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SuperCubDriver

SuperCubDriver

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I do it again - a trip from Europe around the US and Oshkosh in my RV-8i.

I launched yesterday and I´m in Wick/Scotland again, grounded due weather. Freezing level at 5000´ and the so regular strong and gusty winds in Iceland, of course no tailwinds. Low ceilings over the ocean - too many variables. Yesterday in Wick I landed on rwy 31 with winds 220/22-38, actually over the limit but luckily the rwy is wide there. I have new brake pads installed and they were not yet really broken in and so I had trouble keeping it straight. Max right rudder and brakes and the airplane slowly veered to the left. Sometimes it is good to see ones own limits and so I decided to wait for tomorrow. At least in Reykjavik the wind is aligned with the runway.

Here is a link to my satellite tracker:

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SuperCubDriver said:
I do it again - a trip from Europe around the US and Oshkosh in my RV-8i.

I launched yesterday and I´m in Wick/Scotland again, grounded due weather. Freezing level at 5000´ and the so regular strong and gusty winds in Iceland, of course no tailwinds. Low ceilings over the ocean - too many variables. Yesterday in Wick I landed on rwy 31 with winds 220/22-38, actually over the limit but luckily the rwy is wide there. I have new brake pads installed and they were not yet really broken in and so I had trouble keeping it straight. Max right rudder and brakes and the airplane slowly veered to the left. Sometimes it is good to see ones own limits and so I decided to wait for tomorrow. At least in Reykjavik the wind is aligned with the runway.

Here is a link to my satellite tracker:

eur-share.inreach.garmin.com

Garmin Explore™

Manage your Garmin Explore or inReach account. With Explore and inReach, you can communicate, map, track, and share your trek from anywhere on Earth.
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Drop by and visit if you are coming through. Hangar, truck, tools and Coke are available!
 
Godspeed Hermann!!

Tailwinds, high ceilings and unrestricted visibility!

Have a magnificent trip, say hello to the „west ramp rats“ and make it back home safe!

Í‘ll try Trento on the weekend. We gonna miss u!
 
SuperCubDriver said:
I do it again - a trip from Europe around the US and Oshkosh in my RV-8i.

I launched yesterday and I´m in Wick/Scotland again, grounded due weather. Freezing level at 5000´ and the so regular strong and gusty winds in Iceland, of course no tailwinds. Low ceilings over the ocean - too many variables.

Here is a link to my satellite tracker:
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Would you be willing to share your adventure with students aged 5-12?
I am the librarian for a rural/remote school district in California and I am always looking for ways to expose our students to the larger world. Flying the North Atlantic crossing is one of my dreams (thank you Earnest K Gann) and I have already shared the first leg of your journey via this post. It could be something simple - photos on this thread and updates on your flight that I could build into a presentation? I think this would be a real treat!
And of course if you make it to my neck of the woods dinner is in me!
 
This trip would be the ideal use for the StarLink Mini, not discounting the safety aspect but think about the possibility of livestreaming to the class in California from 8000' over Greenland.
 
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jollygirl said:
Would you be willing to share your adventure with students aged 5-12?
I am the librarian for a rural/remote school district in California and I am always looking for ways to expose our students to the larger world. Flying the North Atlantic crossing is one of my dreams (thank you Earnest K Gann) and I have already shared the first leg of your journey via this post. It could be something simple - photos on this thread and updates on your flight that I could build into a presentation? I think this would be a real treat!
And of course if you make it to my neck of the woods dinner is in me!
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Of course, I‘m happy to share my adventure. I will post any other day here and will also insert photos. If you have questions, go ahead and ask anytime. I will pass your area too and if your school is close to my route I circle it.
 
