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John and I went for a ride this morning. Thought we'd share our fun!
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John and I went for a ride this morning. Thought we'd share our fun!
Brandon,
Very, very nice. You've gotta love that country for flying.:D
Hi guys
I just returned from a quick trip to Whitehorse Yukon from Penticton. On June 6 i flew up the Trench with fuel stops at Quesnel MacKenzie and Watson lake .908 nm 11.2 hours head wind all the way.
Returned yesterday down through Atlin with fuel stops at Dease lake and Vanderhoof. 883 nm 10.9 hours air time. Cross wind most of the way.
Averaged 16 liters fuel per hour at about 5200 RPM and 80 knots ground speed.
Kitfox Vixen 912 UL IVO IFA Ultralight prop 570 hours since new 1999.
Absolutely beautiful country we live in.
I would recommend this trip to anyone.
I did not go on to Dawson City due to time constraints.
I tried out the Android navigation program called Avare and even though the Canadian VNC are not available it did work very well. Of course maps were along as well!
I have a few phone pics but they do not do justice to the views.
Cheers
Don
Hi guys
Not sure how to post phone pics because the file size seems too large. This pic is FOXK parked in Whitehorse size 98.2 KB.
Atlin lake. Alaska panhandle on horizon.
Will try some more if this works.
Cheers
Don
A few more.
The first pic is north bound through the "trench ".The small depression in the horizon is straight through to Watson lake Yukon. Watson is were I learned to fly 52 years ago!!!
Forest fire near Lower Post.
Hundreds of lakes.
Stormy weather on both sides but clear flying down from Dease Lake through to Penticton.
Great trip.
Don
Don Great Pictures of the trip. A friend from Phoenix is arriving tomorrow with his Carbon Cub. We plan on doing some Flying maybe to Ram Falls and the Clearwater Strip. Another friend in his Savage Cub will be along and because my Fox is not ready I will just be flying my Buzzard. If you did a flight over the Rocks to join us you could show him what real performance is like with your FoxK. I should not complain about flying the Buzzard. I am sure there are many that would be happy to get in the air.
Nice shots
Norm
Camping in the Kootenies this weekend Norm.
Have a great time.
I don't think my 80 HP Vixen will compete with a carbon cub!!!
Have fun
Don
Yukon *****ly fellow.
Panel in cruise. Easy to see ALL the country at this speed!!
thanks for the trip reports Norm and Don - looks like spectacular country for flying! Have a great time!
PS. I don't know what animal that is but it won't win a beauty contest, will it?!
cheers
ross
Hi Ross
it is a porkupine. Defence is to turn it's back and ruffle up the quills. What ever attacks get a face full and they are barbed,so they don't come out.
Very hard on dogs.
See,you folks down under don't have ALL the strange critters.
Cheers
Don
Sounds like the ideal pet Don! Thanks for the explanation and hope the rest of your trip goes well - love the photos!
cheers
r
Went to a little shin-dig by Whitman Field on the EAA Airventure Grounds this weekend.
The re-introduction of Ultralight Day at Pioneer Airport.
Now that's a pretty airplane.
You had to be grinning like a little kid the whole time.
Just cruising around looking at the water. I need to fly up to the Red River, to see what lake Texoma looks like. The farmers field below me has 3 Containers, that are half submerged. Lake Ray Hubbard, the lake just off my spinner is full, hasn't been full in many years. Some of our lakes went from having -15 feet to plus 15 feet of water in the last 2 months. Near San Antonio Lake Madina went from havin 11% capacity to 36% from In a 4 day period.
Paul,
Now you're qualified to fly across the Great Salt Lake, UT. Come on up and I'll sign off your GSL endorsement! :D
You signed me off for the GSL last time I was there!
The farmer usually has the irrigation system going, trying to get some moisture to the crops. I would imagine he does’t need to worrying about harvesting, his seeds probably washed down stream.
Oh, yeah, I forgot!!Quote:
You signed me off for the GSL last time I was there!
Great flying yesterday evening. Was at my neighbors strip 2 miles from ours. II21 Zollinger strip. 2000 ft with a 15 ft high power line at the west end of the runway. We had 10 pilots and 17 aircraft flying.
Aeronca Champ, Breezy, 2 J3 cubs,3 Buckeye PPCs, (one mine). Kitfox Lite, Kitfox 4 and my Kitfox 2, 2 Minimax, 2 gyrocopters, Quicksilver MX, Flightstar and one Free Bird Custom Light Sport Experimental. Air was smooth and very light wind. With that mix of aircraft we often had 6 to 8 of them in the air at the same time so we had to be careful and watch for other traffic. Most had no radio or lights. The food that several people brought was good too. We fly there several nights a week when we have good weather.
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Zo...06a6c5!6m1!1e1
http://www.airnav.com/airport/II21
If you are in the area stop in and join our group from EAA chapter 938
Zollinger Strip from the air.
http://keithmillerphotography.com/sh...Zollinger1.jpg
Here is a photo from my trip to the Factory last year, after I had 703KA converted to a tail dragger. I subscribed to STOL Magazine, kind of neat!!
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We have just had a mid winter (4th of July) flyin to the Kaikoura whalewatch strip. Unseasonally warm, but quite windy for this time of year.
What a beautiful mountain picture, and a beautiful airplane Dusty!
Also quite an interesting tail registration "number".
We have a simple three letter rego with an optional ZK prefix
KNZ was chosen as this was the nz demonstrater(kitfox New Zealand)
This plane has an interesting history, being flown by dan Denny at the warbirds
Air show 1992 ,then crashed by the nz police force!
This mountain(mt te-Ao-Whekere) is only around 10 nm inland from the coast
Phoenix to San Diego.
