Where I Fly.

[wannafly]

This thread is started in the hopes that you will not only enjoy the pictures :D but that you will post some of your own for others to enjoy. Lets see what you see when you go for that Sunday afternoon joy ride and give your location.
Southern Alberta, Canada is where I fly. We have flat, hills, mountains, wind, snow, heat, cold, rivers and the freedom to fly. Enjoy

[DesertFox4]

You're a lucky man Mic. Beautiful Country, with a capital C.
Love all the green. Just can't handle your white winters.;)
Safe flying Mic.

[GWright6970]

Great photographs!!!

I had the pleasure of visiting Lethbridge a number of years back.... had an excellent time there. One of those places you want to return to for another visit!

Thanks for posting the pictures!

[DanB]

Very nice Mic, Looks like I will have to come up there sometime! Love the wing-man shot.

Good idea for a thread...I made it a sticky up top for a while.

[t j]

I mostly just putt around in my Kitfox and enjoy a bird's eye view of the field patterns and colors. The Kittitas Valley in central Washington.

[wannafly]

awesome pics Tom...beautiful

[SkySteve]

Tom,
Do you fly the river/canyon to get to Yakima? Is that the best way?

[DanB]

So that's what green looks like. Like I said...I got sand :D
Very nice pics!

[t j]

Tom,
Do you fly the river/canyon to get to Yakima? Is that the best way?

The canyon, known as the Ellensburg Canyon if you live in Yakima or the Yakima Canyon if you live in Ellensburg,;) is the direct route between the two towns. I don't fly down in the canyon but stay above the ridge tops on the west side of the canyon. The right hand side in this picture looking south from Ellensburg.

[SkySteve]

Yea, that's it. If I remember right, the east side is Umpanim (?) and is restricted (?) due to a minitary area, maybe even a MOA? The old mind just can't quite remember.

[Monocock]

Some of England's green and pleasant (normally raining) land.

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f71/JonoHolland/852d2a55.jpg

A little gathering.

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f71/JonoHolland/821763b0.jpg

[Dave S]

So often I fail to bring the camera with, but here are a few from those times I did have it along:

May29a - Sunset north of home airport

HPIM1192 - MN Lake Country

HPIM1288 - Glider action at grass strip south of home 'port

HPIM2133 - Contour farming in SE MN hill country

HPIM1118 - Sunset on the Mississippi

HPIM0818 Fields starting to come to live in Wisconsin

HPIM2868 - My fav - first flight @ home airport

HPIM0899 - Av gas plant on the "Tundra"

HPIM1896 - Sunset in Wisconsin

HPIM1883 - Home of "customers" of the MN Correctional Department:mad:

HPIM1884 - Power plant supplying electricity to home airport (among other places)

HPIM2462 - Apostle Island Archipelago in Lake Superior

Sincerely,

Dave S
St Paul, MN
KF7 Trigear
912ULS Warp

[inzersv]

Thank you everyone for your great pictures. You have very ably proved why I do not want to go overseas anymore. I am ready to see more of the good ole USA and Canada when I get my SS in the air. You are keeping my hunger going strong. :D

[DanB]

Wow Dave...Nice shots

[DesertFox4]

Our Kitfox playground here in the Phoenix area is varied and complex. We can go from severely populated areas near our home airports to extremely breath taking vistas in a matter of a few Kitfox minutes.

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Approaching my home airport of DVT


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Flying the river

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Wagons in a circle

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To Indian Hills

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Natural bridge

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Same natural bridge

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Arizona

[akarmy]

Looking south of Seattle towards Mt Rainier. These are the days we live for!

[Dave Holl]

Monocock
Well I like your photo's:)
Dave

[Monocock]

Thanks Dave!

Pretty dull really aren't they compared to Arizona etc...! I hope those American chaps fully appreciate where they live and fly...:D

We get excited if we see a hill, or a river :D

[SkySteve]

Did someone mention a hill or river? How about beautiful and of course scenic Utah dried mud? The Great Salt Lake where I landed this morning:

http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff12/KitfoxSteve/1ba454a5.jpg

[DesertFox4]

Seems a Kitfox feels at home in any landscape imaginable. Great photos.

Steve, looks like you had the whole State of Utah to yourself this morning. ;)
http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff12/KitfoxSteve/1ba454a5.jpg

Monocock- that little grass strip photo looks like a piece of Kitfox heaven to me.
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f71/JonoHolland/821763b0.jpg

[SkySteve]

Desert Fox 4,
Yea, I thought I was all alone, kinda like being on the moon. However, after I took off and had climbed to about 800 ft AGL, a Mooney flew right to left UNDER me! You never know out there boys & girls, keep those eyes open and outside the cabin!

And I do want to come see your sandbox and fly that river!

[P Morel]

This is a great opportunity to show where I fly!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBPXhktlEp8

[wannafly]

10 minutes of great video. txs for all the input. Lets keep it going.:D

[jrevens]

Well done! Thank you Paul!



This is a great opportunity to show where I fly!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBPXhktlEp8

[ackselle]

I had lots of fun making the video..... enjoy!!!

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

Cheers,
Ackselle (BTW... the airstrip has now grown in with Kentucley Blue Grass)

[Marshawk]

Had a great flight last weekend and got a few pictures of the Quenel lake and Cariboo Mountains

[wannafly]

Looks like fun. Being a praire boy those big rocks and trees always seem to give secound thoughts about fly there. Are those airstrips where you landed or just some logging roads? May try Sparwood this summer and see how it goes from there.
Thanks for the pics.

[ackselle]

A buddy and me had a great time hopping sand bars in Lake Winnipeg last weekend...

Red River Delta...
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Sand Bar #1.... too many birds (pelicans on their nests)...
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Sand Bar # 2... this one worked...
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Kitfox (C-GIKV) and Super Cub big brother...
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C-GIKV... ain't she purdy?
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[inzersv]

She is beautiful! And so are the rest of the pics. Thanks.

[airlina]

Some pictures of beautiful Upstate New York. Niagara Falls and the Grand Canyon on the East, Letchworth State Park.

[DesertFox4]

Great pics. Niagara from the air is beautiful.

[cap01]

finally some good flying weather in the northwest

[t j]

cap01, Did you land at Rimrock? I was wondering if it has dried out. Nice photos.

[cap01]

The first pic is of rimrock with the airstrip at the far end of the right finger of water . the strip was in great shape except for the cow crap , by the time I got back home it was well dryed and difficult to get off the plane . A small price to pay for a place like that to fly into . After tieton I stopped in at Easton state and then range creek . Hats off to the state boys and Washington pilots assn , they have done a lot of work at ranger creek. Was one of those days when it's fun to fly the cascades

[chefwarthog]

Hi every one, half way through my pilote Training, and I always thinking of be able to go fly somewhere, lost in the back country...... just like that!:rolleyes:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-r7-ugKtmk&feature=g-all-u

Me and my trainer....in a FlightStar (At first I was not sure that we could fit in there together.... I hope my SS7 will be more roomy!!!:D)

[desertfox1]

Breakfast in the Idaho backcountry this weekend. Still a little snow.
Pictured is a half breakfast!

Phil

[DesertFox4]

Food with a view. Brought to you by Kitfox. You just can't beat that. :)

[rwaltman]

May be you can... Food brought to you by a Kitfox? - Any entrepreneur interested in starting a Kitfox-based Pizza delivery business somewhere out West?

