Busy in NWA
It's been pretty busy here in Northwest Arkansas since the AOPA article and video came out a few months ago, although a lot of the folks coming through had been here before. I've been spending most of my time in "other" airplanes but have had a few chances to fly myself around.
I did get to ride in a helicopter for the first time in my life to go mark off a new strip we are working on with a private land owner. This will be another neat place to visit, although we have to deal with a LOT of armadillos first as you can see by one of the many holes pictured below
We marked the ends of the runway off for the mower guys.
Then it was back to the ranch - helicopters (especially ones with jet engines) are very cool...
There is always stuff to be done on one of the airfields down here. The solar/cellular weather station at Trigger Gap had gone off line and needed to be hard reset. It's a great "mission" for the Super Cub.
The fall colors are rapidly approaching but not quite here yet. The weather has been fantastic for the last two weeks, but now it is starting to get windy.
Checked out a new airstrip being built at Banks Ranch - won't have grass on it until late spring but it will be a nice spot making a total of five airstrips on the property.
If you see this guy in his Maule at one of the airstrips, he is probably either mowing or doing something else to make sure it is in good shape for visitors.