HQ US Army Pacific, then and now…

Pre WWI:


General Patton was stationed here:

Sisters and the surrounding desert is a paradise:

Not my LZ - I only land on water!

But thought the group would love this:
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/41687/this-remote-alaskan-lighthouses-wooden-helicopter-landing-pad-belongs-in-star-wars

nickelb wrote:Not my LZ - I only land on water!

But thought the group would love this:
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/41687/this-remote-alaskan-lighthouses-wooden-helicopter-landing-pad-belongs-in-star-wars

That's an interesting article and photos. The coast guard helicopter sitting on the platform looks kind of sketchy. I looked up Cape Decision Lighthouse heliport (CDE) https://www.airnav.com/airport/CDE It says "Weight bearing capacity: Single wheel: 8.0". I think that means 8,000 pounds. Am I correct?

My first solo flight actually seeing snow after my PPL check ride in Hawaii. I almost landed but, didn’t have the complete confidence in my ability. Only had about 100 hours TT.

I call this video “Finding a Backroad & The Dirty Secret”:

Good morning “Oahu!” In a few months Mary will have served 40 years (continuous) at DOD. A view from her office this morning. The plaque on the foreground of the parade field (second palm tree from the left) is to honor her Colonel who died at the G1 Pentagon Office on 11-SEP.

Catalina Island is not totally helicopter friendly. However, a few of the Conservative lessees and land owners allow private choppers. Call first to get an invitation!

“Airport in the Sky” (AVX) has a $25 landing fee and open to the public.

Photographs APRIL-2021 (EK):

Powers, Oregon is super friendly and plenty of ramp space. No shade, make sure to bring portable shade and fresh water. Temperature consistently over 100F in summer.

Will add some from this wild fire season later.

Ardebt, the log crib LZ is interesting. I have come back to look at it several times.

I nominate the above photograph for “Backcountry Photo of the Year Award”. Totally legitimate rockstar LZ. No kooks(1)* up there for sure only the real deal.

(1)* def: Kook: eccentric, one whose ideas or actions are eccentric, fantastic, insane, unskilled, no knowledge or awareness. Mostly used to describe a dumb ass surfer.
“That kook ran over me trying to showoff to his girl friends”

The log pads are pretty common here in BC as we have so few level surfaces. BC’s half again bigger than Texas and 75% covered with mountains.

The toughest of the log pads are on the coast, where 250’ trees can make for some surreal verticalling in and out of holes to pads you can’t see, as they’re straight below you. Pick a 3 and 9 o’clock reference tree before you lose sight of the pad, and drop in slowly.

Toughest part to learn is positioning the heels of the skids on the logs correctly, it quickly becomes routine.

Taken from a fuelling bowser site, while fuelling up to to go back on the fire this summer.

07:00 PST today, from Hawaii, Aloha! Photo courtesy: MLA USARPAC G1

Naches Ranger District helitack crew, Hughes 500 approach to landing. Skyline logging operation, North Bend Ranger District, Snoqualmie National Forest, 1973.


Log Crib the loggers built for a Hughes 300.

On a stop between cycles on the fires in BC this summer.

Ardent, those are great shots! I keep coming back to look at that top photo.

On the approach to landing in the horse pasture/heliport at the old Naches Ranger Station...now called the Chinook Pass Work Center...on Chinook Pass west of Yakima WA, August 1973.