[wannafly]

took a flight today over the big rocks. For some of you this is no big deal but for this praire boy there is just some fear when you look at those big rocks. It was a perfect flight, smooth as glass. Looked at a huge coal mine about the size of 3 mountain peaks. Also a huge Frankslide. happened about 100 years ago and buried a whole town. Went about a hour into the mountains and felt good about beating my unwarranted fear. Went over the rocks at 8500' on the way in and followed the pass on the way out at 4500' to 5500'. Hope you enjoy the photos.

[DesertFox4]

Great shots Mic. Those are first class mountains.
Coming from the plains of Minnesota to Arizona I understand your "respect" for those large rock piles. I still ratchet up my attention level every time I fly through their neighborhoods.

[War Eagle]

I haven't flown this area in person but I just did in spirit as I went along on this video.

Beautifical sceanery over Arizona in a couple of beautiful and historic planes taking off in Falcon Field in Mesa Az.

Wow!

Hope you enjoy.












http://vimeo.com/18135369 (wlmailhtml:{B189986F-5F36-4A28-B35C-411AA210C228}mid://00000070/!x-usc:http://vimeo.com/18135369)

[SkySteve]

War Eagle,
The link says, "Address not valid". Can you try again?

[ackselle]

War Eagle's link had to much info.... try this:

http://vimeo.com/18135369

[DanB]

The videography was very well done in this one. Falcon Field is my home base and the area they were flying over was Roosevelt Lake, Dam, and around the Superstition Mtns. Very beautiful area.

[SkySteve]

Beautiful country to fly in.

[DanB]

Not quite as purdy as your area Steve...I hope to make it up there soon.

[SkySteve]

Dan, if you come up I'll take you flying. I'll even let you fly ol' 85DD.

[DanB]

That's a deal! :)

[wannafly]

Lethbridge Airshow yesterday and today. Its no Oshkosh or Arlington but it is 2 days of planes, jets and flying club static display. Rolled my Kitfox up to the CF-18 and took a pic before security chased me away:D

[Esser]

Nice! Between that and the CC-17 you have a pretty good photo album.

[wannafly]

Was up cruising and seen this biplane higher up and coming at me. Pored the coal to the old Kitfox and was up 1000 feet and made the 180 to catch him. Tuned the IVO inflight and caught him. He was a bit nervous and turn down and away when I got close; I thought I was in a dog fight for a secound. So I kept my distance and moved in slower till I got this picture. :D I love my Kitfox.

[ackselle]

Nicely done Mic!.... both the quick pic with the RCAF plane and the "dogfight"!

BTW.... I just ordered 16" and 20" RCAF Roundels just like the one on the CF18 in the picture. I'm putting them on each side of the tail and under the right wing.....Gotta rasie the flag!

[cap01]

What are roundels?

[Esser]

If you look at post 49 in this thread roundels are the blue and white circle with the maple leaf on it that is on the CF18. It's one of our air force markings

[cap01]

Thanks , must be an up north term, like stars and bars

[Esser]

I actually think we got it from the RAF because they called them roundels too.
Canada, it's own country yet still so influenced by the commonwealth.

[ackselle]

RCAF Roundel...

[jgwinc]

I fly around Mt Airy N.C.

[airlina]

All I can say is very cool picture, you need to keep that airplane!

[DesertFox4]

2013 came in with a cold front here in Phoenix. Well cold for us. 35 degrees New Years morning. Yes I know some would love that as their high temp for the day but here it is chilly.
Arrived at DVT about 9:30 hoping the sun would do its duty and warm the hangar and contents enough to facilitate an easy start of my 912S. I seem to have the coldest blooded Rotax on the North American continent. Much below 50 degrees and it objects to internal combustion but then so does its owner.:rolleyes:

Don't laugh. I preheated my engine with a heat gun. Even a 5 degree temperature increase of high priced Austrian aluminum makes the difference between go or go back home. I did the longest, most thorough pre-flight I could manage while my little four-stroke contraption warmed its cockles by a whopping 10 degrees. There was hope of meeting Dan B and his wife Wendy at Falcon Field by 11 am yet. A plan had come together the night before to fly to Marana,AZ (AVQ) for breakfast/lunch.

Dan would take his lovely and very patient bride on her very first flight in their new family Kitfox.

It was a great way to start the New Year. The flight was fun, the day beautiful, the meal was good and the company, stellar. Only regret was my wife was too under the weather to make the flight with us. It is the cold and flu season. :( I promised her we'd all fly to Sedona but only when it warms up a little.

Now, random photos of our day. Hope yours was memorable too.
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Looking good.
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Picacho Peak
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The first of many fun adventures.
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Casa Grande on the way home.
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Old copper mine near Casa Grande.
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[DanB]

Thanks for the write-up Steve...this was a great start to the new year! Lots of firsts going on here today...First flight for Wendy and now I'm seeing the first air to air photo ever taken of N314DW. Very cool shots Steve! I told Wendy the same about going to Sedona when it warms up, so we should be back to 110 degrees in what...a couple weeks :) We look forward to Nancy being able to go. We hope everyone has a great New Year in 2013 and we are looking forward to seeing many more Kitfoxes make their maiden flights.

[SkySteve]

Looks like Steve, Dan and Wendy had a great flight. Flying with someone else is a fun way to go. Good on you guys!

[wannafly]

WOW 50 degrees...Steve you are one spoiled guy...:D I was able to get up yesterday with a high of 30 a bit chilli. Only lasted an hour. No cabin heat. But better a cool flight than no flight at all...

[kmach]

Yep 50 F would be nice! , I did a lake recce on Dec 29 temp was -15c / 5 F .

with the cabin heater and dressed sort of like for skiing, it was a pleasant 3.5 hr flight.

[DesertFox4]

Nice early afternoon flight to Payson,AZ. Dan B. dropped into Deer Valley Airport and off we go as a two ship to late lunch at Payson. Usually don't go that direction this time of year but with temps tickling 80 degrees F. we figured we could chance a flight to higher elevations.
It was still shirt sleeve weather in Payson but there were traces of funny looking cold white stuff on the North side of the cafe.:confused: Payson is beautiful any time of year. We actually ate breakfast instead of lunch. First meal of the day for both of us so why not?
For those fellow Kitfoxers feeling the long days of a cold winter, here are a few photos of a place somewhat milder in climate. :)


Dan arrives at DVT. Off we go to Payson,AZ
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On the way up some of that white stuff on the
mountain tops. Good place for it.
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Payson/food ahead.
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Tied down at Payson.
Mogion Rim in the background.
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Still shirt sleeve weather at Payson.
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View from our table at the
Crosswinds Cafe.
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Dan and I split up and head for
home. Down hill to warmer temps.

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Oops. Out of sequence.
Take off at Payson from
my Go-Pro wing mounted
camera.

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Last ridge with snow.
Next stop, Valley of the Sun.

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Overhead Carefree Sky Ranch.
14 miles to DVT.
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Landing DVT Phoenix.
80 degrees just like that.
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Back from pine trees and snow
to convertible weather in 30 minutes.:cool:
Arizona in January. Sweet.:)
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[SkySteve]

You make me want to pull the old girl out of her hangar and head south!

[SkySteve]

Would live to. Can't get out of town. I think Ogden, UT (KOGD) has been IFR for about a month.

[DanB]

Had a great time yesterday Doc! The clear skies made for a beautiful flight. After our split departing KPAN I took her to just under 9000' what a view! Dropping into the Valley I had Fountain Hills going off to my right and the Superstition Mountains with Weavers Needle standing proud to the left...Of course this was the day I left the GoPro on the table at home...glad you got off some pictures ;)

Steve, you need to thaw out your plane down here any time! I may very well make it up to Utah this summer.

