Backcountry Pilot

by **Zzz** » Tue Sep 26, 2006 12:56 pm

lowflyin'G3 wrote:Flew two loads of rye seed out of Gooding this morning in the Thrush. Another super sweet day here. I may have to go Cubin' later.

What a life...

by **westernpilot** » Tue Sep 26, 2006 2:44 pm

Ok, I have a first....

I flew back from Las Vegas (VGT) to Columbia (O22) and had a tailwind of approx. 15 kts. If you'll recall last week, the flight down, I had up to a 40 kt tailwind. While at first, I thought what luck I've had lately, I'm now thinking, "when and where will I have to repay the tailwind gods?" Maybe this is repayment for all the headwind both ways flights I have had in the past?

Anyway, beautiful flight over Mammoth and Yosemite this am with little to no chop at 10:00 am local.

Mark

by **m7flyer** » Tue Sep 26, 2006 2:51 pm

Mark you should be waiting in fear!! I've done 200kt in the Maule and then done 78kt the next week It will come......

by **once&futr_alaskaflyer** » Tue Sep 26, 2006 2:52 pm

YELLOWMAULE wrote:Took off after lunch and went North to Talkeetna with the #1 kid. Stopped for a soda and hike left there and headed West to a little gravel strip in the foot hills of Denali. Had a Mooney (!) try to visit us through the windshield. He never saw us, never deviated. We took a neg. G dive to avoid. Wound up over the Kahilitna glacier and home along the Susitna River. Home at 6pm both of us with ear to ear grins.

What color was that Mooney?!!? I saw one flying like an idiot through Windy Pass Saturday morning!

by **westernpilot** » Tue Sep 26, 2006 3:38 pm

m7flyer wrote:Mark you should be waiting in fear!! I've done 200kt in the Maule and then done 78kt the next week It will come......

Dave,

That's what I'm thinking. Is there some kinda' voodoo thing I can do to keep the headwind gods from extracting their revenge???

BTW, How is the shoulder? All healed?

Mark

by **Strata Rocketeer** » Tue Sep 26, 2006 4:57 pm

N6EA wrote:... While at first, I thought what luck I've had lately, I'm now thinking, "when and where will I have to repay the tailwind gods?" Maybe this is repayment for all the headwind both ways flights I have had in the past?
Mark

I've flown back and forth to the CA central valley six of the last eight weekends and had a headwind both ways every time.

I need some payback. 'The wind always blows from the direction you're goin'.

by **lowflyin'G3** » Wed Sep 27, 2006 10:19 am

Just shuttled two guys over to Idaho Falls to pick up a truck in the 205. Flew back to GNG solo. Nice morning with a bit of smoke/haze. Smoooth over the desert.

by **m7flyer** » Wed Sep 27, 2006 10:40 am

Mark thanks for asking, the shoulder is pretty good. I am leaving in a few minutes up to Reno then on to Big creek tomorrow. (no Mt bike this time) Hope to get in some flying and hot spring soaking and a little fishing.

by **Savannah-Tom** » Wed Sep 27, 2006 11:28 am

Spent two days in the Alvord Desert and the Black Rock Desert. It was headwind coming from the Willamette Valley, but enjoyed the tail wind on the way home. Soaked in Double Hot in the Black Rock, camping on the playa below the spring. Air was crystal clear. What an improvement from a few weeks ago when the wild fires had it all smoked up.

by **Hottshot** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 2:11 pm

Well I buzzed around the Snake River this morning for a hour or two Doug Bar Lord Flat Mamaloose...

Nice!!

by **lowflyin'G3** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 6:38 am

Yesterday I went up to Graham and Pine in the 205. Kind of checked out one of the owners on those strips.
If anyone is coming that way check TFR's for the vicinity of Bumgartner/Pine. The FS had a prescribed burn going yesterday east of Pine that was getting real big.
I'll also be at Graham later today in the Super Cub and Graham, Weatherby, and Atlanta tomorrow in the S-Cub.

by **Wes** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 7:42 am

Just thought I would share some of the latest pics. http://good-times.webshots.com/slideshow?ID=554350809&key=AXsFjQ Has anybody here ever visited the Taylor Reservoir airstrip in these pictures (#27)? It looks nice, but quite high.

by **RanchAero** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 8:04 am

Wes, cool photos...thanks!

by **lowflyin'G3** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 7:31 pm

Super Cub - Graham, Weatherby, Pine, Fairfield.
206 with two guys fly fishing at Graham. Avid Flyer at Pine.
Same tomorrow with Warm Springs and Atlanta as well.
Kid today, wife tomorrw.
The presribed burn east of the reservoir is still going, no TFR though. An AStar and a Long Ranger working it on 122.9.

by **Strata Rocketeer** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 7:36 pm

Flew to Boise today. Could've made it all the way non-stop but had to bail into Jockpot to drain the bladder before it exploded. The tower cleared me to land from twelve miles. Nice trip.

by **lowflyin'G3** » Sun Oct 01, 2006 4:58 pm

Super Cub - Atlanta (with walk to town for a buger at the Beaver Lodge), Warm Springs, Fairfield (with a walk to the Wrangler for a coffee shake), and a beach landing across from a herd of 30 or so Elk to snap a piture or two on the way back to GNG.
It was getting a bit bumpy toward the end with the frontal passage and all.

by **Strata Rocketeer** » Sun Oct 01, 2006 7:24 pm

Hey G3, if you're striving to make us all jealous you're doin' an excellent job! :lol:

by **lowflyin'G3** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 5:03 am

Well Strata if I could get you stop by to play we could get jealous together! I mean you're flying right west of GNG on your way to BOI.
It's 5:58a.m. right now, the coffee is brewin' and I'm checking weather. Going to be business today. I've got nine loads of seed to put out in the Thrush this morning. I'll be on 22.8 if your going by.

by **Hottshot** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 7:56 am

Got another 4 hours of T-n-G's on Friday got to talk to Dave an Dee on sat when they came through Joseph.

by **Strata Rocketeer** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 8:09 am

lowflyin'G3 wrote:Well Strata if I could get you stop by to play we could get jealous together! I mean you're flying right west of GNG on your way to BOI.
It's 5:58a.m. right now, the coffee is brewin' and I'm checking weather. Going to be business today. I've got nine loads of seed to put out in the Thrush this morning. I'll be on 22.8 if your going by.

We'll be heading south tomorrow around 10:00am. If you're gonna be in the area I'll give you a shout.

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