North East winter Fun 17/18
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1piece@atime
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Northern Vermont
SKI PLANE FLY IN
Sponsored by EAA chapter 1576, Lyndonville VT:
COME WATCH . EVERYONE IS INVITED
The event will take place on Sat March 3rd 10AM to 2PM at Crystal Lake in Barton VT. In the case of bad weather, the event will be moved to Sunday March 4th. If the ice or snow is bad on the lake, the event will still be carried out at Island Pond (5B1) as it is not plowed. Last minute information on the event can be obtained by calling Bruce at 802-274-6121
Directions to ski plane fly in.
From Lyndonville, take Rte #5 north to West Burke and then on toward Barton. Before reaching Barton, Rte #5 runs along the west side of Crystal Lake. From the south end of the lake watch for the boat landing. Our tiny cottage is 1/4 mile past the boat landing, painted light yellow and my plane will be parked out front by 9 AM. Refreshments
Sponsored by EAA chapter 1576, Lyndonville VT:
COME WATCH . EVERYONE IS INVITED
The event will take place on Sat March 3rd 10AM to 2PM at Crystal Lake in Barton VT. In the case of bad weather, the event will be moved to Sunday March 4th. If the ice or snow is bad on the lake, the event will still be carried out at Island Pond (5B1) as it is not plowed. Last minute information on the event can be obtained by calling Bruce at 802-274-6121
Directions to ski plane fly in.
From Lyndonville, take Rte #5 north to West Burke and then on toward Barton. Before reaching Barton, Rte #5 runs along the west side of Crystal Lake. From the south end of the lake watch for the boat landing. Our tiny cottage is 1/4 mile past the boat landing, painted light yellow and my plane will be parked out front by 9 AM. Refreshments
Farmboy
MEMBER
Middlebury, VT
Ha. I landed there with my Sportcopter and it was so muddy I slid all the way down to the bottom with breaks on. Guess I need bigger tires. Maybe time to sell my PA-11 and Sportcopter and upgrade to Cub with 31s.
Forgot to mention this earlier Dave, but that wasn't mud. Mud in VT/NH is what others call Spring. We just call it mud season.
That's when you need barn boots to leave the house.
What we landed on was an inch or so of thawed grass on top of frozen ground.
So I was putting the Cub away today when a couple of friends drove up to have a look. They then proceeded to tell me that they were driving by this sugar house out on Route 12 a weekend or two ago and there was a whole gaggle of cubs parked next to the restaurant. I acted surprised, told them I knew nothing of it! They left wondering if they could get their 180 and 185 in that field...
Farmboy
MEMBER
Middlebury, VT
I know a couple owners that could. Probably. Lol.
The common response I get from pilots after landing is simply that the sidehill looks pretty flat until they land.
But if it was flat we couldn’t hold the slip and slide events there....
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Not sure how long it is, but these two guys are real sharp. By that I mean they were just talking and not planning on going in there.... Not saying it couldn’t be done, cause back in the day I used to work a 180 out of Kenai and Dillingham pretty hard. But that was a long time ago, in a land far, far away.....
cubdriver2
FRIEND
upstate NY
I would think a well rounded wagon driver could easily handle the field. Don't know if the friendly neighbors or the cows could handle the noise.
Glenn
Glenn
Tim
FRIEND
Petersburgh, NY
Our leader here landed at my strip ( 800ft ) and used half of it with his big powered 180, and flew over the first 50ft
cubdriver2
FRIEND
upstate NY
RaisedByWolves
FRIEND
Tx
Bowie
SPONSOR
West Milford, NJ
You gotta watch out for these Super Cub guys, they like to set Maule and 180 Traps, sneaky buggers
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Farmboy
MEMBER
Middlebury, VT
Well, the “hayfield” is of undisclosed length, and somewhat depends on which part you want to consider landing on.
You could try next to the road, up the hill, next to the house, or sashay your way around all three.
But, that’s not highly recommended.
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You could try next to the road, up the hill, next to the house, or sashay your way around all three.
But, that’s not highly recommended.
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Tim
FRIEND
Petersburgh, NY
Ha, the left wheel was buzzing :lol:
kestrel
PATRON
Southern NH
Pffft! My wife goes into shorter than that with her RV-4. (...level and good approaches, not comparable to this slip-n-slide contest)
kestrel
PATRON
Southern NH
On the way home from the WAD last fall, the weather kept getting lower and lower and lower. We were trying to at least get to Keene for some lunch and to wait out the weather. We got squeezed down into the CT river valley by clouds sitting on the hills. I was eye balling Santa's as an "alternate" and wondering how we would be greeted if we dropped in. ...managed to find a route through the hills into Keene.
cubdriver2
FRIEND
upstate NY
Getting dug out, tough with mud underneath.
Time to go play some
Awesome riding today, nothing like virgin snow
He's one for old times Scott, home of one of the greatest flyins East of the Mississippi
3700' of grass
Amish heading home
Glenn
Time to go play some
Awesome riding today, nothing like virgin snow
He's one for old times Scott, home of one of the greatest flyins East of the Mississippi
3700' of grass
Amish heading home
Glenn
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cubdriver2
FRIEND
upstate NY
When I was a 15 year old farm hand back in 1970 freezing my butt off shoveling poop. The nice farmers wife knitted that for me for Christmas. One of my most treasured items I own.
Glenn
NC2252M
SPONSOR
Upstate,NY
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Genn, i have a green one with black trim, doubles as a helmet, if i run across it i will post a picture, my mom use to make them. Those colors it had to be made out of leftovers.:lol:
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That painting is from Marlboro Mass airport.The plane is my friend Pat Greene'sThought of this when i seen the second picture down, just please dont use a ford.
He bought it new and normally kept it in Stow at 6B6 but had it at Marlboro for annual when the artist who learned to fly there thought it would be a cool painting(Supercubs Day Off) I believe is the title.Wrecked it one night in a bad wind shear.Real lucky to survive.
KB
By the way that hangar in the background is where Dave PA11 kept his plane until moving to Crow Island.Sad the airport may be gone soon,It is the oldest privately owned airport in MA.
Lots of aircraft ended up in the chain link fence at the road.Many could not manage the 1600 ft runway.
KB
Lots of aircraft ended up in the chain link fence at the road.Many could not manage the 1600 ft runway.
KB
Scouter
SPONSOR
Exeter Maine
My good friend Mr Ford and company are enjoying the Florida sun, swimming in the pool, drinking my cold beer, riding around in my jeep
With no top with the warm sun on his pale skin, and touring the countryside in my Carbon Cub. ����In return for the aforementioned comforts has to bring it home, since I am up to my buttocks in mud and now snow coming and have too many balls spinning I can't find the time now to bring it up and had to seek professional help. I suspect we will see pix pretty soon. And it better be JB in a swimsuit not him
Jim
With no top with the warm sun on his pale skin, and touring the countryside in my Carbon Cub. ����In return for the aforementioned comforts has to bring it home, since I am up to my buttocks in mud and now snow coming and have too many balls spinning I can't find the time now to bring it up and had to seek professional help. I suspect we will see pix pretty soon. And it better be JB in a swimsuit not him
Jim
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