Trip report: flying to Yellowstone in a Grumman Traveler

3 RAP'rs (in comfortable captain chairs) - each person drives one hour legs.
We tow a small aerodynamic trailer. Hmm? This idea has legs.

One hour legs? Sounds like a slow-motion-Chinese-fire-drill... ;-)

Ok. I'm in.

Careful. You might end up being the "party hauler" again! (There
*are* worse fates, I suppose...)

http://www.yellowstoneaviation.com/
FREE camping on the field - in the trees - 150 ft from your plane. Campsites
have fire pits, showers, bathrooms, picnic tables, the whole nine yards. He
said we'd be pleased with the camping accommodations.

That sounds OUTSTANDING. Better than I expected, by far.

Budget and Avis Rent A Car are on the field.

Fantastic. That makes things much easier, unless we all pile into the
airplane of minivans...

Elevation: 6,644 ft
Runway 1/19 ....8400 ft x 150 ft

Sounds easy. It's certainly plenty long...

This could be a lot of fun!
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

On 23 Aug 2006 22:09:12 -0700, "Jay Honeck"
wrote:
Elevation: 6,644 ft
Runway 1/19 ....8400 ft x 150 ft

Sounds easy. It's certainly plenty long...

Depends... A few years back, I was departing GCN (9000 ft long, 6609
ft elevation) and wasn't going to be able to clear the trees at the
south end of the runway... It took *forever* to just get into ground
effect and after that, it just wouldn't climb... There was a break in
the trees on the west side of the runway, so I squeezed between them
while still in ground effect... At that point, the ground starts
dropping off a bit and I started catching some thermals... It took
awhile to get the seat cushion unstuck from my butt after that
takeoff... Turns out that after I squeezed through the trees, the
tower issued a warning about a 9000 ft density altitude... That was
when I still had a 150 hp O-320 and as such, the climb performance
with two females and their associated luggage was definitely crap...

("Jay Honeck" wrote)
3 RAP'rs (in comfortable captain chairs) - each person drives one hour
legs. We tow a small aerodynamic trailer. Hmm? This idea has legs.

One hour legs? Sounds like a slow-motion-Chinese-fire-drill... ;-)

You're focused on the one hour driving blocks. I'm looking at the two hours
blocks, used for stretching out and relaxing ....zzzzz.

Careful. You might end up being the "party hauler" again! (There *are*
worse fates, I suppose...)

First things first, was it a black bear or a grizzly bear - you saw walking
off with my camping gear?


Montblack