Here is the track of the flight compliments of a Tiny Track APRS unit.
click on the dots and you can see speed and elevation. http://aprs.fi/#!mt=roadmap&z=11&call=a%2FN314DW&timerange=86400&tail=86400

[SkySteve]

Dan,
Very neat.

[wannafly]

Great adventure. We left Phoenix on friday. The only warm day we had. Had ice on the puddles a few mornings up in Scottsdale.:mad: That tracker is very cool. Good pictures with the gopro. I just got my Hero3 Black edition in the mail yesterday. fun fun:D

[SaskFox]

I love the photos keep them coming.

[GWright6970]

Earlier this month, looking north into Capay Valley, northern California. I'm still flying a club Cessna until my Model IV-1200 is finished!

[DesertFox4]

Deer Valley to Indian Hills Airpark.
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I took the day off to visit with folks down from Minnesota and Iowa.
Met up with Kevin and Tim at Indian Hills. Weather was perfect. No wind, painfully blue skies, temps in the 70's. Had to see Kevin's model 6 with the 7 firewall forward. Beautiful Kitfox inside and out. I recognized it right away as having been originally on amphib floats with a 914 turbo. Now sporting a more mild but quite capable 912S with conventional gear. Great set up for his private grass strip back in Northern Iowa. Congrats. Kevin.


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Tim & Barb from Blue Earth, MN, own a beautiful place on Indian Hills Airpark. Tim not long ago completed a gorgeous Super Cub. We decided that lunch would happen about 40 miles west at Quartsite,AZ. Off we go as a 3 ship for food and site seeing. Got some nice air to air photos. We were met at the little airstrip by a local name of Rocky. Rocky drove us to the good cafe 3 miles down the road and later gave us a tour of what can only be described as the largest privately owned collection of interesting automobiles in the US. There were no kidding, thousands of cars and trucks scattered in various yards and various states of repair or disrepair. What a great day. Airplanes, food and some of the most collectable of all Americana on wheels I've ever seen. Thanks Rocky.
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Back to Indian Hills for some hangar talk and fresh brownies and lemonade. Thanks Barb.
Indian Hills is one of those rare places where aviation is practiced in a most relaxing and enjoyable way. If there is a formula for fun flying it is proven here and should be duplicated as much as possible. I always feel at home and hate to leave. Yes, I know the secret. It's the people. It always is. Airplanes are everywhere and so are runways.
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Dave Kennedy lives a couple open hangar doors down from Tim and Barb and spent the day Kitfoxing with Kevin. He owns a PA-12 SuperCruiser that looks like factory new and a spectacular hangar/home where he is working on a Murphy Rebel. Lots of building going on here. Great to meet and fly with Dave. Oh, and after his first flight in a Kitfox, we may have a new convert.;)
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Well guys. Hope you're not sick of the photos. Wish you all could have sat in the hangar with us, soaking up the Arizona sun for an afternoon. I hope you can feel the warmth from the photos.
Talking airplanes and drinking lemonade is a great way to spend a day.

[SkySteve]

Oh yeah, now that's some kind of good living!

[N82HB]

Let's not forget that winter isn't always bad. I have had a lot of good days of play this winter.

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This is on Upper Twin Lake in north Idaho. Almost glare conditions.

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This is a tight little lake called Power Lake in NE Washington up in the mountains by 49 degrees North, ski resort.

I think this year's weather has not been as good as past winters, but I have still had a bunch of good days. I have put 20 hours on skis so far this winter.
You can see more pictures of our fun in my Ski photo album; there are also a few new ones in my Formation album.

I enjoy the warm too, but I will not give up my ski flying.
Kelly

[AirFox]

Nice post Kelly & DesertFox4. Thanks for sharing. Keeps up builders motivated!

[Fooey]

Kevin, I see ya got it on wheels and flying. Looks like you had a good trip to the southwestern US. The Kitfox looks great. Congrats.

Fooey

[Dorsal]

Landing on Alton Bay NH, sheer ice. Landing was no problem, turning around to back taxi took some finesse ��

[SkySteve]

Way cool Dorsal.

[RobS]

This was taken about three years ago, but gives another perspective of where Dorsal landed. The cleared area to the left of the runway was for the Alton Bay Winter Carnival Bed Race - an annual event, weather (and ice) permitting!

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[avidflyer]

Well I suppose I will post pics of where I fly as well. Went to a ski flyin today, Had to be at least 25 plane, one helicopter, and one trike. One Kitfox 5 and my MK IV Avid Flyer were representatives of our type of planes. About 3' of ice on the lakes so the lakes make great runways other than deep snow and drifts in places. Well a good time was had by all, and I have another 2.6 hrs on the Avid. I should have taken pics a bit later when all the planes were there, but didn't. Last pic is just another few lakes close to home with lots of people ice fishing. Take care, Jim Chuk

[DanB]

Nice shots and looks like a good time. I'm betting these pics are making Desertfox IV homesick for MI. ;)

[ackselle]

Jim,

Was that at the ski fly in at Warroad? We planned on coming, but fog held us back!
Cheers,
Ackselle

[avidflyer]

No not Warroad, it was on Long Lake, about 25 miles NW of Duluth. A guy with a PA 12 has a lake home there, and every winter he puts on a ski flyin and spagetti feed. Always a good time, although a couple of years ago, I got caught in heavy snow on the way home. Followed a highway at about 500' but made it back okey. Sure was nice weather for the flying, funny how inacurate weather forcasts can be. The local aviation forcast said it was supposed to be 500' ceilings and 1 mile visability yesterday AM, it was even still showing that at 7:30 AM when if you checked local conditions, it was clear and visability 10miles pluss. Good weather today, so ofcourse I had to fly somemore. Take care, Jim Chuk

[cap01]

finally a couple of nice flying days , was able to make the trip around st helens . rainier and adams in the background

[DesertFox4]

Wow! Great photos Chuck. Spectacular scenery.

[DesertFox4]

Got a call last night from Papa. We're flying to Marana for breakfast. Flight of 3. Be in Chandler before 8am. Yes sir. I'll be there. Can a I bring a newbe?
Certainly can.
I picked up my guitar playing buddy Ron at 6:50 and made DVT by 7am. Preflight done, refueled, $114.00 ouch! Called Papa and told him we should be there by 8. Bill P. had his gorgeous new 7 Super Sport pulled out and Papa's pretty as brand new 7 SS was sitting along side. Launched from Chandler as a 3 ship and turned South for Marana (AVQ). Not a bump to be found and zero wind.
Ron had only been up a time or two in a single engine Cessna and it was some years ago. Take off really surprised him in regards to how little runway was needed even with two good sized guys and full fuel. I did warn him about that. After leaving Chandler he got some good stick time and quickly caught on to how little input it took to make the Kitfox change direction. We closed up the formation to take a few air to air photos.
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40 minutes later we land Marana. Great food and conversation about airplanes, music and family.

