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R. Hankins
Joined: 18 Jan 2006
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Location: Grants Pass, Oregon
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 Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 8:32 am Post subject: Flight report |
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I had a great weekend with my Firestar. I hooked up with some friends and we flew across the Cascade Mountains to the Oregon coast. I was accompanied by a quicksilver, a thundergull, a 1941 Aeronca Defender, a 912 powered Mark III and a titan tornado.
We camped on the airport at Powers, Oregon, a small lumber town. Saturday night there was a great firewoks show over the log pond. The shells were breaking directly in front and above us. You could smell the smoke and see the guys lighting the fuses; we were that close. The log pond is up against the canyon wall and the echo of the shells exploding was spectacular.
We did lots of low level flying along the Umpqua River and along the beach. Keith Anderson talked me into soloing his Mark III, a first for me. I took it up and did approach and departure stalls, steep turns, slow flight, and played with different flap settings in glide before attempting to land. I greased the landing and decided to quit while I was ahead. The flaps on the Mark III are quite effective.
I'll attach some pictures and a link to a short video of flying the beach.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGFNy4x2-V0
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| On the beach north of Bandon, Oregon |
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jim
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Location: N. Idaho
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| Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 9:41 am Post subject: Re: Flight report |
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Wow, what a beautiful trip! Did you feel nervous flying over the Cascades in your Firestar? How was the Quicksilver able to keep up?
Thanks for sharing your adventure.
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R. Hankins
Joined: 18 Jan 2006
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Location: Grants Pass, Oregon
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| Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 12:59 pm Post subject: Re: Flight report |
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Jim:
I always spend a little extra time on my preflight before crossing the mountains. By the way I should have said the Oregon Coast Range, the Cascades are the other direction from home (oops). I also try to stay within gliding distance of a survivable landing spot which put me at 6500' on this trip. I throttled way back and did a lot of circling to stay back with the quicksilver. Here are a few more pictures, this time downsized for the guys with dial-up connections.
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| A VERY nice view property. Naw... I'm not jealous.... |
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Arty Trost
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Location: Sandy, Oregon
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| Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 5:12 pm Post subject: Flight report |
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Great story and great pics, Roger. thanks for sharing
them.
I hope you're going to fly the coast, with Powers as
our camp, with us again this Labor Day weekend as you
did last year - or will Dayna be too close to her
delivery date?
Larry Cottrell - you need to join us at the coast this
year!
Arty Trost
Sandy, Oregon
--- "R. Hankins" <rphanks(at)grantspass.com> wrote:
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I had a great weekend with my Firestar. I hooked up
with some friends and we flew across the Cascade
Mountains to the Oregon coast. I was accompanied by
a quicksilver, a thundergull, a 1941 Aeronca
Defender, a 912 powered Mark III and a titan
tornado.
We camped on the airport at Powers, Oregon, a small
lumber town. Saturday night there was a great
firewoks show over the log pond. The shells were
breaking directly in front and above us. You could
smell the smoke and see the guys lighting the fuses;
we were that close. The log pond is up against the
canyon wall and the echo of the shells exploding was
spectacular.
We did lots of low level flying along the Umpqua
River and along the beach. Keith Anderson talked me
into soloing his Mark III, a first for me. I took
it up and did approach and departure stalls, steep
turns, slow flight, and played with different flap
settings in glide before attempting to land. I
greased the landing and decided to quit while I was
ahead. The flaps on the Mark III are quite
effective.
I'll attach some pictures and a link to a short
video of flying the beach.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGFNy4x2-V0
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Roger in Oregon
1992 KXP 503
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John Hauck
Joined: 09 Jan 2006
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Location: Titus, Alabama (hauck's holler)
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| Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 6:07 pm Post subject: Re: Flight report |
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Roger:
You are having entirely too much fun flying.
Pictures are great. Area is beautiful.
Is there anywhere on the beach you could land and RON, or does the tide come all the way up to the rocks?
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R. Hankins
Joined: 18 Jan 2006
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Location: Grants Pass, Oregon
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| Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 7:24 am Post subject: Re: Flight report |
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Arty,
I would love to be there on labor day, but Dayna is due the second week of Sept. I'll have to take a rain check this year. I missed seeing you at Powers. Are you heading to Arlington?
John,
It isn't too hard to find a camping spot above the surf line, but I'm not clear on the local laws regarding landing on the beach. We chose a cove with no road access to land on for that reason. I know vehicles are allowed on the beach further south, but you have to look out for ATV's. I will look into it and get back to you.
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