SuperCubDriver said:
Of course, I‘m happy to share my adventure…. I will pass your area too and if your school is close to my route I circle it.
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dpansier said:
…..think about the possibility of livestreaming to the class in California from 8000' over Greenland.
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Oh wow, you folks are great!
The elementary school is about 5 miles east of L88. I can send a pic if it helps.
School is out for summer, as of today.
That said, I’m sure they would love a photo of the school from above!
I look forward to your posts!
:)
 
Very busy the last days preparing and flying. Thursday Wick/UK to Reykjavik/Iceland then Kulusuk/Greenland. The fog disappeared in Kulusuk but high clouds were present. The colors with sunshine are the most beautiful - next time. Of course headwinds, especially on the leg to Reykjavik, average around 20 kts. But down low for landing 15 kts and almost aligned with rwy 01. So it was good to wait this extra day in Wick. The flight to Kulusuk was smooth, always clear view of the Atlantic and the surface wind decreased towards Greenland. I could see this on the water surface, the cold water towards Greenland almost looked inviting in the sunshine. Broken clouds on the coast around Kulusuk, shot an RNP-Approach, windshield iced up descending through the clouds and when I came out I hunted some icebergs as usual.
Next day the weather to Narsarsuaq looked good but as in Kulusuk there was cloud cover on the very south of Greenland. No problems with a VFR descend and I followed down the glacier which led me direct for a straight in to rwy 24. The flight along the eastern coast of Greenland in best weather is breathtaking - I simply don´t find other words. Before I left the plane the fuel truck pulled up and the plane was ready for the next leg in no time!
Of course strong headwinds again to Goose Bay, more than 20 kts average so it took me 05:05 hours.
Here I am and I´m already planning the next leg westwards after 4 hours of sleep. Time is precious but on these long flights I have 26 or 27 hour days due to the time shift - that´s good - I like it. 24 hours were never enough for me!
Here are some pics on the flight from Kulusuk to Narsarsuaq:

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After landing in Goose Bay I taxied to Woodwards FBO. After shutting down the engine and before completing the checklist and noting times and fuel the staff approaches the airplane. They use about 4 inch thick ropes around the wheels as chocks. The guy with the rope-chocks approached my plane gaining inertia with one rope and before I could open the canopy he hit the left wheel-pant from behind with his rope. A fool could see that the gap between the wheel pant and ground was smaller than the diameter of his rope. Although they are helpful and doing their job I hate this behavior - they lean everywhere on the plane using it as a kind of support, sliding their clipboards with rivets over the upper wing, others putting the filler cap on the polished surface and letting it roll down the taildragger!
Anyway the plane was quickly refueled and I was brought to the hotel where I planned the next day´s flight. I wanted to move west as fast as possible knowing somewhere I will hit weather. I made it to Magny CYEY in five hours where I stayed overnight. I didn´t see a good chance to move a significant distance today, low ceilings were forecasted towards Winnipeg and convective air masses so I relocated at least a good 200 NM westwards to Hearst CYHF. I will let the weather pass and hopefully can move on towards Alaska on Tuesday.

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Parked in front of Woodwards FBO, note my own small chocks.
 
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How much fuel do you carry for the Wick/Reykjavik/Kulusuk crossing?
Doing something like this is on my bucket list of things to do. Just not sure I would have balls big enough! 🤣
Good luck with the rest of the trip, and looking forward to the videos!
 
Jonnyb said:
How much fuel do you carry for the Wick/Reykjavik/Kulusuk crossing?
Doing something like this is on my bucket list of things to do. Just not sure I would have balls big enough! 🤣
Good luck with the rest of the trip, and looking forward to the videos!
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Total fuel on Board 57 USG. So one extra tank holding 15 Gal in the rear baggage compartment. 10 Gal would do it but more is always better when alternate airports are far away.
 
jollygirl said:
Do you need any special equipment such as survival gear?
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Yes, it is prescribed to wear a drysuit or similar to survive for some time in the cold waters. Then another thing is a life raft, one has to get out of the water to avoid hypothermia. Other things like water, some food, signaling equipment is good to have. Flying over Canadian remote areas also require emergency equipment like food, water, knife, axe among others.
 
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Have you ever thought of going east Hermann?
I always wondered about heading south to Africa, then across the Arabian Sea via the Seychelles and Maldives to India and on from there down to Australia and New Zealand.
It’s on my bucket list for retirement.
 
Jonnyb said:
Have you ever thought of going east Hermann?
I always wondered about heading south to Africa, then across the Arabian Sea via the Seychelles and Maldives to India and on from there down to Australia and New Zealand.
It’s on my bucket list for retirement.
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Yes I did, but never really comitted to it. Two years ago I was briefly looking intto flying to South Africa. Flying to China would be great but getting permission there seems not probable. To do the handling there in the East I would need somebody to help and organize. This is one reason I never really followed the plan. Flying from Europe to the West is easier with clearer regulations and can be done by the pilot itself ahead of time.
 