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Coming back Papa and Bill split off West of Cassa Grande for Chandler and Ron and I headed North up through Wild Horse Pass then on into DVT. Lots of traffic to deal with but we got a straight in for 7 Left. I told Ron we'd be keeping the speed up for all the twins working the pattern. We did. 122 mph on 1 mile final. We were passing twins on final for 7 Right. No body had to wait for the slow little Kitfox in the pattern. Got it slowed down enough to get the mains to stick and we were off on the 2nd exit. I think the Tower likes Kitfoxs a little more each time they handle us. We hold no one up on take off or landing.
Well it was a picture perfect morning and it's always fun to fly with the DFS. Ron got introduced to one of the most exciting and fun ways to see Arizona , or any other place for that matter and I still had him home by noon.:)

Keep building guys. It's worth every minute, every hour, day and month you put into reaching your dream. The payoff is huge.:D:D:D

[Pilot4Life]

DF4,
Great area to fly. How often are the Breakfast Fly Ins? It'll be about 45 min by air to join up in the PHX area...looking forward to it!

[Dorsal]

Chuck and DF4, GREAT pics, love this thread :D

[DesertFox4]

Great area to fly. How often are the Breakfast Fly Ins? Happen often?Well Chris, to be honest they don't happen near as often as they should or have in years past but folks are so busy that you just have to make the time. That's what we all did today. We'll work on making it happen more often because it's just so danged much fun.

We need to drag Dan B. away from the shower door business for a weekend too. ;)

[DanB]

I'm glad someone got to enjoy the great flying weather yesterday as I was stuffing glass into bathroom corners. ;)

Nice shots DF4!

[wannafly]

Chuck great shot of Mt St Helen. I remember when she blew. We had the fall out here in southern Alberta.
Steve those pictures reminds me of our flight. You are a great ambassator for the Kitfox community. I will echo your thought to all those who are building or want to own this superb aircraft. It is worth the efforts and sacrifice...keep calm and keep going:D

[Dorsal]

Daffodil festival in Nantucket (who knew), she loves flowers I love flying, life is good :)
Cargo; two bikes, two backpacks and a basket (overnight on the island) new pod works great!

[Esser]

I'd be interested to see a picture of your baggage area with the bikes in it.

[Geowitz]

Dorsal - Very cool. Sounds like how a great marriage should work!

[Av8r3400]

Just got home from a trip to KFFA, First Flight Airport, Kittyhawk NC. 20 hours total time on the trip just over 2000 miles.

9 LS airplanes, 12 people, 7 days. It was awesome.

[Dorsal]

More pics? that trip is definitely on my bucket list.

[Av8r3400]

Here's a few of what I have. I'm not a picture taker, our chapter photo bug took over 700 on this trip so I didn't bother... :(

The white plane is a buddy's Kitfox-Avid Hybrid.

[Dorsal]

I'd be interested to see a picture of your baggage area with the bikes in it.

Esser, see thread http://www.teamkitfox.com/Forums/showthread.php?t=719

[chefwarthog]

Hello!!! Just fond this video.... Idaho is one of the place that I would like the go, with my future plane to make some back-country flying..... John you are a lucky guy to have places like this to fly arround!!!!:D:D:D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNP7CO1D0BI

[DanB]

I had the opportunity to fly the plane to Show Low last weekend to attend a week-long welding workshop for school. Saturday morning I flew from Show Low to Rock Art Ranch (Google it) that is just South of Joseph City and landed on a dirt road leading into the ranch. Kelly Baird, a friend from Utah was down to the ranch to help his Dad Brantley on this one of a kind dude ranch. Every year (June / July) they host a group of archeology students from several universities around the country. They are there to work ancient indian digs as they map the past. There is a museum of many artifacts (Complete pottery vessels, arrowheads, tools, the list goes on). His dad gives tours of the ranch almost daily and I was able to join them yesterday morning...fascinating! Afterwards, Kelly took me to a good place to hunt arrowheads. We didn't find any after 3 hours of looking...but we did find some nice pottery chards. Was a good time. I flew home this morning passing Winslow on my right direct to Payson then on to Falcon Field. Had a nice tailwind most of the way and made it in about an hour. Beautiful scenery! GoPro video below.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mK3zBn9JpLQ

Payson, AZ below

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Dropping into Mesa, Fountain Hills ahead

[DesertFox4]

Dan.
You and your Kitfox are starting to accumulate some memorable adventure stories.:) You got a little ways to go to catch SkySteve but you just may soon have him looking over his horizontal stabilizer.
"Have nose wheel , will travel."
Paladins of the air.

I had a chance to pull up some YouTube videos on the ranch. Interesting and old history concentrated in that canyon.

Hope the week long welding seminar went well. Maybe with your new found skills we may see you someday turning out SS-7 fuselages at Kitfox Aircraft under the tutelage of the "great one". After you retire from teaching of course. Idaho is a nice place to live/fly you know.
Glad you had a great week. See you soon.

[SkySteve]

Did I hear my name mentioned?:D
Watch out Dan. That plane is starting to get under your skin and you'll never let her go! You're loving it aren't you? It's OK, you can admit it.

[DanB]

ok, I will admit it. Flying the Fox to destinations vs. flying in circles that
phase 1 required is a whole different world. She's quite a mistress :)

[DanB]

Dan.
You and your Kitfox are starting to accumulate some memorable adventure stories.:) You got a little ways to go to catch SkySteve but you just may soon have him looking over his horizontal stabilizer.
"Have nose wheel , will travel."
Paladins of the air...

Steve, That ranch is amazing. Only problem is it's still hot during the summer. We will have to go up maybe in the Fall and spend some time. I know Kelly's Dad well enough to know he would let us stay and run around the place for as long as we like. There are some great swimming holes in that part of Chevlon Canyon. And my goal in life is to some day find an arrow head. Here are a few more pictures...

Mogollon Rim on my way to Payson
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Chevlon Canyon as it looks on top of the Rim. There is great trout fishing up there...long hike to get down to the river though.
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This is looking North...you can see the plane a bit on the right
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[DesertFox4]

A fall trip sounds good. Never trout fished in my life. I should try trout fishing at least once.

[ackselle]

Summer in Manitoba.... what could be better?

[DanB]

Just one thing...floats :D

[wannafly]

I must get out there:D

[airlina]

Fun day doing what a the Kitfox does best and if you end up with grass in your tailwheel you know you've had some adventures that day. The wife even bought me lunch because I flew her to the Dart field flea market in Western New York.

[Pilot4Life]

AWE YES, the stuff dreams are made of! Beautiful strip...and a flea market!!! You know what they say...one man's trash is another man's happy wife!:D or something like that...Keep it up AIRLINA.

[DesertFox4]

Great photo Bruce. And that Kitfox can haul a lot of treasure if the need arises.

[AirFox]

I just got back from an Awesome adventure with Stick and Rudder flight school. We went up to the Frank Church Wilderness for two days of Mountain/Canyon/transition training. Just thought I'd share some pictures. I would highly recommend training with these guys!

http://www.teamkitfox.com/Forums/album.php?albumid=329

Can't wait to get my plane flying!

Scott

[jiott]

Great pictures Scott! Looks like a very good few days.

Jim

[Pilot4Life]

Another shinning example of "Why Everyone Should Buy &/or Build A Kitfox!" Pictures are worth a thousand words. If they were worth money, you'd be a rich man! Great adventure and great training/trainer! Awesome!

[jrevens]

I didn't make it to Copperstate this year :(, but I woke up Saturday morning to some beautiful weather, so I packed up the airplane & flew with 3 other friends (yes, I do have some friends) in that general direction. Leaving Denver, we crossed the Rockies, over Wolf Creek Pass, the Sangre de Cristos, circled around Shiprock, flew down Canyon de Chelly, then over to Monument Valley to have lunch at Goulding's Lodge. Then on to Bullfrog, and stayed the night at the Defiance House Lodge on Lake Powell (the poor lake's down 100' I was told). Flew back yesterday morning. One of these days before too long I'll be doing trips like that in my Kitfox - maybe taking a little longer & enjoying it even more!
My Thorp T-18 is the blue & white taildragger...

