King Air 350 chasing shadows for early am landing at Willow Point pvt strip in Eastern Alabama.
08/18/2023
Landing at Willow Point pvt strip (AL71) south of Alexander City AL. Runway is 4,500 feet long 60 feet wide, this was a drop and go as there wasn't enough room on the ramp to park.
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Yay!!! I have missed your videos. Thank you for your postings and many blessings.
@hardychip3736
10 ай бұрын
You're welcome & thank you so much! Glad you like them! Blue skies!
Welcome back! You’ve been missed.
Just watched this again. Beautifully maintained strip, and beautiful landing as usual. The first time I watched I was concerned about the height of the trees on final. Then when you taxied back they seemed so far away from the approach end, but the terrain rises up so maybe that was the illusion. However, the first time I watched it I hadn’t notice the power lines at the airport boundary. Yikes that is a challenging approach, and I don’t think I have ever heard you go into beta so hard before…
@hardychip3736
10 ай бұрын
That was my first time flying into this airport, It was plenty long, 4,500 feet & 60 wide. The terrain & trees, along with the power lines, definitely made this a unique approach especially seeing the power lines about a 1/2 mile final. The harder reverse is because I carried more speed on the final than usual, I had plenty of runway left, but first time landing there, I wanted to make sure I was gonna stop and not make the local news…Lol! Not sure if you could see the ramp area but my wing span is 57 feet 11 inches there was a sign and a plane that I was afraid I might hit trying to turn around on the ramp so this is why I stayed on the runway both times coming and going. I'll post the pick up landing later that day so you can see the lake landing to the east. Thanks agan for watching!
Crap! That is kind of a scary approach. I would hate to attempt it at night even if it is CAVU. is it a private airstrip? Why did you shut down at the approach end since there seemed to be people waiting at an apron?
@hardychip3736
10 ай бұрын
It is a private strip south of Alexander City AL. Reason for shutting down is because there wasn't enough room on the ramp to turn around without hitting the plane on tie down. I wasn't there 5 minutes dropped and flew out. I'll post the pick up later today landing East.