The rules, regs, bureaucracy and expense of heading east from Europe would be just mind boggling to me, it seems that the red tape would be never ending… but there’s Ross Edmondson that’s done it multiple times in his C-182. As with Hermann, he makes it look easy!

A couple of pages with his long haul exploits;

Taking the long way home – Round the World – katamarino.co.uk

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Return to Australia – katamarino.co.uk

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Alaskanada – katamarino.co.uk

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So how is the weather in Whitehorse? Be careful rolling up that self serve fuel hose, it’s tricky! 😆
 
just checked upon your position, and noticed you're proceeding quite South of what I thought you would. Probably a good idea preventing you being hampered by the smoke as I had been 3 years ago, ending in shooting a LPV in Dawson City... even Alaska was plenty smokey then.

Good sailing Hermann.
 
jbDC9 said:
The rules, regs, bureaucracy and expense of heading east from Europe would be just mind boggling to me, it seems that the red tape would be never ending… but there’s Ross Edmondson that’s done it multiple times in his C-182. As with Hermann, he makes it look easy!

A couple of pages with his long haul exploits;

Taking the long way home – Round the World – katamarino.co.uk

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Return to Australia – katamarino.co.uk

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Alaskanada – katamarino.co.uk

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So how is the weather in Whitehorse? Be careful rolling up that self serve fuel hose, it’s tricky! 😆
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I was still aware of the fuel hose. But they installed a device that rolls up the hose left to right and vice versa. Probably not only me messed this up before!
 
Dan 57 said:
just checked upon your position, and noticed you're proceeding quite South of what I thought you would. Probably a good idea preventing you being hampered by the smoke as I had been 3 years ago, ending in shooting a LPV in Dawson City... even Alaska was plenty smokey then.

Good sailing Hermann.
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The flights were no fun. Even when the forecasts were ok, most of times I couldn‘t see anything because of the wildfire smoke. Up high it was a complete whiteout most of the time and it smelled - well - like smoke from fires.
 
Looks like Hermann’s made it to Fairbanks and has already bagged a day trip up to Deadhorse and back! I’m heading north tomorrow, was thinking about a side divert to Yellowknife to check out the Buffalo Airways operation, but daaaamn, there’s so much fire/smoke between Edmonton and Fort St John… not sure if I wanna mess with that.

Hopefully I can make it to Fairbanks before he uses up all the hot water at the campground shower house… save some for me man! 😆
 
Yes so I arrived in Fairbanks. After many many hours flying over Canada in poor visibility I was hoping to get reasonably good weather northwest of Saskagoon, at least the weather reports suggested this. But up high it was still smoky and smelly but at leadst the convective clouds were gone. Ft. Nelson was ok weatherwise and so I filed to Whitehorse. I assumed from now on it gets better and a few tempo CBs in the TAF are managable, fuel no issue to turn back or wait for a shower to pass. But after TO I immediately was in the white again with almost no ground visibility, the elevations are an issue but didn´t really feel bad about it. A few cumulus clouds were easily avoidable and could be seen in time, but they got higher and higher and eventually there was no chance to outclimb them. Watson Lake was on the way, I listened to their radio and some did pattern work, I saw the ground but not the airport. So this served as my alternate from now on towards Whitehorse. Slowly the visibility got better and finally I was more relaxed. Whitehorse was good and clear. In the hotel I filed my CBP report and called Fairbanks in the morning. I was cleared to go and this last flight was the easiest one for a long time. Good visibility and for the first time again with a light tailwind. I throttled back in order not to arrive early, eight minutes I had to wait for the officers and I was cleared and free to go.
I taxied over to the East Ramp knowing were to go - I´m familiar with the airport from previous flights.
Good weather is forecasted for Alaska but up North it might be different, especially for seafog. I decided to fly to Daedhorse with a perfect forecast the next day and rest later. First crossing of the Arctic Circle on this tour. When I landed in Fairbanks again I was allowed to change my oil in one of it´s maintenance shops here and so I´m good for the next 50 flight hours.

And John, watch out for temporary restricted areas for the wildfire fire crews.

