Chilliwack Flight Fest 2012.  BBQ at Garys' Hanger at Chilliwack . Looks like a used airplane lot. Had a good  turnout for the air show.  Gary went all out on the BBQ, great BBq Gary and thank you again   

Here are some pics from the BBq at Garys' hanger

Flying fun

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A check ride ought to be like a skirt. Short enough to be interesting, but long enough to cover everything. Speed is life. Altitude is life insurance. It only takes two things to fly: Airspeed, and money. The three most dangerous things in aviation: 1. A Doctor, Lawyer or Dentist in a Cessna or a Beechcraft 2. Two captains in a DC-9. Aircraft Identification: If it's ugly, it's British. If it's weird, it's French. If it's ugly and weird, it's Russian. Without ammunition, the USAF would be just another very expensive flying club. The similarity between air traffic controllers and pilots? If a pilot screws up, the pilot dies. If ATC screws up, the pilot dies. The difference between flight attendants and jet engines: The engines usually quit whining when they get to the gate. New FAA motto: 'We're not happy, till you're not happy.' If Air Traffic Control screws up, it's called a "System Malfunction," If a pilot screws up it's called a "violation." If something hasn't broken on your helicopter--it's about to. I give that landing a 9 ................. on the Richter scale. Basic Flying Rules: 1. Try to stay in the middle of the air. 2. Do not go near the edges of it. 3. The edges of the air can be recognized by the appearance of ground, buildings, sea, trees and interstellar space. It is much more difficult to fly in the edges. Unknown landing signal officer (LSO) to carrier pilot after his sixth unsuccessful landing attempt: "You've got to land here son . . . this is where the food is."

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Cortes Island.

Great flying this Sunday. Cortes Island for a picnic on the beach. Hot as hell but the air was smooth. ideal flying weather. The Hansons on Cortes were welcoming as always. We will be back.

The trip back from 108 mile down the fraser canyon. Looks worse than it was. Pic #2 is comming into Hope. July 22 2012

Barkerville / July 19 2012

Down town Barkerville

 

I would do this trip again and spend 2 days to see the shows and take the stage to Richfield.

One day is not enough.

You can ride the Stage Coach to Richfield and return

Old Church in town

Texada Fly-in

Hi Group, the Texada fly-in is happening this coming weekend and some of us are flying up on Saturday morning. The weather is going to be great so don't forget your sun-screen. Hope to see you there. Hit the link below for details.


http://texada.org/events/texada-annual-fly-in-2012/

A great turn out for the Qualicum Fly In!

Re St Agnes Hot Springs by Skookumchuck.  The Cabin has 2 single beds, possibly put them together for a couple if so required.

Hot Springs

P.S.  The place is quite clean and tidy.  It is rustic and well looked after. The guy at the end of the strip owns the cabin and has a very nice guest cabin in back of the main cabin. It has indoor plumbing, shower, microwave, hot plate, bedding and all the dishes and utensils supplied.  All you need to bring is food and drink.  $70.00 per night.I had some discussion with Robin (he owns the cabin and takes care of the runway) about maybe getting some the the trees at the approach cut down and he said he would take a look at it.

There is a Japanese man that looks after the hot springs and he charges $7.50 per person per day for the hot springs.There are also campsites along the Lillooett river that are decent.  Nice spot!!!!  Definately going back.

Skookumchuck (St Agnes hot springs)

Flew in there Sunday June 24th 2012. They claim 1200 ft of runway but in reality only about 800ft that is useable. The path that was cut through the trees is growing up in height making a shallow approach  not that possible  at the very begining, but gets better as you go in. I found it very do-able but you must remember that it is one way in only. If you have to overshoot you may not make it.  Big trees at the north end.

For tricycle gear planes, the grass strip is mowed, but it is quite rough. Make sure you land on the mains  till you have slowed considerably, before lowering the nose wheel. I would suggest for all types of planes to come in over the river, through the trees as low as possible, and drag the plane in so you don't run out of runway.Big Cabin at the end!!!!