elmetal
Pre-takeoff checklist
Hello everyone,
I am pretty new here but here I go:
This winter I am trying to organize a little hiking/camping trip fly-in for a few of my friends.
I am the only pilot between us all but here's the plan:
I am going to be coming out of KGNV towards SC with maybe 2 more in the 172 with me with our camping gear.
The plan from there is to land and camp somewhere closeby Columbia, SC.
The reason I wanna be close to there is because I'll already have 2-3 people in the 172 and I wanna land at this remote airstrip and go on to the Columbia area to pick up 2 more people and their stuff.
Now: my question to y'all is: I am looking for some sort of strip (at least 1500 feet pleaaaase) West, SW or South of Columbia (can be really 100 NM no big deal) that is in an area where we could just park the plane for the weekend and go camping for a few days then come back and fly home.
Does anybody have experience in the area that has any sort of pointers and tips for me?
I am planning on doing this in November/December (or maybe MLK weekend) so I have plenty of time to plan. I will probably be taking a 172S with 56 gallon tanks so I'm not worried about range at all I'm more worried about Hobbs since it's 112 an hour and my buddies aren't planning on spending too much.
So, who has a great strip that is perfect for this trip? Also who has experience parking in the middle of nowhere? (AKA, How the heck do I tie the plane down???)
Thanks everyone, this is gonna be a fantastic trip and I'm thinking with a 172 I can do this in under 7 hobbs hours which means I can make it pretty cheaply for all
woooooooooo!
I am pretty new here but here I go:
This winter I am trying to organize a little hiking/camping trip fly-in for a few of my friends.
I am the only pilot between us all but here's the plan:
I am going to be coming out of KGNV towards SC with maybe 2 more in the 172 with me with our camping gear.
The plan from there is to land and camp somewhere closeby Columbia, SC.
The reason I wanna be close to there is because I'll already have 2-3 people in the 172 and I wanna land at this remote airstrip and go on to the Columbia area to pick up 2 more people and their stuff.
Now: my question to y'all is: I am looking for some sort of strip (at least 1500 feet pleaaaase) West, SW or South of Columbia (can be really 100 NM no big deal) that is in an area where we could just park the plane for the weekend and go camping for a few days then come back and fly home.
Does anybody have experience in the area that has any sort of pointers and tips for me?
I am planning on doing this in November/December (or maybe MLK weekend) so I have plenty of time to plan. I will probably be taking a 172S with 56 gallon tanks so I'm not worried about range at all I'm more worried about Hobbs since it's 112 an hour and my buddies aren't planning on spending too much.
So, who has a great strip that is perfect for this trip? Also who has experience parking in the middle of nowhere? (AKA, How the heck do I tie the plane down???)
Thanks everyone, this is gonna be a fantastic trip and I'm thinking with a 172 I can do this in under 7 hobbs hours which means I can make it pretty cheaply for all
woooooooooo!