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This is a dirty smoky cloud from wildfires, usually I flew in the haze and was not able to get above

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Arrived in Fairbanks

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The pipeline near Deadhorse - North of the Arctic Circle
 
intothinair said:
Hermann,

Thanks for taking us along on your adventure! Did you spot the Don Sheldon mountain house (above the Ruth Gorge) on your side trip to Denali?
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Nope - but I might pass again and have a look. But not during the day, there is a lot of traffic coming from Talkeetna making my traffic warner noisy! I think I do a midnight flight the next days and hopefully spot it.
BTW I hope the Golden Gate is not fogged in this time!
 
SuperCubDriver said:
BTW I hope the Golden Gate is not fogged in this time!
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I live ~6 miles north of the GG Bridge, on the coast. It’s summer, so yes, it’s foggy. However, it tends to burn off in the afternoons, BUT pick your days carefully (if you can). Look at Windy (the weather app) for forecasts on the fog.

And, if you need a hangar, with tools, I’m based nearby (Gnoss, KDVO).
 
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I live ~6 miles north of the GG Bridge, on the coast. It’s summer, so yes, it’s foggy. However, it tends to burn off in the afternoons, BUT pick your days carefully (if you can). Look at Windy (the weather app) for forecasts on the fog.

And, if you need a hangar, with tools, I’m based nearby (Gnoss, KDVO).
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Hi Poindexter, thanks for the offer. So far the plane runs great, but this might change. Next oil change is probably well beyond San Francisco.
 
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Next day after Deadhorse there was Talkeetna scheduled. I wanted to land on the village strip which I checked out two years ago. But landed on the real airport and walked over to have a look again besides a meal in the village. It passed and so it was on the list. I mounted my cameras on the plane and flew up towards Fairbanks with a detour up the Ruth Glacier. The weather was really clear and the landscape there is just amazing, but the Otter traffic out of Talkeetna is heavy and mandates a constant lookout, ADS-B is helpful but can also trick you thinking seeing every airplane! The Denali stood out proud and was not hidden behind clouds or haze this day. Later approaching Fairbanks I got a landing clearance 13 miles out already.
Next day I planned for Skwentna Roadhouse and called just to make sure it´s open. The weather forecast was good but there was haze and passing Denali the peak was hidden as so many times before when I passed. Descending through 7000 ft I came out of the haze and could see the mountains but not the tops far away. Landed at the strip near Skwentna Roadhouse but could not reach them by radio to get the promised pickup. So I walked over there constantly looking for bears. I´m not familiar with wildlife here in Alaska but was told there are none, especially because the helicopter is flying around and making noise.
Then next was the village strip in Talkeetna waiting for me, the wind was about 5 kts from the South so Rwy 16 was chosen. The strip is only about 1500 ft long and approaching from the North high over and between the trees makes the usable length even shorter. Half down the Rwy I turned back for parking and a short brake with a cold coke. Departing to the South full length is available and I was airborne latest after one third of the strip.
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Flying along the pipeline just South of Deadhorse

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Loop over the Yukon River

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The Denali standing proud at over 20.000ft

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Ruth Glacier

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Parked at the Skwentna strip

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The Roadhouse

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Takeoff at Talkeetna village strip

 
Nice pics! How long are you planning on being in Fairbanks? I'm in Whitehorse now, FAI tomorrow(Tues)... maybe see ya there!
 
Hangar and tools available incase you needed an oil change in KVGT. As you know, we have a good formation group in the area, I recall flying formation with you a couple of years back when you stayed at Boulder City.
 
Taltruda said:
Hangar and tools available incase you needed an oil change in KVGT. As you know, we have a good formation group in the area, I recall flying formation with you a couple of years back when you stayed at Boulder City.
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Hi Tom, this might happen. I will see when I reach the next 100 h maintenance event. I intend to stay in Page for a few days so won´t be far away.
 
Two days no flying - rare exception for me. Too hot, too tired, too lazy....Anyway today I launched again towards Lake Hood in the busy Anchorage airspace. Never made it there due weather and today I needed two tries. In the morning the weather forecast was right with low ceilings through the pass and on top I didn´t want to go - engine failure always in mind and at least I want to see where to (crash-)land should the worst happen. I diverted to Healy, loaded some fuel, chatted with very nice guys there and so the two hours wait was quickly over. The ceilings meanwhile lifted and so it was an easy flight to Lake Hood. Flying there requires a thorough study of the airspace and arrival procedures, you don´t go there without doing some homework before. It turned out to be easy but as I said preparation is mandatory. I met a club member there on a layover but missed the breakfast as so many times before. The return flight brought me close to the Ruth Glacier again and I´m so impressed with the landscape there and so said to myself now I´m here let´s have a look again! So I flew up and down the glacier and inhaled the for me so breathtaking views. Of course I had some cameras running and will insert some pics here. Farther north towards Fairbanks a few thunderstorms did their things but there was a huge gap between two not fully developed CBs and so I got only a few drops of rain, not even enough to clear the airframe from bugs on the leading edges and windshield.

