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There seems to be a problem here...
13 posts
LarryAugust 13, 2014, 9:48pm
Problem 25' wingspan 23-1/2' space...
Tool for solving problem
Problem solved...I have my priorities...
a mile of road will take you a mile, a mile of runway can take you anywhere.
(unknown)August 13, 2014, 10:34pm
That corn is so tall it should block the wind. Glad to see your problem is solved.
jjwebrAugust 14, 2014, 2:03am
corn not worth anything anyway
pkoszegiAugust 16, 2014, 8:36am
I hope this is not your runway but a taxiway only......
LarryAugust 16, 2014, 1:47pm
Its the field lane out to my runway. Its a lane that cuts through the grove of trees out to the field and my runway. Every other year corn is planted on both sides(we rotate crops between corn and soybeans) and I always plant to close to the lane especially right there. Its ok until the corn gets tall. My pickup is sitting on the runway.
Larry
a mile of road will take you a mile, a mile of runway can take you anywhere.
RicardoAugust 17, 2014, 5:23pm
I wish I could chop off some plants for extra lanes and so, but land is very expensive here to do so. I have a runway because a gas pipe line was installed through my land, they chopped some fruit trees and I cannot plant on top of that any more. I make them pay for that and I was very happy with the final deal.
A month ago some friends came to visit and they have to park at the runway edge and place the tail between tree rows.
fiebichpvAugust 18, 2014, 3:57am
Nice crop of good looking planes Ricardo. Did you have a fly-in cook-out or did they just converge on your place for a visit?
Paul Fiebich.
fiebichpvAugust 18, 2014, 3:57am
Nice crop of good looking planes Ricardo. Did you have a fly-in cook-out or did they just converge on your place for a visit?
Paul Fiebich.
RicardoAugust 19, 2014, 12:35pm
Hi Paul: They all came for a visit from their local airfield near Lima, is a 45 minutes coast fly only, we had lunch at a local restaurant called "El Piloto" famous for the excelent food.
They were vey happy with the journey, the food and of course "the host" promissing to return soon.
Unfortunatelly my Minimax was not ready to fly.
LarryAugust 19, 2014, 8:15pm
Nice Ricardo, its always nice to have fly-in visitors. You have a nice field.
Larry
a mile of road will take you a mile, a mile of runway can take you anywhere.
radfordcAugust 22, 2014, 3:17am
I used to fly from a 75' wide runway with corn like that on both edges. Felt like you were landing in an alley!
LarryAugust 23, 2014, 1:02am
Charlie,
My runway is 75' wide and before things changed on this farm I had corn on both sides every other year. It was ok unless there was much of a cross wind. The wind coming over the corn made landings really uncomfortable.
Larry
a mile of road will take you a mile, a mile of runway can take you anywhere.
RicardoAugust 25, 2014, 5:22am
I downloaded this video of my friends leaving the airstrip. Not too much coordination for the take off and there's always some idiot trying to show off.
Sorry for the low quality video but even worst for not showing my Minimax in action,
http://youtu.be/iDqPbA2h1rA.