[DesertFox4]

Great pictures John. Thanks. :)
Monument Valley is on the "must yet do" list.;)

[SkySteve]

John, nice pics. Looks like a great trip and beautiful country. You were just south of where I go to do the same things. It looks like a large percentage of nose wheelers sitting in that dirt! More proof they can get off the pavement.

[AirFox]

John,

Your doing an awsome public service motivating us builders. Thanks for the great pictures!

Scott

[Av8r_Sed]

That sure is some inspiring scenery. Thanks for sharing the pics.

[Danh]

Wasn't in my Kitfox YET but shot some morning photos

[jrevens]

I had a beautiful flight yesterday (Saturday) in and around the foothills of the Rockies, west of Denver. Perfect weather, blue skies & probably 100 miles visibility. Same blue skies this morning, but looking out my back door the trees were swinging and bending and the sky was populated with this... a very good sign that it's not a good day to go flying downwind, in or around the mountains. Those ragged ones, along with the beautiful lenticulars are talking to me loud & clear - "Don't even think about it". Weather moving in with a little snow tonight.

[Dorsal]

Beautiful picture :)

[t j]

You know that flying saucers hide in those clouds.

[Pilot4Life]

Naahhhh...I've been to Roswell, NM...Nothing wierd out that way...wink wink.;)

[Pilot4Life]

I was out that way myself not long ago and took this pic. On my way to Durango, CO today, I over flew Shiprock & Farmington...really is a beautiful place to fly...for the desert.:D

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[SkyPirate]

now that's a landmark :) cool pic Chris

[cubtractor]

That's a great pic. I've flown over it several times but always at FL410 or FL430. It's easy to spot on a clear day.

[Slyfox]

went flying yesterday the album for it is here.

http://www.teamkitfox.com/Forums/album.php?albumid=354

I got to fly both airplanes. The hangar for the rv had to be cleared of about 6 inches of snow to get it out. The kitfox, I just run the car over the snow a little to knock down the berm and went for it. I flew both to cda Idaho and flew the kitfox last. got some good sunset pics and landed just after the sun went down. nice and smooth air, some wind it was pretty much down the runway @ about 3. very nice flights.

[SkyPirate]

Cool pic's Steve and I like the "SlyFox" hat :)

[Slyfox]

yup, I got a shirt also.

waiting for the airport to clear. the area is now open. probably be flying at the same time, between 3 and 5.:D

[SkySteve]

Slyfox,
Great pics. Thanks for sharing the ride!

[jrevens]

Beautiful pictures, Slyfox. I love the sunset!

[Dave S]

You know, it has been a bit chilly and snowy up here in the Midwest lately, so much so that there are not a lot of light aircraft out and around......did make it out yesterday as the OAT broke Zero F......The winter landscape has it's own beauty, enhanced by the comfort that the oil temp and CHT are holding at Summer temps (with a little help from miscellaneous things)....then, the thoughts of soft summer flights over the verdant carpet of fields and forests easily wash into a person's thoughts and I felt at least some need to share some photos of Kitfox Views and Sunsets.....and maybe a little need to think where this summer's Kitfox travels might take us......


Cheers,


Dave S
KF7 Trigear
912USL Warp Drive

St Paul, MN

[SkySteve]

Thanks for sharing, Dave. You gave us a little bit of everything. Loved the pics.

[t j]

Dave, the color and patterns in those farm fields are beautiful.

[Dorsal]

Dave,
Really nice pictures, I particularly like the first two.

[Dick B in KY]

Nice pics Dave. The views of past flights on nice days and the dreams of future good weather days are hopefully enought to get us through this never ending winter.

Dick B

[jrevens]

Beautiful pictures, Dave... We are so lucky to be able to fly & experience beauty like this! Thank you!

[DAT]

A few KF's (a 4, 5, & 7) out enjoying the pretty weather.

[Dave S]

Dave T,

Great photo of the gaggle of Kitfoxes:) The three models look good in formation....So was there a 4th KF taking the photos?

Going to be a while yet til we can see the ground under the white stuff up here!.....Good to be reminded there is open ground out there somewhere!...Looks like I'll be shoveling 8" of "partly cloudy" away from the hangar again tomorrow....:o

Sincerely,

Dave S
KF7 Trigear
912ULS Warp Drive
St Paul. MN

[DAT]

Not a 4th today. The photo plane is an Aeroprakt A20. Our 4th KF was able to join us today.

[Paul Z]

Here is where I fly in Garland, the red arrow points to approximately my house. Dallas is in the background.
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A neighboring Airport in Terrell Texas
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I flew over to Canton Texas to look at some Property just north of Canton, here is a Fly-bys.
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A personal observation, I am not impressed with Dallas, it is entirely too big, nothing but flat land, too many people. I have lived here 30+ years, and have never liked it, but I was able to stay gainfully employed for the entire time, until I finally retired. If I could convince the wife, I would move!

[SkyPirate]

nice Paul,.. I here you about dallas ,.I'm a country boy,..and I can't stand it when the houses are so close to each other that you can lean against one and spit and hit another, my wife is from dallas, she wants to move back there,.I told her I would move to texas,.but about an hour from Dallas by car :) so I'm looking for land north east of Dallas

[Danh]

Really nice spring day the Pacific North West today. Puget sound with Mt Baker in the back ground

[t j]

A morning flight yesterday to the Columbia River above the Wanapum Dam. A couple weeks ago someone noticed a bulge in the Spillway. They inspected and found a 2 inch by 65 foot long crack in one of the pillars. The water level was lowered 26 feet and the crack closed up. Now they are doing more inspecting and trying to figure out how to fix it.

Construction started in 1959 and finished and water backed up in 1964. This is the first time in 50 years much of the shore line has been exposed. The officials have closed the entire shore line between Wanapum and Rock Island dams to protect archaeology sites. And for safety. At least one person sank in the mud up to their waste and had to be rescued.

As a kid I spent quite a bit of time along the shore of the river there so was quite interested in seeing what I could see. Kitfox is a fantastic observation and photo platform.

For reference here is a 1954 aerial photo of the old vantage town site and bridge. The dam was built just off the bottom of the picture.
http://i.imgur.com/EVVrmLP.jpg


The spillway
http://i.imgur.com/4qpf6eo.jpg

Vantage Boat launch. See the stranded sail boat just left of center.
http://i.imgur.com/N3rQEsE.jpg

Old vantage town site. See the basement foundation out in the water lower left center.
http://i.imgur.com/bUJdsnB.jpg

Close up of the old vantage highway leading to the old bridge. Note the foundations. They have scooped the mud off the old highway and are using it to put launch boats for the divers that are inspecting the dam. All other boat launches are high and dry.
http://i.imgur.com/BEw00lX.jpg

The Gorge at George (Washington). This is the natural amphitheater where rock concerts are held. The stage roof is in the center of the picture.
http://i.imgur.com/8qzeqrS.jpg


Crescent Bar.
http://i.imgur.com/mTA4b9n.jpg

West Bar. It was created by sediment from the ice age floods. See the ripple marks created from the waves when the fllood water was estimated to be 200 feet deep and flowing 70 mph. The wave crests are about 100 yards apart.
http://i.imgur.com/jhP6gC3.jpg

Turned back down stream now. This town was not there last time I went by this spot about 1959 in my Uncle's boat. I didn't know it existed and is not on any highway maps or other maps I can find. On google maps it just says Wanapum.
http://i.imgur.com/WB8jkza.jpg

Cliffs on the west side of the river.The light colored line at water level is
the 26 foot drop in the lake level.
http://i.imgur.com/5KjHHa3.jpg

[Esser]

Great snaps Tom,

As a former dam builder, I always find dams interesting.

