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Old 06-12-2013, 04:21 PM
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I can only imagine how the creek would have felt if the engine quit.
Yeah, it might get a just a little upset at all the avgas and oil getting spilled into it from the wreckage.

In 8 more days, I'll get to experience for myself just how high the pattern really is. Watching these videos is now making my adrenaline pump as I imagine what it's going to be like landing my own plane there.
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Old 06-12-2013, 04:56 PM
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I can only imagine how the creek would have felt if the engine quit. Your pattern was way to low for me.
Probably cold and wet, luckily Johnson Creek has nice warm showers.
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Old 06-12-2013, 06:40 PM
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I can only imagine how the creek would have felt if the engine quit. Your pattern was way to low for me.
I flew into Johnson Creek and several other backcountry strips when my friend took the Mountain Flying course out of McCall. We were in a 182 with the wheel pants off. The video looked exactly how we were instructed to fly the pattern. The canyon is not wide enough to do it any other way. You hug the side of the canyon, make your turn and drop in.

Johnson Creek is one of the easier strips they take you to in the mountain flying school. There is one strip on the Snake River that is REAL scary. We skipped that one! Jason Elam was in the course and flew his beautiful Beaver into places I wouldn't take my ATV.

This is where we went to the flying school. http://www.mountaincanyonflying.com/

The owner - Lori is great and the ground school is as good as the flying
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Old 06-13-2013, 10:35 AM
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The most used approach into JC is to descend to pattern altitude-ish over the hamlet of Yellow Pine, approx 5 northwest. Then follow the canyon SE to a long final leg for a landing to the south.
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Steve, Check your PM's. Got some questions for you. Thanks
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