Flight Training

I (Justin) have been enjoying flight training and here is a photo update on how things are going! We're getting ready for "Mountain Week" which is really 10 days of flying in the Blue Ridge mountains of North Carolina.

This proves that I have been flying! Aerial view of Willow Creek, NC near JAARS.

Landing at Willow Creek, NC in the Cessna 206. The high pitch sound you hear are the "flutes" and they tell me I'm at the correct speed for a short-field landing.

Taking off from Willow Creek.

On Friday, we took a field trip to the mountains to set up our runways. Here's the view of Strawberry Ridge airstrip. It's all sloped, more so at the top.

This is a one-way airstrip because of the trees and house at the top of the hill. You can only take off down hill and land up hill.

Every airstrip has to have a wind indicator (windsock).

Measuring and surveying the runway. The cones are placed at 100' intervals. The big white cones mark the landing zone.

This is the Valhalla airstrip. The mountain in the distance is Mount Mitchell, highest peak east of the Mississippi.

Measuring and marking Brown Field.

This is the back room of the hanger (below) that we'll be staying in for "Mountain Week."

Ryan Airplane Company at Avery County airport in Spruce Pine, NC will be hosting us for Mountain Week.