Interesting runway your RV has visited

[tommylewis]

Pacific City Oregon is interesting because the beach is close, just to the right of this picture and is always a nice place for a walk on the beach. North up the beach is a sand dune to climb with a great view. The last time we were flew in here was with two other RVs in Aug 2008. The Grateful Bread bakery in town has best blackberry cobbler around.

[turbo]

i flew into falwell years ago and was amazed at the pitch in the runway. its is a take off 10 land 28 only. taking off on 10 with the rv i was airborne before the drop off point. google shows a 40' difference in height from one end to the other. if anyone in the area has a pic send it to me and i will post it here.

[AlexPeterson]

Here is a picture of the airport I described earlier in this thread, where downwind and base are over clouds
(and the Pacific Ocean for that matter).
These clouds just sort of hang right where you see them, and
don't move. I had to trust the locals on this, and they were
right!

[JonJay]

Originally Posted by AlexPeterson

These clouds just sort of hang right where you see them, and
don't move. I had to trust the locals on this, and they were
right!

Must have been a summer day with heat in the valley. The clouds move just off the coast and hang there all day, then move back over land at night, next day, repeat.

Make sure you visit the Pellican Brewery and have lunch. You can also get their excellent bear in quart containers to go. Highly recommended.

[yooper]

Re: "Someone HAS to have a picture of their RV turning 1/4 mile file, gear down, hook down, "calling the ball" while in the groove to come over the fantail and catch the three wire?!?!?"

There are two mothballed carriers tied up just north of Newport, RI. I'm sure if the wind was right you could put an RV down on there without a tailhook . . .

You could probably take off fine, too, since the decks are wide open. The Navy security guys might have something to say about that, though . . .

TDT
RV-10 #40025 (no tailhook)

[yooper]

Pacific City, OR

In the words of Liz Lemon, "I want to go to there."

[AndyRV7]

Not sure if I qualify for the thread in this rented high-wing, but this is one of my favorite airports. Lakes on both ends. The runway is 1981'x50' I think, and has been unpainted for seemingly over a year. I was taking my tailwheel training here until the weather in the area just forced that onto a back burner.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8D2JmpLuFGE

[Jermechanic]

Before I started flying our RV6 I visited a couple great places in my Cessna 150. I haven't got a chance to take the RV in here yet. Here are a couple links to my You Tube Videos.

Landing Bamfield BC

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2sHET0N4vM

Landing Vargas Island

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quRwIT56zOc

[ajay]

Originally Posted by 10TJ

I am located at Aurora,OR, so if you are familiar you can figure what river it is. The black rubber stripes are water bars to prevent erosion. Cabin creek is 8% uphill and has washed out several times. Pretty hard to repair, no roads anywhere near, and no power equipment allowed in the wilderness.

The tires are 8:00 X 6 on the mains, and 7:00X6 on the nose. All three wheels are off a C-206 with the doublepuck brakes. The nose strut is reinforced.

Tim,

Looks like you went the extra mile. What if a builder only went with the c-206 main wheels and the double puck brakes? Would that give the 90% solution for these strips?

What about on a regular basis, i.e., would the wear and tear on the wings, gravel etc on the up chuck be a problem in the long run? Just curious if the 10 could be used for a serious bush plane?

ajay

[pierre smith]

FD 30 just west of Ft. Pierce, Fl. is only 14' wide by 2600' long. We went in there on Monday to deliver an AT 502 and I picked up my buddy, the pilot....the narrowest strip my -10 has been to. I couldn't avoid the grass side, turning around! Actually, it's a 100' wide grass strip with a 14' paved ribbon down the middle.

I'll see if I can find a picture...

Best,