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A little update of what is going on in my life. I am still flying my 182 B all around the country. I will turn 89 in December of this year. I got me a dog at 82 to keep me out of the recliner and he is faithful at his job. I had a good time with Troy Whitham when he came out to Idaho to do a...

I sent this picture in to General Aviation News and I checked to see if it was good enough for them to post. Here is the results. http://generalaviationnews.com/2015/12/03/picture-of-the-day-80-and-still-flying/

A private group of pilots are trying to build the lodge at Big Creek that burned down in 2008. This project is coming along fairly well, but if you would like to help look it up on their website: www.rebuildbigcreek.com . Big creek is a great place to fly to. It is in a little fold in the...

My mechanic and good friend John McIntyre had a small stroke when on a fishing vacation up in Alaska and says his flying days are over. He has lost a bit of his vision, and so he has to sell his airplanes. He has a piper super cub, and a nice 180 Cessna. Here are a few pictures and the spec...

My friend and Mechanic, John McIntyre, built this great super cub to spend his retirement years flying up in Alaska. This summer John suffered a slight stroke, that has put his dreams on hold. Now he must sell this beautiful Super Cub that he built. It has many extra features, Long range fuel...

I made a flight into Sulphur Creek this morning and it was smoky from the fires in California. It was a good flight with some friends from my home town. It was beautiful in there this morning and a little on the cold side when we got there shortly after 9:00. About a 50 min flight from S49 and...

I made a flight to Prineville, OR. and then on to Madras, OR. on Thursday, 17 of July. I counted 5 fire TFRs on my GPS. There were two that I knew about that didn't show up on the GPS. I had my passenger take a few pictures of what it looked like out of the plane. You can see my route that...

A Portland, OR. pilot alone in a Cessna I think it was a 182 or 206 crashed on the hog back ridge adjacent to the Big Creek landing strip on Sunday the 29th. He survived but had several broken ribs and some other broken bones. I will post some of the pictures we took a week ago when we landed in...

Marvin McNeill was my special friend. He was an aircraft mechanic in WWII and helped me when I bought an airport queen 1959 182 in 1992, to get it flying. It was on the Caldwell, Idaho airport 45 miles from my home town of Vale, OR. When we got it flying I flew Marv every time I could. He had a...

I am trying to have a little fly-in offer to my friends in the North west area at Vale, Or. S49 Miller Memorial, this summer some time ( date not set as yet ). I will try to update as more info is available. It will probably be in the later part of June or after July 4th a couple of weeks into...

It is with the rest of my stories, I haven't added any for so long I thought I had better point it out to you. That is if you are interested in my flap story?

Tonight my friend Gail S. Halvorsen is to be on PBS. along with Tom Brokaw with a segment about the Berlin Airlift of 48 - 49. He was on the today show this morning. I had the privilege of flying him into the back country a number of years ago. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8BtHWfDemY

I flew home from the Portland area today. I took this picture of Mnt. Hood with Mnt. Adams peeking out from behind. In the distance is Mnt. Rainier. This is what my 696 looked like as I was approaching the top of the Cascades.

Susan posted this picture on Facebook of Bruce and myself when I was showing him my 1954 Jeep Pickup that my son had restored.

I made an early morning flight to Sulphur Creek this morning. I took a few pictures so I will post a few.

Bruce and Sue Chien stopped by for a visit today and I was sure glad to see them.

This is the crash earlier this summer at Johnson Creek Airport. A Piper Arrow over took and landed on a Piper Tri Pacer. Just off of the north end of runway 17.A two year old was killed in the Arrow. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151730966776236&set=vb.269289123102022&type=2&theater

The glider pilot is stopping at my place tonight on his way to Bend, OR. He will get in about 9:00 as he is driving up from Farmington, NM. today. I am getting diner ready for them. I have the meatloaf and potatoes ready to go in the oven. I am going to have a green bean casserole, and an asian...

We flew down to the Owyhee Reservoir State airport 28U last Sat. and helped celebrate 60 years since The Hilton Hotel,was built. One of the builders son was there with the plaque and there were 12 airplanes and about 20 people in attendance. Some from Nv. ID. OR, and WA. A good time was had by all.

A school assignment is turned like this: