fern_hopper wrote:Looks like fun Rob (or Oregon Maule..) Woulda loved to join you but the damn 'W" word....

Is Bernies strip the "Port Elsner" on the sectional? That White Salmon area is pretty country.

Yes it is. You had better get it right or your going to bend something.

Cheers

Had a blast with Rob and his buddy yesterday.
Bernie's strip is awesome, some good pre-Idaho practice.

Quite possibly two of the best bush planes ever built..........in this order


Looks like the little brother to my plane

Terry wrote:Had a blast with Rob and his buddy yesterday.
Bernie's strip is awesome, some good pre-Idaho practice.

Head out there again friday morning early?

I'm out, tired of hand propping. Sky-Tec lightweight starter inbound UPS on Friday.

Ed & I delivered a Citabria to it's owner at Holyoke CO today. Nice day to fly.

Did 10 or trips around the GFK pattern. Only 8 landing though I had a couple of go arounds...

Just bounced around on a neighbors pasture for a bit (had to take a break from fixing fence). Had a little wind and a little rain, but not enough to spoil the party.





Then went over to Kelly airpark and flew a little with Nate.

Matt, thats a cool pic of your Stinson by the abandoned house with the sinister looking clouds.

Matt, that picture is beyond cool... I don't know what resolution it is in but if its high enough you totally should get that framed.

What kind of camera did you use?

I agree, it's a nice picture. Not sure if I can blow it up though. Taken with my 5 year old Canon A570 @ 5MP.

Great pics Matt, looks like you are enjoying the new bushwheels.

Went to Braeburn for a cinnamon bun then flew back via Lake Labarge ...ground effect at 2' off the deck gave me a good 10mph extra.. so around 150mph..nice!

I flew around Logan Utah in my friends 180hp Cherokee 140 to check out all of the flooding. I wish I had a better camera with me.

Here's a shot of the Cinnamon Bun Strip at Braeburn north of WHitehorse...nice gravel strip but left a nice track of mud under the wings....cant keep that new paint job new forever I reckon!



Inspection holes on a turbo otter are fantastic... Black sheep's machine at Watson Lake



Buddy Bob posing by the strip



And here's why its called the Cinnamon Bun Strip... walk across the higway to the lodge and you'll find these...made strictly out of butter, sugar and lotsa love!

Now thems buns!
Recalculate weight and balance after breakfast?

PS. In the first shot of you in front of your plane at the Cinnamon Strip you are parked with the stick back and elevator up. Are you tying the stick back with the seat belt ?

Did that Ottoer spend some time up here in AK?? It looks very familiar! I think it may have been the one that Mavrik Aire was flying for a few years before he went off the deep end.. If so, I have spend some time in that bird.

dirtstrip wrote:PS. In the first shot of you in front of your plane at the Cinnamon Strip you are parked with the stick back and elevator up. Are you tying the stick back with the seat belt ?

Dirtstrip...Yes, I did tie the elevators with the seatbelt as it is the only way I have right now, no control locks...now that subject would be a good tread as I'm curious and suspicious that it is not the best method... so if anyone reads this, I'd like to hear what you guys do to lock your controls. Having the elevators up facing wind is good I suspect but bad when it snows or rains... Lets hear it.

As for the Otter, I dont know but I'll ask Cam or Derick, the owners and will get back to you.

Cheers, BCT

Flew to Chadron Nebraska for breakfast..only myself and one other plane flew in. Not surprized as we have been having some nasty winds here abouts.
HC

Took off at 8:30pm with two buddies, beautiful sun, tried to make it to the Alaska Border near Skagway, AK but it was totally sucked in about 15 miles before border..so played in the mountains, returned to Carcross, Yukon for landing and chatt up with a "good" friend and stumbled onto one of the first ever built C-172...serial #20 ! Flew back to Whitehorse in a firy northern sky... 1.5 air time.

Annie Lake Road Valley...saw some nice sheep


Buzzing nice peaks


Bennet lake...at the end of this lake is Lindeman city where 1898 gold rush stampeders built their boat to join the journey onto the Yukon river bound to Dawson City...many would perish


C-172 serial #20 parked at Carcross, Yukon. Owned by a lad in Tagish, YT



Busted by the Mounties


Firy sky on Landing in Whitehorse

I've been using a bungee cord hooked to the rudder pedals and around the stick. I too am searching for alternative--I was warned not to use the type of rudder restraint that encircles the rudder, as it will eventually dent the rudder, even if padded. I did buy some batten material which I planned to cover with something soft and make one, but decided against it, after said advice.