I think it is from the prop wash. My buddies X-Air does the same thing.
For a light sport aircraft it is roomy, comfortable and has over 600 lbs of useful load. Not a speed demon but it gets off the ground quick and lands fairly slow. Gets me into some fairly remote places. And more importantly, gets me back out.
A 2000 hour tbo and I can do my own annuals. All in all a fair backcountry ride.
OH! And best of all! ...It's paid for!

More from the same day. Soon this canyon will be filled with rafters and kayakers during the spring run-off. Not the same feeling 500 feet up.

^^^^^^ That's some really cool stuff, man!! ^^^^^^

Just a landing.

Well, (yesterday) was a great day but I didn't fly too far...

Just taxied around for 50-60 miles, with the odd lil' flight thrown in.

Most flights were coming out'a a creek or somesuch...

Hell Yeah!!


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Took my 9 year old son out for a putt in the 170. Up to Petaluma and the 29er diner for breakfast , then a short hop over the hill to Sonoma County/Shellville. At Schellville my '54 170B is one of the younger airplanes. Second Saturdays are open hangar days. We saw Swifts, Fairchild 24s, a Jenny, a couple Bucher Jungmeisters, various rag and tube postwar planes, Stearmans, a Mustang, a P40, a couple Texans... Then it was back to Concord a different way with a 360 around the grandparents house and another around his school. Big Fun. His eyes were glued to the window looking at stuff the whole time.

c170pete wrote:Took my 9 year old son out for a putt in the 170. Up to Petaluma and the 29er diner for breakfast , then a short hop over the hill to Sonoma County/Shellville. At Schellville my '54 170B is one of the younger airplanes. Second Saturdays are open hangar days. We saw Swifts, Fairchild 24s, a Jenny, a couple Bucher Jungmeisters, various rag and tube postwar planes, Stearmans, a Mustang, a P40, a couple Texans... Then it was back to Concord a different way with a 360 around the grandparents house and another around his school. Big Fun. His eyes were glued to the window looking at stuff the whole time.

Hopefully it will stick. I started my son around that time but he never was jazzed in the least. He doesn't like motorcycles or sailboats either. Must have been the milkman.

EB

He really wants spaceships. Hopefully airplanes will do it for a while because spaceships are really out of my budget.

Had a West Coast Cessna 120/140 flyin at Harris Ranch in Coalinga, CA. About 35 people showed up, not all of them brought their 120/140's, some brought their nosedraggers instead I won the award for having the biggest tires, for which the prize was nothing Overall a nice day to fly, and a good lunch...should you happen by, I recommend the prime rib sandwich!

EB
Started my son flying with me even younger. Also on motorcycles and sailboats. He now doesn't do any of those, lives in Petaluma and does not even hang out at two niner diner and watch the BCP come in for breakfast! I still want a HIghlander.

Spent another nice Saturday morning playing golf at my favorite golf course. Beautiful day and I was the first one on the course.

svanarts wrote:Spent another nice Saturday morning playing golf at my favorite golf course. Beautiful day and I was the first one on the course.

I called not long ago and they said the strip was closed?

I wonder who you spoke to and how long ago that was? The owner is Jim Boone and he loves to see airplanes fly in. He's got an Aeronca Chief hanging up in his barn. Even if the clubhouse is locked you can still play golf. The key is under the mat if you need to get in and use the bathroom. Drop your money in the basket and grab a card and pencil and off you go. I think red airplanes are especially welcome.

I've been posting here about it and set up a facebook page to encourage "capable" pilots to fly in a play golf. He's having a hard time keeping afloat. Anything that gets more golfers in will help him out and keep this great little strip open.

I'll be going back next Saturday to play another round. Anyone else in?

svanarts wrote:I wonder who you spoke to and how long ago that was? The owner is Jim Boone and he loves to see airplanes fly in. He's got an Aeronca Chief hanging up in his barn. Even if the clubhouse is locked you can still play golf. The key is under the mat if you need to get in and use the bathroom. Drop your money in the basket and grab a card and pencil and off you go. I think red airplanes are especially welcome.

I've been posting here about it and set up a facebook page to encourage "capable" pilots to fly in a play golf. He's having a hard time keeping afloat. Anything that gets more golfers in will help him out and keep this great little strip open.

I'll be going back next Saturday to play another round. Anyone else in?

Is that a nine hole pitch and putt? That's my style. I can keep my score under a hunnert that way.

Nice Thursday, thought I would drop in on Tim over at Vaughn Ranch

Hard Pan just left of the middle of nowhere

Little hard pan

Complete with oil pump? No oil here

Can you still call it "ski flying" if you take off on the wheels, fly for 50 miles, land on pavement, fly back home and then land on the wheels again?? I'll be damned if I'm taking them off yet, we still have some big storms coming? I really get my moneys worth out of the wheel/ski concept this time of year!

I did get some aerial photos of a burned out grain mill (a future crane job) and saw 3 moose, 3 coyotes, and a dozen head of deer, plus a real close up look (almost too close) of several geese, eyeball to eyeball

Glidergeek wrote:Hard Pan just left of the middle of nowhere

Little hard pan

Complete with oil pump? No oil here

Russ, is that the "Spot" you were telling me about at lunch that day??

Looks like a really cool in the middle of nowhere spot to camp and star gaze at night.

Emory Bored wrote:

svanarts wrote:I wonder who you spoke to and how long ago that was? The owner is Jim Boone and he loves to see airplanes fly in. He's got an Aeronca Chief hanging up in his barn. Even if the clubhouse is locked you can still play golf. The key is under the mat if you need to get in and use the bathroom. Drop your money in the basket and grab a card and pencil and off you go. I think red airplanes are especially welcome.

I've been posting here about it and set up a facebook page to encourage "capable" pilots to fly in a play golf. He's having a hard time keeping afloat. Anything that gets more golfers in will help him out and keep this great little strip open.

I'll be going back next Saturday to play another round. Anyone else in?

Is that a nine hole pitch and putt? That's my style. I can keep my score under a hunnert that way.

Pretty much. The longest hole is about 186 yards if I remember right and the shortest hole is about 18 yards. I'm the world's worst golfer but I like to play the game anyway.