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09-19-2009, 07:21 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Hicks Airfield, Fort Worth,Texas
Posts: 1,727
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Johnson Creek
Johnson Creek and Cavanaugh Bay are two of the best fly in camping places, with showers, bunk houses, and vans /cars.
That said, I am looking for a place closer to Fort Worth. I know of 2 state parks in Texas with airports. Neither are very good fly in camp places.
Is there any in New Mexico? Colorado? I have never herd of one that has showers. Colorado has Marble, but no services, and not really RV friendly.
Oklahoma has some state parks with airports but I haven't wanted to camp there.
Arkansas has Pitie Jean,, nice camp on the airport, but you are stuck no transport.
Are there any private airstrips / resorts with camping in my area? TX NM, OK,CO, Arkansas.
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RV Central - Builder Assistance
Paul Revere, Borrowed Horse, & Shooter
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09-19-2009, 08:11 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Roy, Utah
Posts: 1,141
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UBCP
The site for all things back country in Utah is:
http://www.utahbackcountrypilots.org/
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Five Sierra Fox
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09-19-2009, 11:43 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Los Gatos, CA
Posts: 80
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Marble
Marble isn't great for camping, but it's a spectacular place to go. Be sure to see the old marble quarries, they're amazing. I was there with my spunky Cherokee 235, and <watch out> for the density altitude. 8000' on a 75-80F day was just about all the old bird could put up with, even at low weight.
G.
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10-14-2009, 10:00 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Big Sandy, WY
Posts: 2,567
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Canyonlands/Needles
4000 ft redrock strip on private campground with restaurant/showers, etc. Located in needles district, Canyonlands National Park. Cool destination. Call ahead (Needles Campground).
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10-15-2009, 09:56 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Roy, Utah
Posts: 1,141
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Needles Outpost
The strip is 40nm due south of Canyonlands (CNY) on the Denver chart. We flew our Tri-Pacers down there for lunch while attending a fly-in at CNY back in the 90's. I remember the strip as red rock dirt and somewhat bumpy. Not a prob for the sturdy ol' "milk stool".
The Outpost mostly serves as a restaurant and general supply store for the hiker and slickrock biker crowd. The non-pilot caretakers whipped up some killer burritos for us then we headed back to CNY.
I wouldn't take my "A" model in there and would definitely do some first person recon before taking a small tire TD in there, too. The strip is plenty long but surface conditions are the concern.
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10-15-2009, 01:01 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Battle Ground, WA
Posts: 426
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Wheel pant removal before heading into the backcountry?
Do you pilots who land at backcountry strips remove the wheel pants before you go "off-road"?
I am building a -7. It seems like the pressure recovery wheel pants would be pretty easy to remove and stow in the baggage compartment.
For example, one could fly into McCall, ID remove the wheel pants, then make the short hop to the ID back country strip of choice. I suppose one could replace the wheel pant with a little "bicycle fender" a la Cessna 310 to limit rock damage.
This would avoid the cruise speed penalty for most of the trip while preventing abuse of the wheel pants. I fly off a turf strip and the wheel pants on my Cherokee were a maintenance item. The nose wheel pant really got so blasted from the prop wash over time I thought about putting some of that clear mylar 3M tape over it.
Larry
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