aeroaddict
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Where did you fly today?
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Steve Pierce
BENEFACTOR
Graham, TX
Yea, long story but told here. Still reidentifying myself.
https://www.supercub.org/forum/showthread.php?60422-Bidding-Farewell
Steve Pierce
BENEFACTOR
Graham, TX
RE87-Zulu
PATRON
Sweetwater, Texas
That could have been an interesting evening. Kevin comes with a warning label.
Hahaha, he’s probably not the only one
jrussl
BENEFACTOR
Madison, WI
My Gal and I got out to play in the snow and enjoy the first warm weather of the year and checked the conditions on a few local lakes.
Your gal is a hell of a photographer. Nice shots!
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Finally got out on skis after a frustrating couple months. Put my skis on back in early January, then rain and wind ruined the snow. Took a month to build up a good snowpack again, didn't have a ton of time due to work and short daylight hours, then rain and wind ruined the snowpack again. Didn't have high hopes of finding good snow today, but was pleasantly surprised!
Steve Pierce
BENEFACTOR
Graham, TX
Weather finally broke after a week of cold, rain, sleet and snow. Was an awesome day of flying finished up with a trip into one of my favorites, the Beaver Bar. Gets my attention on the approach. Got it's name from years ago when there was a lot of beaver activity.
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Steve Pierce
BENEFACTOR
Graham, TX
They are on. This Super Cub has everything my other one had with the addition of the aluminum struts. We painted them so they are incognito.
cubdriver2
FRIEND
upstate NY
Learn something new every day. Never knew beavers were that far south. We are talking 4 legged ones?
Glenn
Glenn
Steve Pierce
BENEFACTOR
Graham, TX
Yep, the first few times I landed there I noticed strange tracks and drag marks and finally figured out beavers were cutting down little trees and dragging them into the river.
cubdriver2
FRIEND
upstate NY
Must be a resort for older beavers after retirement. No alligators in Texas
Glenn
Glenn
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Cubus Maximus
Registered User
Finally got out after a month. Took awhile to find a road where the snow banks where still under the Husky spades.
hotrod180
FRIEND
Port Townsend, WA
Isn't the "poor condition" of the strip at SPW part of the reasoning for the proposed closing?
Call to Action on Stovepipe Wells Airstrip Closing - Urgent! you CAN help! (supercub.org)
Call to Action on Stovepipe Wells Airstrip Closing - Urgent! you CAN help! (supercub.org)
skywagon8a
MEMBER
SE Mass MA6
Christmas Card Photo. Beautiful!
Akbushrat
Registered User
Bring brats and some firewood. There is a barbecue, and a fireplace. Bathroom too. Pickup the NWA airfield guide and there is specifics of being a friendly neighbor on take off!
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Cubus Maximus
Registered User
Perfect day to watch the birds fly by:
We lost "The Shepherd" yesterday after a long illness. Jerry Engelbrecht is a Minnesota aviation legend having solo'd the family J-3 at the farm at age 9. He was an aerial wolf hunter with his dad Art for many years (in the same PA-18-125 Cub the family had owned since 1960), served in Vietnam with the 7th Cavalry flying Cobra's and finished his career as Chief Pilot of the MN DNR. He was the best of the best. Blue skies and tailwinds Jerry, May God take you to Himself. You are missed.
We lost "The Shepherd" yesterday after a long illness. Jerry Engelbrecht is a Minnesota aviation legend having solo'd the family J-3 at the farm at age 9. He was an aerial wolf hunter with his dad Art for many years (in the same PA-18-125 Cub the family had owned since 1960), served in Vietnam with the 7th Cavalry flying Cobra's and finished his career as Chief Pilot of the MN DNR. He was the best of the best. Blue skies and tailwinds Jerry, May God take you to Himself. You are missed.
stid2677
SPONSOR
The temps warmed up a bit, but the flight out to the lake was still -5 degrees, the lake was drifted pretty bad, but found a spot near shore smooth enough. Saw a large pack of wolves as I was landing and was able to get a photo of 4 of them,, there was about 7 or 8 in the pack. The Pike were hungry and it took me longer to clean them, than it did to catch them. Nice to have fresh fresh fish after a long winter. Simply amazing to enjoy a day on the ice sucking up sunshine. The lake ice was only about 2 feet thick,, was over 5 feet last year, we have had very cold temps, but record snow, looks like the snow has insulated the ice. I don't expect a long season this year.
skywagon8a
MEMBER
SE Mass MA6
Nice, they are caught already frozen for the freezer! 8)
BC12D-4-85
SPONSOR
Fairbanks, AK.
If that's E Twin there's typically been at least two major wolf packs that roam the area. One would come up from the Toklat River/Kantishna drainage and circle the lakes to the west looking for moose in the isolated cottonwood/spruce parks. Another ran a circle line from Lakes Wien-Becky-West Twin-East Twin-John Hansen-Mucha and back to Wien. They preferred the weeks before and after a full moon, but would lay low during wind spells. Never saw much for a pack towards Manley or the Zitziana River but after the 2002 and two later fires that country opened up for them. Nice pike!
Gary
Gary
Eddy Lewis
SPONSOR
Cortez Colorado
Flew a couple minutes from the airport to the neighbors field across the road from the library. The library is where the old timers gather every evening to solve the world’s problems and have a couple adult beverages. They came over to inspect the cub and get a couple pictures.
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