bushwagon wrote:We ended up having an impromtu fly-in at Bijou Bottom this morning. Had 6 planes fly in and another 2 based there. A guy named "Moose" brought his open cockpit ultra-light there. The guy was bundled up head to toe. Had to be since it was below freezing. Anyhow doughnuts, hot coffee, and some hangar flying had by all. Life is good!

Sorry I couldn't make it..looks like it was a nice day.
HC

Nice to see guys out flying! More pics please!!!

Awesome!

No pics but took my dad up for 1.2 of winter flying around the patch. Beautiful alpenglow in a soft lit winter afternoon in Broad Pass. Only 10F, heat wave!

My wife and I flew out to Steamboat Springs for lunch yesterday. It was a nice day for flying besides the winds, it was painfully slow flying out there but we made it back in record time.... had a ground speed of 180mph at one point!



We stopped in Walden for fuel


Decending into Steamboat Springs


On crosswind for 32 at SBS


Stacey and I on the ramp at SBS




The town of Steamboat Springs with Steamboat ski resort in the background (I've had some good powder days there)


Cool looking rocks near Rabbit Ears Pass


Southern half of the Medicine Bow Mountains

Thanks for sharing!

robw56 wrote:My wife and I flew out to Steamboat Springs for lunch yesterday. It was a nice day for flying besides the winds, it was painfully slow flying out there but we made it back in record time.... had a ground speed of 180mph at one point!

Mountain flying 2-up in the C170 = SWEET! Great pics Rob!

After changing oil and checking for leaks. No sense in putting it back in the hanger. I could not get the hanger doors open for the last week. A shovel and elbow grease made the doors move. Used 29 at PDT after the plow was through. No wind and clouds at 200ft agl, 2000ft agl and up high. -2c, and no wind. Fog in west but could see Mt Hood, Mt Adams and Mt Rainier over the low clouds. My C 120 used carb heat for most of the 90 minute flight. Still ice on the runway when I got back. Berms on the taxi ways and snow on the ramp. What a nice day. Snow for the next 5 days.

meachamlake wrote:After changing oil and checking for leaks. No sense in putting it back in the hanger. I could not get the hanger doors open for the last week. A shovel and elbow grease made the doors move. Used 29 at PDT after the plow was through. No wind and clouds at 200ft agl, 2000ft agl and up high. -2c, and no wind. Fog in west but could see Mt Hood, Mt Adams and Mt Rainier over the low clouds. My C 120 used carb heat for most of the 90 minute flight. Still ice on the runway when I got back. Berms on the taxi ways and snow on the ramp. What a nice day. Snow for the next 5 days.

I wanted to get to La Grande today in the worst way, from what I could tell from here it didn't look good over the pass at Meacham?

Sky Harbor was nice enough to let me change my oil in their hangar earlier tonight. After that I went and beat up the pattern for about a half an hour. It was a good night!

robw56 wrote:Sky Harbor was nice enough to let me change my oil in their hangar earlier tonight. After that I went and beat up the pattern for about a half an hour. It was a good night!

Good to see you got to do that in out of the wx.
HC

We finally got a sunny day. I took the M7 out for an engine/oil exercise. It has been a week since I flew and that is way to long. Practiced some quartering tail wind landings. Worked out pretty good.

Finally got up this evening..did a little flying with a friend in his Super Cat..after sundown light is not so good...very good flying though!

KTTD 052253Z 09021G31KT 10SM CLR 05/M01
I think the wind blew the clouds away.

WOW the weather guessers were wrong. Sun instead of clouds. Good deal. My boy and I went out for an hour. Wish I was a CFI so I could teach him to fly. Is it illegal to teach or let someone who is not a pilot fly your plane?

Good day

RobBurson wrote:KTTD 052253Z 09021G31KT 10SM CLR 05/M01
I think the wind blew the clouds away.

WOW the weather guessers were wrong. Sun instead of clouds. Good deal. My boy and I went out for an hour. Wish I was a CFI so I could teach him to fly. Is it illegal to teach or let someone who is not a pilot fly your plane?

Good day

...only if you get caught. Remember they're out there watching!

Finished up my annual this afternoon so I just had to give it a test flight. Went to Lebanon for gas. Mogas is $3.55. I told Petenpol69 and bertberry1 that I'd get some info on the Aerocommander parked there, but I was enjoying the day so much I forgot that part. I guess it wasn't on the checklist. Next time guys.

tom

Rob,
No, it's not illegal to let someone who's not a pilot fly your plane. What they can't do is log the time as either dual or PIC. The only time your passengers cant touch the controls is if you are a commercial operator on a flight for hire.

I got out today just to go get petrol at SPB, $3.90/gallon for 100LL. Too bad I didn't hear you out and about, I needed some place to go. Very rough close to the hills today but smooth and calm winds at SPB. A zillion guys beating up the pattern there today. Headed to ZSPD tomorrow, back on the 9th.

Mr. Ed

Wow, what an awesome weekend of flying for me. My wife had the weekend off so we took full advantage and did a bunch of flying. We did a skywagon formation flight down to Pueblo for lunch with a friend yesterday. They had a great time making fun of me for wanting a super cub. Hahahaha, little did my wife know. After we got back to Meadowlake I drug the Clipped Wing Cub out and took her for he first cub ride. I put her in the front seat and let her fly it. We found the elk herd and circled them a few times. She is now hooked and is in full agreement that we need a Super Cub. Needless to say, she wanted to go fly the cub again today. Who am I to argue so we took it up to Kelly Airpark. She flew it the entire time again with the exception of take-offs and landings. She logged about 1.5 hours of dual in it this weekend. I need to get her a log book since it's a LSA and I'm a CFI. Here are some pics.


I'm along for the ride




I'm enjoying the sites while my wife takes us to Kelly AP




Falcon, CO at sunset.

The Pacific




Powers


The next generation

Highroad, those wingtips are quite nice looking.

Zane wrote:Highroad, those wingtips are quite nice looking.

Thanks Zane. Gives the airplane a different look for sure.