[Danh]

Great photos Tom,
I have played here a lot.
We have a family beach site on this stretch I had seen photos of our waterfront and knew it was way down, but no way thought it was to this extent.
Fix that damn!
I think the city you saw was Sunland Estates

[Slyfox]

went flying today. I found the river to be nice and low. there was an island that looked real nice, so I landed. this is normally under water, nice to have this in my back yard 6541

[DesertFox4]

Nice photo Slyfox. You have a beautiful backyard to play in. Neat submerged Kitfox runway waiting for you there. Just had to get that pesky water out of the way.;)

[Slyfox]

actually after the water goes away it takes some time for it to dry up. one year I landed on it and threw mud all over the plane. looked like I took it mudden. I was afraid to get out of the plane. so I took back off. this time it looked pretty good, I was able to get out of the plane. the tail wheel went down in the dirt about 3 inches. not to bad.

I estimated the roll out about 150ft. I three pointed and the tail wheel in the dirt helped stop. On take off I raised the tail right away and lifted off about 50ft from where I hit the throttle. you can't see it but the sides drop off all around at least 15 ft. right where I stopped it drops down 5 to 10ft on a safe gradual. I've rolled over that in the past. just a fun spot to land. you end up coming in just off the water with 200 ft sides on the right and on the left about 500 it's pretty narrow. come around the corner and there it is. fun. definitely a kitfox landing spot.

[Slyfox]

another shot from the direction I flew in from. 6545

[Rooster]

Hello All!
I am from South Africa, and I recently sold my C170B to get the money to buy my dream.....
A Kitfox5 ZU-DEC with lion pawprints on it. It has a Franklin engine in it, and this is going to be her home base. The Farm - beef and wool and the hangar is right next to my house.
Very excited!

[Slyfox]

looks like a fun place to fly out of. also I see you have a cheering section down there.

[Esser]

Nice Field!

[DesertFox4]

Great looking Model 5 Rooster. Enjoy every flight. Fun looking strip.

[wannafly]

great pictures...I googled your town. Looks like awesome country side. What are the GPS numbers for the airfield in the picture. I see one just west of town but the building are a bit differant. Keep the pictures coming:D

[Rooster]

Quote:Wannafly
Re: Where I Fly.
great pictures...I googled your town. Looks like awesome country side. What are the GPS numbers for the airfield in the picture. I see one just west of town but the building are a bit differant. Keep the pictures coming:D .
I am just to the North of that-Over the Mountain a bit.
S 32Deg 25.3 minutes
E 027Deg 21.0 minutes

4000 ft Elevation

Absolutely blessed to be here and able to enjoy....

[Dave S]

Rooster,

Love that grass field! Perfect home for a Kitfox!

Dave S

[wannafly]

Found it...Looks like ranch/farm countryside. Many off strip landing possibilities.:D
49 44.10N 112 45.49W elevation 3200 feet
my home. I use the field for runway when crops are off or haul over to neighbors grass strip just 1 mile east

[Rooster]

Wow! That looks great Wannafly! What do they fatten in the feedlot next door?
Nice looking town nearby too!
I am amazed at the neat angular layout of all the farm properties.
I see you also have a barn where you have access for animals to walk outside. a feedlot too?
Is that a lunging ring for horses to the southeast?

You all have the neatest yards.....

[wannafly]

here is a video I made a while back of some flying in our area.

http://youtu.be/IKUc9-nsmmA

[Av8r3400]

A buddy produced this for me from some of my video footage…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfMrnW1jBUU

[Dave S]

What camera are you using?

The grass looked like Iola????

Dave S

[Av8r3400]

You are right - that is a trip to 68C (http://netnet.net/~wjknjan/)!

It's a Drift HD170 Stealth camera.

[Rooster]

ZU-DEC is home at her new base.

I flew 8 hours this last weekend, and am really enjoying her!
Wow! What a good move to get this beauty!

[dynomike]

looks like an awesome place to fly ,great looking plane

[SkyPirate]

Cuba Missouri and Rolla Missouri

[SkyPirate]

Cuba Missouri private lake, land based runway top right of picture

[Pilot4Life]

Paul,
When you click on the hyperlink, does your computer have a pop-up bar at the bottom of the screen that says some stuff and gives you a "Show Content" option? Mine does everytime, but the hyperlink works for me. Hope you get it resolved!

[SkySteve]

When I clicked on it I got a note that it was blocked due to violation of
Copyrighted music.

[Pilot4Life]

That's strange...it's still working for me. Just tried it after reading your post SkySteve...I'm stumped!

[Dick B in KY]

Works for me too.

Dick B

[Av8r3400]

Link worked for me, complete with music… :confused:

[SkySteve]

Nice morning flight with friends:
http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff12/KitfoxSteve/443B4640-0F79-4F6F-9330-3C06F0E55AE3.jpg (http://s237.photobucket.com/user/KitfoxSteve/media/443B4640-0F79-4F6F-9330-3C06F0E55AE3.jpg.html)

[SkySteve]

I tried the vid again, on my laptop. Worked great. Nice flying and loved the music. Looks like a fun gathering. Like the man said (sang), baby, it's all right now!

[dholly]

There must be some box to tick off when posting videos on YouTube to include a mobile device version? When I try with iPad it says "The content owner has not made this video available on mobile. Add to playlist to watch it later on PC."

[Esser]

It has to do with the copyright laws of the music that is on the videos.

[SkyPirate]

Here is a Kit ( left seat) and a Fox (right seat) sitting in a kitfox :)

[DesertFox4]

That's a great photo Chase. The girls really class up that 5.:)
Only problem I see is you may need your own Kitfox if you're going to tag along with the girls.;)

[SkyPirate]

Ha !😁a lexan belly Pod for Madison and we are set lol

[SkyPirate]

Taxi way flying with 2 other "Fox's" 😜

[SkyPirate]

Above pic , 1930 Chevy, 2006 kitfox5 Outback 1967 Chevelle SS 454

[AirFox]

Nice pictures Chase. Here are a couple of mine. First flying down the Columbia River George and second one is a local river gravel bar.
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[cubtractor]

Great pictures Chase and Airfox. Gotta love the big tires.:D I wish I was home to get mine out.

[SkyPirate]

Thanks AirFox and Mike :) great pics there too!!
Mike we need to do some flying together soon !! And i need to get a good camera so i can get sime good pic's of you n your fox in the air

[DesertFox4]

Taxi way flying with 2 other "Fox's" 😜 Love the 3 classics in that photo.

[SkySteve]

My new airstrip is just about ready for the trial run:
http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff12/KitfoxSteve/E7F1B830-D294-4DFC-88C0-3AF23B936063.jpg (http://s237.photobucket.com/user/KitfoxSteve/media/E7F1B830-D294-4DFC-88C0-3AF23B936063.jpg.html)

[DesertFox4]

Your new airstrip???? You're very own new airstrip?:cool:

[SkySteve]

DF4, Yes sir. My very own, at home airstrip. We just put in a pressurized irrigation system so old ditches have been filled in, a cross fence removed and trees trimmed back. If our weather holds (several days of wind and rain are coming) I am planning on the first landing tomorrow morning! Wish me luck. The wing cam will be rolling.