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Final Approach RWY 32 Lake Hood

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Happy me

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Can´t get enough...

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Ruth Glacier - one more
 
gosh darn i still have so much to learn. seeing you fly the way you do and where you go is just something i think i could never be capable off. here i am still struggling with harsh/hard landings >.< safe travels!
 
Yesterday I left Fairbanks after staying there for 10 days. I´m still in Alaska though but on my way towards the South. After T/O there were the wildfires visible which developed the last days and caused our airplanes at the campground always being covered with dust and ashes. Again a detour up the Ruth with 2 RV-8s in formation, this alone was worth the detour. Over Talkeetna we separated and I headed towards Valdez for refueling. Very beautiful landscape there and cooler and clear air compared to Fairbanks with it´s annoying moskitos all day round. I then flew along the coastline besides and over a long stretch of high mountains and glaciers. Yakutat was passed, I skipped the fuel stop there, not because it was overcast there but because I had enough fuel to get anywhere. I stayed close to the coast to avoid Canadian airspace, then turned left towards Skagway, the village where the Stampeders started their journey to Dawson City in hope to find gold. I am happy to see both the beginning and destination of the gold rush journey. The approach to Rwy 20 at Skagway in beautiful weather is breathtaking. You are close to the hill on right downwind and close to the airport, then turn right in the narrow valley onto final approach, no baseleg - too close. Only the cruise ships harboring there are showing time has passed since.

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Up the Ruth Glacier once more

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Only a few minutes later clouds and drizzle were present

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Turning final Rwy 20 at Skagway

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Looks like from a long past era
 
Today I walked through Skagway, it was full of tourists from the cruise ships - not my world. So I decided to walk around the airport, passed a pedestrian bridge over the river and so walked for some time on a trail in the woods when I heard an airplane overhead. Didn´t see the plane but when I walked back I assumed mine is not the only one anymore on the ramp. Not only this but the yellow RV-8 parked beside me just like in Fairbanks, what a surprise. Weather brought John this way too on his way southbound. We just had dinner together in the Red Onion Saloon, one of the well known there. The coastal route tomorrow will most probably not work as forecasted a few days ago and so I plan for a fuel stop in Juneau and hope to make it inlands to Friday Harbor in one hop.

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Surprise arrival

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Dinner in the Red Onion Saloon
 
Love the pics of our 2-ship headed up the glacier! Hermann's not kidding about the breathtaking beauty of flying up the Ruth and buzzing around the amphitheater... it really is just stunning, glad I was able to finally do it!
 
From Skagway I headed towards Juneau for refueling.The weather didn´t look as good as forecasted but I thought I can find a way through the mountains inlands where the forecast was better. I eventually made it but it was interesting here and there. Up high John called "hey Herman are you on guard", and so we had some entertainment flying south. He flew to Whitehorse for refueling and onwards south and stayed in Canada for one day not having the range to make the flight in one hop. He catched up as I was flying with "economy cruise" and we finally saw each other. When I landed at Friday Harbor I still had over 17 Gal fuel left.
Next day hopped to Vans at Aurora, could´t pass without landing there. Intended to buy some nutplates, rivets and a fuel cap but was told it takes 4 hours to pull things up - what?! Another milk run, this was disappointing.
On to Johnson Creek where I´m right now doing day trips. John was already there when I landed, next day we launched towards Big Creek for breakfast. But - Wednesday closed we were told there. Another pilot suggested Warren nearby. So up and away to Warren, we found the restaurant easy as there are only a few houses, but again no food. So next McCall, not what we wanted but there are lots of restaurants and stores.
Today I flew to Wilson Bar, not really ideal for an RV-8, but I wanted to land there and I did. Very cool approach but everything must be spot on. First time is most difficult, you see the runway very late coming around the corner and are almost on the flare then. 1500 ft of runway is no problem but as I said it must be spot on.
Then Big Creek and I finally got a rich and good breakfast - will go there again tomorrow. John left, he is already homebound.
Sorry no pics, the internet here is slow here, but I will upload some later.
 
