ScottSchmidt
Well Known Member
Last Thursday we decided to head to Hurricane UT and Marble Canyon AZ for the weekend. We couldn't leave until Friday afternoon and I was really hoping to leave early enough so we could land at Hurricane and not St. George since that is where we would be staying. Hurricane currently does not have any lights at their airport.
Friday afternoon rolled around and I was pretty busy at work starting to wonder if we would get out of Salt Lake on time. RaNae beat me to the airport and to my surprise I pulled around the corner and saw this.
RaNae had pulled the plane out, called the fuel truck and had the tanks topped off. All I had to do was pre-flight and make sure all the baggage was loaded. Now I could get use to that.
We did get off the ground around 3:45pm and headed south.
I had climbed up to 12,500 because of very favorable winds that were predicted that day and they worked out. The RV was showing over 200 knots the whole flight. There was lots of chattering occurring between a Cirrus and C-172 flying northbound into the wind asking for wind information at different altitudes. The C-172 said he was being passed by trucks on the freeway. I informed them that they better not climb too high as the winds would only get worse.
I ran LOP for a little while and the Grand Rapids showed over 21 mpg.
As we approached Hurricane/St.George area, Kolob Canyon and Zions Park started to come into view.
With that great wind we made amazing time and landed with plenty of light remaining.
Friday afternoon rolled around and I was pretty busy at work starting to wonder if we would get out of Salt Lake on time. RaNae beat me to the airport and to my surprise I pulled around the corner and saw this.
RaNae had pulled the plane out, called the fuel truck and had the tanks topped off. All I had to do was pre-flight and make sure all the baggage was loaded. Now I could get use to that.
We did get off the ground around 3:45pm and headed south.
I had climbed up to 12,500 because of very favorable winds that were predicted that day and they worked out. The RV was showing over 200 knots the whole flight. There was lots of chattering occurring between a Cirrus and C-172 flying northbound into the wind asking for wind information at different altitudes. The C-172 said he was being passed by trucks on the freeway. I informed them that they better not climb too high as the winds would only get worse.
I ran LOP for a little while and the Grand Rapids showed over 21 mpg.
As we approached Hurricane/St.George area, Kolob Canyon and Zions Park started to come into view.
With that great wind we made amazing time and landed with plenty of light remaining.