Desertfox 1 and myself loaded up Phil's 7 Super Sport early Friday morning and set out for a weekend of Kitfox flying, cooler temps, boats, great meals and reunions with family and friends.
We took off at 8 am from Chandler,AZ and our first stop was my brother's place on Indian Hills airpark. After a brief leg stretch there we popped up to 6,500' crossed the Sultan Sea and headed for Borrego Valley for a break and refueling. After calling our friend Alan in San Diego for a "Marine layer" status report, we got the all clear for the last short leg into Gillespee Field, Alan's home field. Alan folded the wings on his Vixen and we tucked the Super Sport in the one plane hangar with room to spare. The flight to San Diego was smooth and we had a little tail wind most of the way. Great flight. The Super Sport is such a comfortable cross country machine.
A short drive to Alan's beautiful home on the hill for a light snack before dinner. I resided in the plush 5th wheel trailer out front. Very nice.
After a great dinner on local pizza (fantastic pizza) we sat around on the patio near the pool enjoying the incredible views every direction and talking airplanes, Kitfoxs' of course.
Saturday morning was bright and sunny and 72 degrees. A nice change from Phoenix's 105-115. Off to the marina for brunch first then a boat ride around Mission Bay. Alan took us for a great ride to see all the sites. Enjoyed every second of that excursion. Beautiful harbor and so much activity. We got to see the backside of Sea World.
After our boat ride it was back to Alan's and more aviation talk. Alan prepared dinner of barbeque beef ribs on the grill, sweet corn and a Ceasar's salad. It was incredible. Ate too much.
Sunday morning about 7 am we drove back to the airport and said goodbyes to Alan and took off for Phoenix. No marine layer to deal with as the day dawned bright and sunny. Would love to have stayed longer as those southern California temperatures are easy to adjust to. Climbing to 7,500' we had a post card perfect return flight. No bumps, tail wind of 10 to 15 mph and severe clear skies. We flew non-stop from San Diego to Chandler in 3 hours. Love this aircraft. What a great little trip and much needed. Now, some photos.
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Sounds like a great trip. Fun for all. Thanks for sharing your flight. Kris and I are looking forward to seeing you guys again in McCall at the factory fly-in.
Steve, McCall will be fun. Hope weather is good so more can attend. We will see you both then. Stay well.
Great write- up Steve. The Mission Bay excursion looked like a a good time.
Steve, Looked like you had a great time. I recognize the Marina, I’ve been there a couple of times.
Mowed a 250 meter (750 feet for you guys and ladies in America) strip in the bottom of my farm at 3700 feet.
Christened it on Sunday, and was airborne before half way. Full fuel and one up. Temp was + - 17 deg Celsius (Dunno what in F??).
You see a lion walked over my wings??
Very rough but loads of fun! I also put 700x6 tyres on the other day.
Raining now, so in the office for the day..
You all enjoying Oshkosh over there??
Rooster,
The strip and the plane both look good. The lion tracks are a great idea!
I guess it's really true , there can be rocks in clouds
A lot easier to see this rock altough a lot of people have ran into it before
Landing at the ultralight field at Airventure 2015!
We had a good weekend for flying. This is the first time I have had KNZ to 10,000 feet. The hill is the Mount Hutt skifield, looking across the Canterbury plains with Christchurch out of sight to the left.
The hacman kept the EGT's under control the whole way.
Previously the highest I had been was 9,500 feet in my 503 powered Maxair Drifter (ZK XPC)
I looked for you at Oshkosh and saw your plane parked by the little red barn but never did find you. I met Mark, the guy that finished the Model IV with his dad. (Jab engine) but never got a chance to meet you. I think the KitFox crowd needs to pick a day for a meet and greet at events like this.
Did you get a picture of Mark's plane. I went to snap a picture and he had already left. I know John from downunder was also there and did not get to meet him. Next event lets plan a meet day.
Norm
http://www.teamkitfox.com/Forums/sho...6&postcount=86
Our get-together was Friday at 4pm.
Sorry I missed you, Norm. I had my phone # on my prop tag. You should have called… I put it on there for that reason. :(
Hi guys
For the past week our Penticton Flying Club has been hosting the CAF crew from Mesa AZ with the B17 Sentamental Journey.
Over 7000 folks have lined up in 34C hot sun just get a chance to tour this remarkable piece of history. Also over 200 ( from 92 year old war vets to lucky preteens) took the opportunity of flights over the Okanagan Valley .
We wish them well on the remainder of their tour.
I few pics.
Cheers
Don
Wow! Great Fox shot!!
Sorry guys. Typo on my post .Should read 5000 folks through.
Still not bad for a smaller community!
One more FOXK shot
I made a trip across the mountains this week. I know for some this is a regular thing but for a prairie boy who is used to the flat lands of Alberta it was well out of my comfort zone. A friend was delivering his aircraft that he sold, so I tagged along. We flew two 200 mile legs on the way out(Lethbridge to Chiliwack) 5.5hrs with a bit of a head wind at 9500 feet. On the way home due to a 45kt tail wind we did not stop and made it in 3hrs and 10minutes at 11000 feet. It was a smooth and uneventful flight other than my nerves. It was surprising to me how my mind could not get over the fact they were mountains. Like whats the big deal right? My Kitfox doesn't know what I'm flying over, it doesn't care. The flight home I relaxed a bit more so I best do another one so to get more used to it. Fantastic scenery.
Great photos Don. Loved my flight in the B-17 Aluminum Overcast.
A must do flight.
Mic, mountains deserve a healthy respect no matter how many times you cross them and it does take a little getting used to. ;) Thanks for the beautiful photos.