RobBurson wrote:
PFC pacific City is one of my faviort stops. 30X1800, get off the pavement and things will get interesting real fast.
PFC Cam. http://www.innatcapekiwanda.com/pages/live-cam.html

30X1800? Always looks like 12X1800 to me.



Interesting to read the news paper clippings at Fat Freddy's on how 1800' isn't always enough.

Lets see, should I take Friday May 1 off work?... Its forcast to be CVU here in Puget Sound, make a nice 3 day weekend, and to top it off its my birthday . So whats a guy to do. Anyway, myself and an old friend found ourselves climbing into a crystal clear glassy morning out of Harvey Field following the Cascade foothills up north to the Skagit Valley with a turn westward to tour around the Skagit valley tulip fields about 500ft, and then a short flight into the heart of the San Juan islands with a stop at Orcas Island to walk into town for a nice breakfast in the town of Eastsound. Hey, somebody has to do this stuff . Great day....

Sprayed mud on the struts and wing roots today- wheel season is here
-DP

Flew down to Wasilla from Fairbanks last weekend, where I hooked up with a buddy there and we drove into the Aviation Trade Show in Anchorage. Severe clear both ways, and just a few bumps coming through windy pass. But I've definitly added new seat foam to my list of upgrades this year. after about 2-1/2 hours in the saddle my backside was burning.

I'll try and post a couple pictrures later tonight.

Phil

Took advantage of the amazing weather to burn some 100LL.

Went over to Centennial (KAPA) and practiced some T/G's and then stopped by Everett (http://www.rockymountainairpark.com) to say hi to a friend. I could have played all day but I had to be back for dinner plans.

Pictures:











And I got a kick out of this! It was in a old 108-2 at Everett.



Cheers

Hit the big 1000 replies. Mile stone.

Matt, by chance did you go into the main hangar? Heck, the floor was probably still wet from me drooling all over the place. There is some extreemly nice planes in there.

bmurrish wrote:Matt, by chance did you go into the main hangar? Heck, the floor was probably still wet from me drooling all over the place. There is some extreemly nice planes in there.

I didn't. Pete was a little busy mowing on the tractor so we chatted a bit and I looked around. Something to look forward to next time!I'm going to try to make the fly-in depending on the date.

I haven't had time to post until now, but a few weeks ago my dad and I flew down from Spanish Fork (u77) to Monument Valley and stayed the night at Gouldings Lodge. On our way down, we crossed over Capitol Reef National Monument and then down to Escalante Canyon, which we followed until it empties into the main channel of lake Powell. We followed the lake upstream until Halls Crossing and fueled up at Cal Black Memorial. Then on to Monument Valley. We landed at Gouldings (really nice now that Red Bull paved it for the air races a few years ago).





In the morning we flew around Monument Valley for a while, then back up to Lake Powell and followed it all the way to Glenn Canyon Dam. We then went north up to Bryce Canyon, shot some pictures, got some really expensive fuel (they have to pay for that FBO somehow!) then onto Wayne Wonderland (Wayne county airport) then back home. Great trip!

DROOOOL. DROOOOOL, DROOOOOOL! Got to fly over some of that country in Oct of 2002. Just haven't been able to get back. Love those monuments in the early morning with the long shadows.
HC

Flew around the Willamette Valley this morning. Nothing special, but FYI, gas at Lebanon is $3.28 for 100LL and $2.48 for 91 Mogas.

tom

Had kind of a funny flight today. The plan was for my daughter and I to pack our bikes in the back of the plane and fly to McKenzie Bridge and do some mountain biking on the nice trails there.

Well, by the time bikes got pumped, everyone had their snacks, etc. it started getting later than I'd planned. By the time we got to McKenzie Bridge, which is about a 1 hour flight, the wind out of the west had picked up quite a bit, and the sock was pretty stiff with a direct tailwind for landing.

I'm a pretty cautious guy, especially when I have my kids with me, so I pretty quickly decided it wasn't worth it. To make it up to my daughter I decided to fly over to Toketee state instead. I figured we could still ride our bikes around there.

I've been into Toketee a few times, and I'm well aware of the herd of Elk that hang around there, but I guess I've always been lucky in the past. I circled a few times, and didn't see any elk. Rolling out on final, still no elk. When I was about 50 feet above the ground, here they come. About 20 big guys sauntered out onto the strip at once. They didn't seem a bit deterred by our presence. In fact, they looked like they were protecting their territory.

We went around, and circled a few more times, but they weren't budging. I just had to laugh. By now, my daughter was starting to feel air sick. We headed back home, and she rode her bike around the airport while I got the plane put away in the hangar. Not too bad, after all.

BTW, I was sad to see that they've done quite a bit of logging around the McKenzie Bridge strip. I don't know if it was to widen the space for the fire choppers or what, but it looks pretty ugly compared to last year.

Savannah-Tom wrote:Flew around the Willamette Valley this morning. Nothing special, but FYI, gas at Lebanon is $3.28 for 100LL and $2.48 for 91 Mogas.

Pretty darn good prices. 100LL at my airport (Jefferson County/Port Townsend) is $4.20, and I just filled up my gas cans with 87 at $2.44. Cheapest 100LL around here that I've heard of is $3.60 (Oak Harbor), next is $3.80 (Skagit).

Eric

Flew SNY to 18V (Platte Valley) where gas was $2.80, then on to GXY for breakfast, then back to SNY.

One of those days, sun, sun, and more sun. Fun too.

Real good 3pt landing at Pacific City in 18 kt wind from 20 degrees left then 20 degrees right. 4 people in the M7

Back at Troutdale stopped in in 400 feet. Had 1 bounce or it would have been shorter.

I did some more time building today working on my Commercial ticket. Flew from Chandler CHD to Sells E78. It was a nice little strip in the middle of really nowhere. The strip is cracked pavement lined with trees and bushes. This is first strip I landed at where the tree where so close to the strip. and consequently I landed hard thinking ground was a littler closer. but I had a blast I love flying to new places.

this is looking down the 4 side


and this is the 22 end

Well, I didn't fly this today but last summer I took my friend up to Boeing Field to pick up his DA40 from annual and on the way back he took a picture of the former MAF 206 (Now leased to Servant Wings based in Vancouver, WA) while I flew it. It just this month showed up on the cover of Cessna Pilots Association Magazine! The flight started from BFI and ended at VUO (oldest operational airfield in the US If I could figure out how to post it up I would.

Oregon180 wrote:BTW, I was sad to see that they've done quite a bit of logging around the McKenzie Bridge strip. I don't know if it was to widen the space for the fire choppers or what, but it looks pretty ugly compared to last year.

I'm saddened to hear that. Did they just clear around the helipad? Or the entire runway? Maybe they heard we were coming again this year and figured we need extra parking.

1SeventyZ wrote: I'm saddened to hear that. Did they just clear around the helipad? Or the entire runway?

Hey buddy, it was mainly the area to the west of the helipad on the north side of the strip. There used to be some tall trees along the runway there. The camping/tie down area is still the same, but the strip looks different and a lot more open from the air. Still a nice spot though. When are we going?

Passed my ASEL private pilot checkride on Friday!!!!! Afew years too late but I got it done. Went and celebrated with my cute redhead passenger over Mat-Su valley afterwards. Feels good to officially join the ranks after spending so many years involved in everything else aviation.