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Old November 7th, 2007, 19:06   #13
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Originally Posted by juxtapilot View Post
When I was back in PDX flying, and having fun doing so, I went to a small airpark (2S6) near my home base. The runway was only 50 feet wide so it was pretty fun. It was a rush to take off off there, and make the right turn through the gap in the trees. The runway is 2500+ feet long so it was plenty for this low hour PPL.

I can't wait to try an obsticle approch with grass!
My favorite place in the world to land is a little strip in East Texas owned by a buddy of mine. Its 2000ftx45 and 600ft off the east side are some MASSIVE oil storage tanks that belong to Sunoco or something like that. Its literally just a hole in the trees that are anywhere from 30 to 60ft tall and if you are just 5kias too fast you might as well go around. You've got to be on your game every time or you'll make the news.
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