorrow off!

I agreed to take my daughter and her boy friend to lunch at Full Sail Brewing. Had to get them home for work. The wind was a blowing pretty darn hard, makes for a good challenge. You got any thoughts for tomorrow? I'm suppose to work because we are doing the Madras airshow later this week. But if your idea is just to good to resist, ya never know I might blow work off.

Savannah-Tom wrote: What % was PCP folks versus others?

BCP turn out was a effing joke! Very disappointed, since this has been on the schedule for months. I understand we can't all make all the NW Get togethers but 4 planes from BCP, come on we can do better than that. Even the good ol boy who set this up was a no show. I can come up with excuses with the best of you. But I would rather fly, camp, eat out, have an adult beverage, sit by the camp fire than some other stuff that can wait till the short NW summer is over.
The folks who did show up are some of the best to camp and laugh with I will say that much. We had a fantastic time!!!

I do understand a lot of people just don't like the group stuff. I get it. We had a nice size group. We all fit around the fire and it had a real down home, family feel. Not the JC circus/county fair/rock concert feel. We could have had 5 more planes and kept the down home feel. I know those of us who made it won't soon forget Saturday because it was a 5 star/A++ day.

Cheers...Rob

Mine are pretty simple excuses...my wife is 2 weeks short of the due date and she said no overnighters away...and I don't have a plane to count on. The rental is grounded, probably for awhile.

I hope everyone finally got out of Nehalem Bay by now. I was flying commercial this morning to a business appt. ,looked out the window about 10:30AM towards the coast where Nehalem should be and it was a blanket of fog several miles inland.

TD

I think we had five planes from BCP which included two Maules and three Cessna's but great wx equally good food and great campfires.

Awesome time!
A few of us even got to spend an extra day and delivered pizza!
Weaved our way into the coast range around fog and Mountian tops, wife says it was the prettiest flight she has ever been on. She might just take to this flying stuff yet.

Just got this from M5guy. His neighbor got this shot of elk on the runway at Nehalem Bay.



Good day

Hmmm, maybe I saw Elk at Rimrock and not horses...

Tadpole wrote:Hmmm, maybe I saw Elk at Rimrock and not horses...

Dis any of your horses have horns?

OregonMaule wrote:

Tadpole wrote:Hmmm, maybe I saw Elk at Rimrock and not horses...

Dis any of your horses have horns?

Not that I saw, which is why I said horses to begin with.

Tadpole wrote:Hmmm, maybe I saw Elk at Rimrock and not horses...

You lived in Colorado & never seen elk? Surprising....
Elk are easy to tell from cows & horses-- just look for the light-colored rump. Plus they're all the same color.
If you wanna see a bunch from the ground, head up to the Oak Creek wildlife area east of Rimrock Lake-- they feed them there in the wntertime but I think they stay in the area all year around. Lots of deer also.

hotrod150 wrote:

Tadpole wrote:Hmmm, maybe I saw Elk at Rimrock and not horses...

You lived in Colorado & never seen elk? Surprising....

I never said that. I still say I saw horses but got the impression that folks thought I was wrong. That's why I said maybe they were elk. I was pretty high up, so maybe I'm wrong and they weren't horses.

OregonMaule wrote:Live


We had a great time!!!

Here is the short video. Better one later.
Cheers...Rob

Here is the better one I promised.




Cheers...Rob

.... but 4 planes from BCP, come on we can do better than that.....

I suppose rolling up in my Honda 'Pilot' and sayin' "Howdy"-and leaving-didn't count towards the final tally......

Best I could do, sorry......
lc

Littlecub wrote:

.... but 4 planes from BCP, come on we can do better than that.....

I suppose rolling up in my Honda 'Pilot' and sayin' "Howdy"-and leaving-didn't count towards the final tally......

Best I could do, sorry......
lc

Cliff,
The pastries you brought with you from Garabaldi were the bomb!
Now that I think about it you must have drove South to get the goodies and then North all the way to Manzanita.
Thanks again!!!

Your welcome.
Just showin' a little comradery......
...and feeling bad about not being there...
Glad the pastries hit the spot.

lc

PS Just couldn't bring myself to use the 'preferred' spelling......camaraderie (F)......

So who all is going to Mckenzie bridge?! Will you all be there Saturday night or just Friday night!?