Gaston's Fly-In 2016 - Thursday Oct 13 - Sunday October 16

AggieMike88 said:
One easy idea for one of the nights is a taco buffet. Just set out the meats, veg, and tortillas and let everyone do their own thing. Next morning, use up remaining tortillas with a sausage and scrambled egg mus for breakfast tacos.
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We do that at home and call it "taco whatever" (make whatever you want with it--nachos, salad, tacos, burrito wrap). Good idea. Feeds a lot of people cheaply and quickly and with little mess.
 
TangoWhiskey said:
Check this out... a video landing on runway 6 (eastbound, over the wires and trees, jump to 5m 30s)
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Wow, there was a sheet pot of planes at that fly-in! (Both of 'em)

I really never have understood the one way in/out at Gaston's. I've landed to the east, taken off to the west, the trees and power lines really aren't a factor.
 
timwinters said:
Wow, there was a sheet pot of planes at that fly-in! (Both of 'em)

I really never have understood the one way in/out at Gaston's. I've landed to the east, taken off to the west, the trees and power lines really aren't a factor.
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Landing over the wires wouldn't be beyond the skillset of most, depending on their ability to use full flaps in something with effective ones, or a slip in something without.

Taking off toward them leaves less "outs", one of which would be quite risky --- going under them. But if the wind were howling out of the west and you started at the far end, in most of the stuff we all fly, would be well above them, long before you got there.

All depends on your performance numbers and whether or not you can hit the ones your manufacturer published after letting a test pilot do it a hundred times. Heh.

The other problem landing east generates is a head on problem since someone landing west who needs the whole runway is likely to be off centerline behind those trees at the east end, and would only show up as they angled onto to final through that gap in them.

Normal fare for uncontrolled fields but there's that little traffic detail also.

Probably help the takeoff numbers if the runway is dry and fast too, since we know folks here who've decided that "mudding" was always something they wanted to try in a twin when they visited the South! Hahaha. Or so I've heard. I would have paid money to have seen that... Ted.

Heh.
 
Bob Bement said:
I just called the owner of Thunder Ridge and got permission to land there. He invited me to stop and have some ice tea and cookies. So we will have to do that if anyone wants to fly in with me and shut down and meet Mr. Garrison . Thunder Ridge is 45AR on AirNav.com. We had fun landing there last time. At least I did.
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Here's the video of landing at Thunder Ridge that I was thinking of... it wasn't you, Bob.

 
denverpilot said:
Landing over the wires wouldn't be beyond the skillset of most, depending on their ability to use full flaps in something with effective ones, or a slip in something without.

Taking off toward them leaves less "outs", one of which would be quite risky --- going under them.
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Taking off from the point in the distance and heading towards the wires, I don't see any way to go under the wires and then pop back up over those trees. You'd be in the trees for sure.

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Ok I've been reading about the antics at this thing for some time, had no idea where it was. Turns out I'm only about 2.2 hours away and I'm becoming increasingly interested. Is it too late to sign up?

How scurry is this approach for a low-ish time Archer pilot? 3200x55' doesn't sound that exciting, I assume the worrysome part is the surrounding terrain.... and I'm not really used to operating from turf.
 
Get out with your favorite COD and do some short field practice at a turf field. The extra training will make it a non event for you

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Ok why did my phone change CFI into COD?

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cowman said:
How scurry is this approach for a low-ish time Archer pilot?
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Really, not bad. Jesse published a video that explains it. Look in the past Gaston's threads for it.

Just practice your soft field technique and land at the slowest speed possible, be easy in the brakes and left the friction of the grass help slow you. Oh, and be mindful of the "ski jump" hump in the middle part of runway. If you have too much speed, you'll be airborne again and will get to log an additional landing.
 
cowman said:
Ok I've been reading about the antics at this thing for some time, had no idea where it was. Turns out I'm only about 2.2 hours away and I'm becoming increasingly interested. Is it too late to sign up?

How scurry is this approach for a low-ish time Archer pilot? 3200x55' doesn't sound that exciting, I assume the worrysome part is the surrounding terrain.... and I'm not really used to operating from turf.
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I won't say it's easy, but it's easy. Watch @jesse 's video, practice soft field landings, and stay off the brakes if it's wet. Grass = slip and slide when wet. Easy and even on the brakes.

Watch here for turf conditions and ask on the Unicom -- usually at least a few PoAers will have a handheld on.

Make sure to say ATITPPA!!!

Oh and figure out lodging if staying the night. Sounds like most/all is booked.

It's not really a safe night runway environment so plan to be in and out during daylight.
 