[DesertFox4]

That's what I call high living Steve.;) Congrats on the new airstrip. :)

[Av8r3400]

Looks beautiful, Steve.

The strip ain't bad either...

[DanB]

Very cool Steve...I think I just drooled on my computer ;)

[Rooster]

Pal came to visit on the farm the other day in a J430 and decided to accompany them for a little way after they departed.

[t j]

It has been two months since I had my kitfox up. Yesterday I drained the old gas out and got the ambition to take a lap around the valley.

Farmers have started putting up Barn Quilts. This custom started in Ohio I think. The quilts are supposed to have something to do with the history of the ranch or its owners. This one is called "Eight Pointed Star".
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Last winter a close up.
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Tractors working. I get a lot of enjoyment flying nowhere just to get a bird's eye view of what's new.
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My neighborhood.
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[Dick B in KY]

Nice pics. Don't you just love spring!!!!

Dick B

[SkySteve]

Spring is good! Yesterday I flew though a cloud of NoSeeEms. It was a big black cloud and you could sure see 'em! Black smudge all over my windscreen, leading edges, cowling and struts. Then I landed and splattered fresh cow dung all over my starboard door, strut, wing and flaperon. What a fly day!!

[SkySteve]

WARNING: This one is a little long.
The title is, The Hawk And The Fox. It is the video story of two guys taking their neighbors for a morning flight in Utah. It all starts out when these guys decide to have their morning coffee at the top of a deserted island in the Great Salt Lake, then .....
The Hawk and The Fox (http://youtu.be/DYsBuASjsDI?t=1s)

[jrevens]

That was nice, Steve! I'll be heading to Salt Lake next month for a Thorp fly-in (at U42).
What size tires do you run?

[SkySteve]

John,
I just changed from 6:00x6 to 8:00x6 and love them. I've found 12# psi to be just right for me. Now believe this or not, because I can't figure it out, but I actually increased my cruise speed at 5,000 rpm from 90 to 92 mph with the larger tires.

[SkyPirate]

Today towards Marshall MO

[SkyPirate]

On the way back

[Av8r3400]

EAA Chapter meeting today at JimS's place. Lots of fun, thanks Jim. :D

[AirFox]

Just off the Oregon coast.
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[DanB]

Sweet shot :)

[mr bill]

I don't mind flying over Lake Michigan, but flying over the ocean, where I am not at the top of the food chain, would be scary.

[cap01]

I would venture to guess if ditching in the ocean was required , your location on the food chain would be the least of your worries .

[jiott]

Flying the Oregon coast is really a pretty safe proposition since a major portion of the coastline is wide sandy beaches. I fly within gliding distance of the beach and feel quite safe most of the time.

[Paul Z]

I got tired of the flatlands of Texas a decided to do some Mountain Flying. I flew up to Idaho and meet up with Paul Leadabrand to get some Tail Dragger training. Paul is undoubtedly one of the best instructors I have ever had the pleasure to train with. If you just want to improve your skills, get a tail Dragger sign off, or to get your BFR. I would highly recommend Paul at Stick and Rudder. Here is a photo of me with Paul's plane in the Back Country of Idaho. I love the color of his planes! I've got a few more photos I'll upload when I get back home. There were two more SLSA at Boise, one getting ready to got to Alaska, and one to the East Coast.

I'm contemplating taking 703KA up to the factory, and get John to convert it to a Conventional Gear set up, and possibly a couple more mods.

Paul Z

[Paul Z]

Here is another photo. Oh my, what have I gotten myself in to? :D

[SkyPirate]

Nice Paul "thumbs up"

Marshall MO photo below

[DesertFox4]

Glad you enjoyed it Paul. It's exciting to expand your aviation horizons and doing it in Idaho while Paul guides you through it from the right seat is just icing on the cake.

Great photos and quite the beard by the way.
You look like a genuine back country mountain man pilot.:cool:

You'll never have a more down to Earth, relaxed training environment than with Stick & Rudder and those Kitfox he trains in are the ultimate back country machines.

Now if we can just get Paul to put one of those turbo-charged Kitfox on floats, I'd be expanding my aviation horizons.:D

[DesertFox4]

Chase, did I ever tell you what a strikingly handsome model 5 your have. Great photo. :D LIKE.

[Pilot4Life]

Lately, this needs to be on nearly every thread...

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[Slyfox]

hay Paul,
I like that last pic. I keep visualizing taking off, staying 10ft off and running through the canyon out in the distance woohoo :D

[SkyPirate]

Thanks Steve, its still growing on me, although it doesnt have the bump cowl, and i still cant make up my mind on the wheel pant stripes, this week coming, oil change, fuel filter change, check all connections etc in preparation of flight to NC/NH

[Av8r3400]

Hey-- I thought the only guys in Texas with beards like that were in ZZTop!

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QJx4UNfR8oU/SuP_QaY919I/AAAAAAAABQo/SSE2FnfmwPM/s400/ZZ%2BTop%2B41.jpg

[SkySteve]

Flew out to one of our Utah islands this morning. While standing around drinking morning coffee I found part of an old plastic rain jacket. There is also a T post next to the ranch road/airstrip ... so, now we have an official "Wind Rag" out there! :D

http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff12/KitfoxSteve/AF57D9C7-4F83-4D9B-A821-4CD7C0F62695.jpg (http://s237.photobucket.com/user/KitfoxSteve/media/AF57D9C7-4F83-4D9B-A821-4CD7C0F62695.jpg.html)

[Pilot4Life]

Great find SkySteve...and a rain jacket nonetheless. Now you have an all weather wind rag! Super! Perhaps some reflective material to get a glistening effect for higher vis...LOL. I have some old reflective belts from the service...back when (coughs) exercise (sorry for the profanity :D) was a regular part of my day.

[SkySteve]

Yeah, Chris. A rain jacket, in Utah? Ha! What fool drug that thing out here. He probably took such a ribbing he just dropped it and walked away with his head down!

[cap01]

Phil , just wondering . is the kodiak the plane they refer to as the baby caravan ? or maybe it's one of the South American planes . I think I've seen some of the planes that they were flying inter island hawaii referred to as baby caravans .
you are a really tall guy or the people are pretty small in that part of the world .
I've seen a few of the susi air videos of some of the places over there , would be fun except for the weather , until it became work . Idaho should be a walk in the park after flying over there
take care

[PapuaPilot]

Chuck,

I don't know if people refer to the Kodiak as a baby Caravan, but I have had several mistake it for a Caravan. Both are great planes!

The people in this village are pretty short. I'm only 5' 11".

Most of the days flying in Papua were pretty enjoyable, but there were always the days when the weather was really bad. For the first years I flew there we only flew VFR, basically it was all like being in class G airspace (visual and keep out of the clouds). Then we started flying IFR with approved GPSs. That made the flying so much less stressful.

[Rooster]

I dropped in on a friend's pasture near his trout dam to chew the fat a little.
This is in the Hogsback area of the Eastern Cape, South Africa.

You can see one of the "hog's backs" in the mountain on top RH corner.
Nice morning, and I am really enjoying this beauty! 21 hours in her now in the last 6 weeks since I got to be her custodian. Also my first off-field landing-Wooo Hooo!

[DesertFox4]

Rooster- great photos.:) Beautiful spot for your first off airport landing.

