slowmover
Registered User
Little Rock, AR
There have been alot of sad goodbyes around here lately. This is not one of them.
In 2001, I bought a Super Cub in Alaska and flew it up there until I moved south in 2004. But it was never the same. My Super Cub deserved to be in Alaska in the hands of a conscientious pilot that would take care of it and fly it. This spring, I sold it to just such a guy. Part of the deal was that I'd deliver it to Missoula, Montana for him. This is the story of my last trip in 3907K.
We started in Arkansas where my young son met my Super Cub for the first and last time.
We headed west along the Arkansas River where I have landed on many gravel bars, waved at many boaters, and nearly hit several birds.
We saw an inviting grass strip in Kansas and stopped for a stretch.
We followed the Platte River across Nebraska and into Wyoming.
We saw some strange circles near Casper. Anybody know what these are?
We stopped for gas and a Pepsi in Thermopolis and then had to run away from a thunderstorm that was dropping lots of lightning!
We saw some abandoned fire fighting aircraft at Greybull, Wyoming. Later, I had a good talk with a Neptune fire fighting pilot in Montana and showed him this picture. That sounds like a challenging job!
We crossed some ridgelines southeast of Helena, Montana. The scenery was great for an Arkansas pilot! It was windy, too.
We stopped at a picturesque grass strip in Seeley Lake, Montana. I had a good chat with a Husky pilot, borrowed a car to get some lunch at the Chicken Coop, and enjoyed the smell of the ponderosas. It had been a while!
Finally I delivered my airplane to the new owner in Missoula. He later reported a trouble-free trip to Alaska. Now the cub is back where it belongs!
Lots of good memories with this airplane. 9 years, 1040 hours, 1 Oshkosh, 1 New Holstein, 1 trip from Alaska to Arkansas, and lots of fun in between! Now, it is on to a 180 so I can take my wife AND my son somewhere at the same time!
And for the accountants in the group, it worked to $86/hour over those 1040 hours. That includes insurance, 6 years of hangar rental, all the fuel and maintenance, and a number of mods like 31" wheels, lifetime struts and forks, 3" heavy duty gear, and more.
Thanks for all the tips over the years. I'll still be around, but as a 180 owner. And I might have to change my username!
In 2001, I bought a Super Cub in Alaska and flew it up there until I moved south in 2004. But it was never the same. My Super Cub deserved to be in Alaska in the hands of a conscientious pilot that would take care of it and fly it. This spring, I sold it to just such a guy. Part of the deal was that I'd deliver it to Missoula, Montana for him. This is the story of my last trip in 3907K.
We started in Arkansas where my young son met my Super Cub for the first and last time.
We headed west along the Arkansas River where I have landed on many gravel bars, waved at many boaters, and nearly hit several birds.
We saw an inviting grass strip in Kansas and stopped for a stretch.
We followed the Platte River across Nebraska and into Wyoming.
We saw some strange circles near Casper. Anybody know what these are?
We stopped for gas and a Pepsi in Thermopolis and then had to run away from a thunderstorm that was dropping lots of lightning!
We saw some abandoned fire fighting aircraft at Greybull, Wyoming. Later, I had a good talk with a Neptune fire fighting pilot in Montana and showed him this picture. That sounds like a challenging job!
We crossed some ridgelines southeast of Helena, Montana. The scenery was great for an Arkansas pilot! It was windy, too.
We stopped at a picturesque grass strip in Seeley Lake, Montana. I had a good chat with a Husky pilot, borrowed a car to get some lunch at the Chicken Coop, and enjoyed the smell of the ponderosas. It had been a while!
Finally I delivered my airplane to the new owner in Missoula. He later reported a trouble-free trip to Alaska. Now the cub is back where it belongs!
Lots of good memories with this airplane. 9 years, 1040 hours, 1 Oshkosh, 1 New Holstein, 1 trip from Alaska to Arkansas, and lots of fun in between! Now, it is on to a 180 so I can take my wife AND my son somewhere at the same time!
And for the accountants in the group, it worked to $86/hour over those 1040 hours. That includes insurance, 6 years of hangar rental, all the fuel and maintenance, and a number of mods like 31" wheels, lifetime struts and forks, 3" heavy duty gear, and more.
Thanks for all the tips over the years. I'll still be around, but as a 180 owner. And I might have to change my username!
Taken probably 1988 or 1989 in Alaska and after I landed on a river bank somewhere there(would have to check my logbooks to know the exact location&date).
