I wouldn't have thought of bees in the middle of the playa, but I guess anytime there's a big red plane they'll find you :) the music tapering at 8:45 is perfect for the landing! cool effect at 9:30 too. Must have been nice to fly over and not see big ruts or anything, feel better about what's going to happen on that first landing. 18:10 weird to have Garmin complaining about terrain when .. you're on a huge flat surface. 20:00 nice pushup.

Great to show how hard it is to break the bead without a bead breaker. More talc is always good!

Tons of fun!

Landing on the playa was such a cool experience. Note to self, be better prepared on future flights. Good thing we had strength in numbers.

Thanks for sharing. I’m about to start my backcountry adventure stage of flying my 182 with a bush pilot CFI, and this really gives me something more to think about.

@flyingaardvarks1133

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome! 182s are such great planes, sounds like a blast.

Man that Chris guy was struggling holding up that little tire. Must be the tube arms 😀.

@flyingaardvarks1133

2 жыл бұрын

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I know this is old, I have never thought about this. Is Fix-a-flat an option? I have never had a flat always replace the tires every 3rd annual.

@flyingaardvarks1133

Жыл бұрын

We tried some green “goo.” The challenge there is there isn’t much air flow to allow it to dry. With enough time it probably would have worked (as once we got the tire disassembled and waited a bit it actually started to seal it).

hoping you'll see this, I'd love to tag along if you are headed to Alvord this year. I'm comfortable with places like Cpalis Beach (S16) and Tieton (4S6). I'm just nervous about going and not knowing if I'm going to get stuck. I don't even have to bother you or fly with you, just land when you're there and can tell me it's okay.

@flyingaardvarks1133

3 ай бұрын

Alvord is a bit easier than those other two IMO. You can also sort of land near(ish) other people on the playa, or closer to the road…but I’d definitely recommend going in a small group given my experience. Not likely we will go back this year. It is a LOT of dust to clean up!

@flysport_tedder

3 ай бұрын

@@flyingaardvarks1133 thanks. it's good to know the 'difficulty level'. Now I just need to find a group going :)