Looks like you are bonding just fine with that sweet Model 5. You get to fly some nice aircraft according to your photo album.:)



By the way- I just added you to our Photo Album under the "Model 5" category. Rooster's photo albums. (http://www.teamkitfox.com/Forums/album.php?u=2393)

Keep posting these fun photos.

[SkySteve]

Rooster,
Very nice. What size tires are you using?

[Rooster]

Thanks guys!

600 - 6.00 But I am salivating for those 21" bald tyres the guys are talking about in the discussion thread......

I am really liking my move to the dream of Kitfox life.

[jiott]

Here are some photos taken on a local trip to Twin Oaks EAA Chapter 105 pancake breakfast near Hillsboro in the Portland area.
Taking off from Fairways Airport near Oregon City.
Arriving over Twin Oaks Airport.
Parked at the breakfast.
Airplane photo
Arriving back over my home airport-Fairways
Another shot of Fairways AP & the Willamette Valley
On final approach to Fairways-home

[Dick B in KY]

Nice pics and Nice plane!!

Dick B

[Pilot4Life]

WHAT?!?!?!? YOU'VE GOT TO BE JOKING...RIGHT? My two favorite hobbies side by side, and a beautiful flying area to boot! Maybe one day, in a land far far away, I'll have to fly in to visit you "jiott", with the clubs packed of course! Beautiful, just beautiful.

[jiott]

No joke! That's why they named the airport "Fairways". Its not a complete bowl of cherries however, one approach is over a housing development; the other is over a huge system of power lines as you can see in the photos. Not very friendly to an engine failure on takeoff.

I did practice some "impossible" 180 degree turns today at altitude of course and found the Kitfox capable of completing the maneuver in just a little over 300' of altitude loss. Of course that is not a safe working number considering the surprise factor, obstacles, etc. Nevertheless, it is an impressive airplane.

[Slyfox]

me and the wife are overdue for a trip to twin oaks, maybe next month. flyin eat breakfast and go to the museum is our plan. if we make it I'll look for ya at the breakfast. nice pics. oh and the runway is very doable with the kitfox.

[jiott]

Be great to see you at the breakfast. We have at least 3 Kitfoxes in the area; maybe we can get all of us to show up at Twin Oaks one of these times.

[Slyfox]

you flying up here to Spokane for the aopa flyin in august?

[jiott]

Probably not, although I wish I could.

[cap01]

finally made it to the east side for the first time this year to a state strip thats fun to visit . its also pretty popular with campers . if there is a fire in the area , the forrest service will use it to stage their choppers

[t j]

Nice! My wife and i are going up to Rimrock fishing today. I have a new fly Rod and Reel that hasn't been tested yet. Pulling a boat so no kitfox flying today.

[t j]

Myself, an RV9, Aerocoup, and a Breezy from our EAA Club flew to Wenatchee Saturday for a Fly in. The Forest Service (my old employer) gave Fire Rappeller demonstration.

[AirFox]

Tieton was a popular place the last few days. We spent one night at Tieton then on to Dug Bar in Hells canyon for a second night.
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[cap01]

scott , was wondering , since your so close , if you had one of the wa airport guides ? they do come in handy , have the closure dates of the state strips . which appear unreasonable for some of them . it is possible for a person to receive a personal call from the guy that runs wa state air if that person might be observed using one of the strips during the time they are supposed to be closed . we have a few extra guides laying around the hangar if you need one , or state air would be happy to give you one . they give them out at the aviation expo every spring . I don't think they've had a new revision in a few years . let me know and I'll send one down or stop up and pick it up

[cap01]

tj , looks like a popular place for boats and camping . sadly the u.s. navy pretty much ruined me for both of those activities . i just stick to flying in , wondering around a while and leaving . thats what i enjoy

[Slyfox]

looks like Sullivan lake. I don't do the camping either. uukk!

[cap01]

no , actually tieton on rimrock resevoir . I haven't been to Sullivan lake but have heard a lot about it . a friend on the the flying b grew up in that part of the state and used to fly in there a lot .

[Pilot4Life]

TJ,
Wenatchee is my hometown and would love to go to a fly-in there. For now, I'm too far away and the schedule doesn't permit, but thanks for posting those pics. Only flew out of there 1 time in High School while taking an Aero/WX class, in a 172...first flight ever in a small plane. Hope all went well and the folks at Pangborne (KEAT) were friendly...would hate for my people to give you a bad taste while you're a guest. :D

[t j]

Pilot4Life,
It was my first time flying into Pangborn. Everyone at the fly in was great. Lots of locals were interested in the Kitfox...I think it was the only one there.

There was a lot of traffic arriving at the same time. No tower so I landed short and got off at the first exit. All the other planes were getting off a lot further down the runway. By the time I had taxied to the parking area there was an official waiting for me and walked me to a parking spot.

Direct from Ellensburg would take me over Mission ridge which is 6600 feet and then I would have lose a lot of altitude in a hurry to get down to pattern level. I elected to go over Colockum Pass to the south east a few miles from Mission Ridge at 4600 feet then up the river to Wenatchee.

My little 503 (52 HP) did great but I wasn't sure how it would do when I came back to Ellensburg in the afternoon heat. I put in 5 gallons of extra fuel in case I had to come around vantage to get home. I had no problem getting back up to 6000 feet before Colockum so didn't end up needing the extra fuel.

[Slyfox]

I've flown into EAT many times over the years. Use to be a great place to fly into, but now days with the loss of the FBO and the airport board being money hungry. At least that is what it has been. I don't go over as much any more. But landing and getting off on the first taxi, I hope that is runway 12 that you are talking about. If not and you used 30, that is a long taxi to the EAA building, which is by the pumps. I don't think I have ever landed on 12, the winds are always in favor of 30. I like to do a short approach also but long land down to the taxi in front of the pumps and drop down and get off there. cuts the taxi time way down. I wish if it hasn't changed that someone would take over the old FBO there, really liked going in and staying the weekend and doing some river rafting, dinner, the works.

[t j]

Slyfox, 7/25 has deteriorated and is closed UFN. Yes, 30 was the active and it was a long taxi to parking. I would have landed long but next in line behind me was an Arrow so didn't want to fly down the runway at 40 mph and be the cause of him having to go around.

[Slyfox]

I say why not, it's your runway. of course you could have done one of my shorts and cut mid field and than land and off also. I wouldn't have done that long taxi is all. I sure miss the way EAT use to be. A well missed airfield. in the old days they had two vehicles, a Taurus and a ranger. I use to go over there all the time grab a vehicle and go eat. the ol' days. way back in about 05 they had their last mountain flying seminar, it was fantastic. they had flyouts that you could rent a Cessna with instructor and go into their tracks in the mountain. overhead they had a safety plane that was in touch with everybody and directed traffic. the best course I ever went through. way cool. it's all gone.

[Paul Z]

finally made it to the east side for the first time this year to a state strip thats fun to visit . its also pretty popular with campers . if there is a fire in the area , the forrest service will use it to stage their choppers

Chuck, what is the name, location, airport ID?

[cap01]

paul, the airport is tieton state , 4s6 . 080 , 24 nm from yakima , wa , ykm .
we have a few state strips scattered around the state that are interesting to visit .
http://skyvector.com/airport/4S6/Tieton-State-Airport

[Paul Z]

Chuck, thanks, I'll add it to my Seattle Trip. I've been retired for a couple of years, an just got over some health issues. I'm planning a doing the world wind bucket list tour I've been planning for years.