smokyray
Well Known Member
All,
Just got home from the great Northwest after delivering my friend "VB" his new RV-10 to ID. He was kind enough to loan us his RV7a that I originally helped him purchase 3 years ago to travel to Glacier National Park in MT, what a trip!
The flight up from KTWF crosses the eastern side of the Idaho Back country over three of my favorite USFS strips then proceeds north across the Western Montana mountains to Glacier. My good friend "Chuck" Norris and I originally scoped this area out way back in the early 1990's as a two ship, his Cessna 180 and my 65 hp T-Craft! While chugging along in the T-craft wondering whether I could clear the next ridge I spotted a waterfall behind a gorgeous rock wall with a valley and two huge lakes behind it (unofficially named Canyon-X). It is nearly inaccessible located in a bowl between ridges above 8000' but someday I will figure out a way to hike in and slay some Trout! The RV7a 180 C/S performed very well and cruised at Bandit (not Rocket) speeds. I made one exploratory run up "Canyon-X" to scope it out. Teena filmed a video and I will attach it to another email. What a hoot!
After 2000 miles from FL to ID in the RV10 and now the 7A MT trip, the side by side seating has been requested...
Anyway, I digress. We arrived at Kalispell city airport (S27), parked the 7a for free at Red Eagle Aviation and rented a car for the drive up to the park. Red Eagle is a very friendly down home FBO (with free popcorn!) at a small uncontrolled airport in a great little town, Kalispell. We drove the 45 minutes to the park entrance and spent 2 days touring the unbelievable scenery through the mountains on "going to the sun" road. We stayed at one of the original lodges built back in 1910 which was almost worth the trip by itself. If you haven't been, I highly recommend it, the closest thing to AK I have seen in the lower 48.
The flight home was uneventful, with the exception of many aileron rolls over U72! After 10 days in the cool and dry Rockies, the Swamp weather is slowly growing on me, looking forward to Fall!
See ya!
Smokey
HR2
http://www.nps.gov/glac/index.htm
http://www.airnav.com/airport/S27
RV-7 EH?
Serious Scenery!
Give me a home...
Just keeps getting better!
Hurry Sundown!
Just got home from the great Northwest after delivering my friend "VB" his new RV-10 to ID. He was kind enough to loan us his RV7a that I originally helped him purchase 3 years ago to travel to Glacier National Park in MT, what a trip!
The flight up from KTWF crosses the eastern side of the Idaho Back country over three of my favorite USFS strips then proceeds north across the Western Montana mountains to Glacier. My good friend "Chuck" Norris and I originally scoped this area out way back in the early 1990's as a two ship, his Cessna 180 and my 65 hp T-Craft! While chugging along in the T-craft wondering whether I could clear the next ridge I spotted a waterfall behind a gorgeous rock wall with a valley and two huge lakes behind it (unofficially named Canyon-X). It is nearly inaccessible located in a bowl between ridges above 8000' but someday I will figure out a way to hike in and slay some Trout! The RV7a 180 C/S performed very well and cruised at Bandit (not Rocket) speeds. I made one exploratory run up "Canyon-X" to scope it out. Teena filmed a video and I will attach it to another email. What a hoot!
After 2000 miles from FL to ID in the RV10 and now the 7A MT trip, the side by side seating has been requested...
Anyway, I digress. We arrived at Kalispell city airport (S27), parked the 7a for free at Red Eagle Aviation and rented a car for the drive up to the park. Red Eagle is a very friendly down home FBO (with free popcorn!) at a small uncontrolled airport in a great little town, Kalispell. We drove the 45 minutes to the park entrance and spent 2 days touring the unbelievable scenery through the mountains on "going to the sun" road. We stayed at one of the original lodges built back in 1910 which was almost worth the trip by itself. If you haven't been, I highly recommend it, the closest thing to AK I have seen in the lower 48.
The flight home was uneventful, with the exception of many aileron rolls over U72! After 10 days in the cool and dry Rockies, the Swamp weather is slowly growing on me, looking forward to Fall!
See ya!
Smokey
HR2
http://www.nps.gov/glac/index.htm
http://www.airnav.com/airport/S27
RV-7 EH?
Serious Scenery!
Give me a home...
Just keeps getting better!
Hurry Sundown!
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