07-10-2010, 01:46 PM
It promissed to be a great evening for a short flight when we met our plane in front of the hangar at Concrete Muni (3W5).
I planned to visit a friend in Sedro Woolley, which is just 7 nm from Israel's Farm (WA56), a small private airfield along the Skagit River.
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We gotta get that engine crancked up... magneto's to both, fuel cut-off to open, throttle slightly open, primed her with two shots and let's handcranck that propeller.
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Soon after as the engine starts, she settles into a nice idle.
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Taxied to RWY 25 at Concrete and throttled her up for a smooth takeoff... she settled into a nice shallow climb.
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Cruising at 1.000ft with open window and door to let the nice summer breeze inside... you can clearly see the North Cascades Highway (20).
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We followed the Skagit River further in Westerly direction and somewhere ahead there should be Israel's Farm.
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Besides the compass, no navigation aids in this cub... according to my intel, WA56 should be somewhere near those white hangars...
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And there it is, you can clearly see the runway with the airport sheds and hangars below the Cub.
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Went for a righthand circuit with a great view over the river when turning to final for a landing in roughly S SW direction.
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Aiming for that runway...
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followed by a smooth touchdown..
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OK, let's go park the Cub..
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We'll be enjoying a great sunset view... birds are singing...
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and finally we close'r up
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and we head off for a drink and dinner with a friend of mine at the Old Mill Restaurant
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Flown with Microsoft Flight Simulator X
Scenery: FTX http://fullterrain.com/
Aircraft: A2A Piper Cub with AccuSim http://www.a2asimulations.com/
I planned to visit a friend in Sedro Woolley, which is just 7 nm from Israel's Farm (WA56), a small private airfield along the Skagit River.
[attachment=1681]
We gotta get that engine crancked up... magneto's to both, fuel cut-off to open, throttle slightly open, primed her with two shots and let's handcranck that propeller.
[attachment=1682]
Soon after as the engine starts, she settles into a nice idle.
[attachment=1683]
Taxied to RWY 25 at Concrete and throttled her up for a smooth takeoff... she settled into a nice shallow climb.
[attachment=1684]
[attachment=1685]
[attachment=1686]
[attachment=1687]
Cruising at 1.000ft with open window and door to let the nice summer breeze inside... you can clearly see the North Cascades Highway (20).
[attachment=1688]
We followed the Skagit River further in Westerly direction and somewhere ahead there should be Israel's Farm.
[attachment=1689]
Besides the compass, no navigation aids in this cub... according to my intel, WA56 should be somewhere near those white hangars...
[attachment=1690]
And there it is, you can clearly see the runway with the airport sheds and hangars below the Cub.
[attachment=1691]
Went for a righthand circuit with a great view over the river when turning to final for a landing in roughly S SW direction.
[attachment=1692]
Aiming for that runway...
[attachment=1693]
followed by a smooth touchdown..
[attachment=1694]
[attachment=1695]
OK, let's go park the Cub..
[attachment=1696]
[attachment=1697]
We'll be enjoying a great sunset view... birds are singing...
[attachment=1698]
and finally we close'r up
[attachment=1699]
and we head off for a drink and dinner with a friend of mine at the Old Mill Restaurant
[attachment=1700]
Flown with Microsoft Flight Simulator X
Scenery: FTX http://fullterrain.com/
Aircraft: A2A Piper Cub with AccuSim http://www.a2asimulations.com/