Wilson Bar… man, you’re braver than me! I flew over and looked at it from 8500’… nope nope nope! Too scary for me and my itty bitty tires… plus, there’s the added gross weight from the Big Creek breakfast!
 
Johnson Creek is simply amazing, all the pilots there have the same or at least similar mindset, nobody complains about airplane noise like in my home country even when the first engines are started before 6 am. It is cool, almost cold in the morning and warm in the sun during daytime. My saying in 2023 already was "you are happy when the sun disappears behind the mountains in the evening and you get shade and you are happy again when the sun comes back in the morning warming you up". The usual thing is flying to breakfast somewhere like Big Creek were many pilots meet again or elsewhere and then go backcountry flying again, later land at McCall or Cascade and fill up the food supply in the grocery store and get a little fuel but making sure the airplane stayes light in the prevailing high density altitudes at the high elevation backcountry strips. I did this too but not all strips are suitable for my RV-8i although I have slightly larger tires than standard. The Cessna 180s and 185s and other high wing airplanes with their bushwheel tires have a clear advantage here, but hey I came a long way and still can handle some of the backcountry strips. On Saturday I flew south to Sunrise and visited Ken and his wife, many RV guys know him and we had the usual airplane talk. Unfortunately this morning I found a small crack in my canopy but with Ken´s help we stop drilled it and covered it with tape, hopefully good until I am able to do a solid repair. I got delicious sweets and so was well equipped for breakfast next morning.
I left Johnson Creek on Sunday morning and headed towards Missoula in Montana. Moose Creek is on the way and so I thought I have a look. Long runways but the surface condition is always an issue for my aircraft. If possible I try to get first hand infos from pilots who have recently landed there. For Moose Creek I only had infos from looking at Youtube videos. I landed on rwy 19 to the south but should have landed a little more inwards where the rwy is smoother. There was nothing to see, only some burned trees and wood from a wildfire some time ago. I walked the rwy to check it out and took off on 01 towards Missoula where Bryan was awaiting me. We met back in 2013 when he toured Europe and asked for some RV activity. We flew together back then in my newly built RV-7 and stayed connected since. He arranged a hangar for the night and to my surprise it was the museum hangar, where my little RV-8 got the best spot under the wings of Miss Montana which started live as a C-47 back in 1944. The museum is very nice and the C-47 was recently restored to flying condition and Bryan was the driving force. Whenever you are in the vicinity go and see the museum. They honor the fire jumpers with their history in Montana and so have also an exhibition of their equipment. On Monday morning they organized a jump with three jumpers in the original jump suites they used after the war and best - I was invited to join the flight in the C-47. So Bryan thanks for the hospitality and the great time I had in Missoula.
After this San Francisco was on the plan where I am now, or better Buchanan close to it. Bryan said there is Alvord Desert in Oregon on the way and so I landed there to have a rest. This is a flat dry lakebed, I circled it to check it out, made a low pass to judge the surface and landing there is easy. A "wide runway" a few miles long and wide you can´t miss.
The Golden Gate Bridge is again fogged in and so I have one more reason to do the tour again. I met John here for lunch, another ocean flyer or I should better say worldrounder. I would like to do the same but fear the administrative work and preparation.

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Another pic of Wilson Bar

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Circling Moose Creek

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Best parking spot ever

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Bryan and me in front of Miss Montana

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Alvord Desert - a flat dry lakebed in Oregon
 
Nice. The Alvord is a unique thing isn't it? If you get over to the OR coast, I'm here at 56S. We have a nice guest bedroom, happy to put you up for the night(s).
 
Alvord was one of my POIs too... unfortunately the coordinates I had from the net were wrong, and by the time I realized had passed by a few dozen miles... oh well, in my next life. Maybe 🤔
Tailwinds Hermann (or not since I hate 'em... born to fly, not too land as fast possible again ;) ).
 
Great seeing you at Johnson Creek. We had a nice flight around Mt Hood and then up to Yakima. Weather was perfect! See you at Oshkosh.
 
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