If it's booked up lodging wise I can probably still at least pop in... I have a place to stay at K15 which would put me an hour away. Leave there early, then head home. Long as I'm airborne before dark, all should be good.
 
cowman said:
If it's booked up lodging wise I can probably still at least pop in... I have a place to stay at K15 which would put me an hour away. Leave there early, then head home. Long as I'm airborne before dark, all should be good.
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Just don't plan to leave 3M0 early. Many morning's it can be fogged in from the cold river water in the valley... and take a couple hours to burn off. Not always, but don't make your plans in a way that REQUIRES an early departure. Come on down!
 
cowman said:
If it's booked up lodging wise I can probably still at least pop in... I have a place to stay at K15 which would put me an hour away. Leave there early, then head home. Long as I'm airborne before dark, all should be good.
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And the most important thing I learned. Never actually land on your first try.
All landings must be preempted by an "inspection pass" You don't want to waste anyone's time with the IP.
You want to go as fast as possible and as low as is safe for you to do a proper inspection.
 
Yeah, many initial approaches are made just a tad too fast to allow for proper execution of a safe landing. I'm not sure what causes this at PoA fly-ins. Initial approaches at 6y9 seem to have similar issues.

Maybe it's just due to people who, like me, only fly once or twice each year...and those flights are to these fly-ins. One can get rusty pretty quickly and forget that the airspeed needs to be 65 coming across the fence, not 165 (or 200 in @EdFred 's case).

It's easy to get confused when one hasn't flown in a few months.
 
I know somebody who would like to come but needs a ride, anyone coming from south LA (south MS, south AL) area? (no not me)
 
We have cabin 6, so have a couple unused beds if anyone wants to chip in.

And we are certainly available to transport all the non-grass-landing-Cirrus pilots coming out.
 
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JCranford said:
We have cabin 6, so have a couple unused beds if anyone wants to chip in.

And we are certainly available to transport all the non-grass-landing-Cirrus pilots coming out.
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Might take you up on that... Will know for sure by our next club meeting...
 
JCranford said:
We have cabin 6, so have a couple unused beds if anyone wants to chip in.

And we are certainly available to transport all the non-grass-landing-Cirrus pilots coming out.
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Be on the lookout for my runway inspection. I do them at 7000 feet for safety though.
 
SixPapaCharlie said:
Be on the lookout for my runway inspection. I do them at 7000 feet for safety though.
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Yeah right, that's just your 'pull' altitude. You're gonna do it aren't you, pull? In view of all the POAers there.

Cirrus chute.jpe
 
Nomex, Mike's Hard Lemonade, power drifting a Comanche onto the runway... I wonder what's in store this year?
 
AggieMike88 said:
Just practice your soft field technique and land at the slowest speed possible, be easy in the brakes and left the friction of the grass help slow you. Oh, and be mindful of the "ski jump" hump in the middle part of runway. If you have too much speed, you'll be airborne again and will get to log an additional landing.
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And don't approach to land faster than your POH says. And go between the trees by the threshold, NOT over them!!! If you feel claustrophobic going between them, just remember that Dan Gryder put a DC-3 between them. There's plenty of room.
 
JCranford said:
And if you're at Gaston's Friday night we'll be uncaring, illiterate, dangerous , and probably intoxicated pilots!
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Some of them are quite tame and literate when drunk. And a couple are incredibly funny and witty when the alcohol removes their built in filters. LOL.

flyingcheesehead said:
And you still won't! Bob flies a nosedragger like (most of) the rest of us. :)
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I'll be the first to say Bob probably flies his nosedragger better than I fly mine. I've seen videos. ;)
 
cowman said:
Ok I've been reading about the antics at this thing for some time, had no idea where it was. Turns out I'm only about 2.2 hours away and I'm becoming increasingly interested. Is it too late to sign up?

How scurry is this approach for a low-ish time Archer pilot? 3200x55' doesn't sound that exciting, I assume the worrysome part is the surrounding terrain.... and I'm not really used to operating from turf.
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Okay, there is a 3 year waiting list so just showing up on a whim is impossible. If you do just show up on a whim make sure to bring something for the pot luck. That something should be regionally appropriate. Like no one from Colorado has ever brought brownies even though it would be appropriate. Of course this can't happen because just showing up without telling anyone is impossible.
 
No one from Colorado ever brought empty containers from their local dispensary either...being the deceitful bastards that they tend to be!

They would never do that to a fellow PoA'er.
 
Uh oh, I'm starting to have flashbacks of the 60s with this brownie talk! :yesnod: :rockon:
 
mscard88 said:
Uh oh, I'm starting to have flashbacks of the 60s with this brownie talk! :yesnod: :rockon:
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It's much easier now, the pawn shops are right next door to every dispensary. Haha.

(It's strangely impressive how the businesses in strip malls rearranged to that standard... Pawn shop, Dollar Store, Pot shop.... Quite capitalistic.)
 
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