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[Guest stogie-six]

Greetings from the land of Elvis.

 

I stumbled onto this site researching ultralights (CGS Hawk specifically) and will be in and out from time to time.

 

See ya around the patch

 

 

[skydog]

Welcome to the website and perhaps the best Recreational site in the world. It is certainly very popular and diverse.

 

What do you fly now?

 

 

[Guest stogie-six]

Welcome to the website and perhaps the best Recreational site in the world. It is certainly very popular and diverse.What do you fly now?

I currently fly a Piper Cherokee (PA-28 140/150). I am building an RV6-A and have been at it for a good 10 years. I am interested in ultralights. I stumbled across an old grass strip the other day near where I work. The airfield is called Colonial Air Park. It is on the Memphis sectional and falls under the Class D for Olive Branch (KOLV). It is a place where you imagine how flying is supose to be.

 

 

[skydog]

Looks like a good old dirt strip off state line rd there.

 

Hope the trees are not too high either end, cant tell on the google earth view.

 

I own a RV6A, the yellow & blue one in my avatar picture to the left of this message. Hurry up and finish yours coz they are a great performing aircraft.

 

If you like rec aircraft then really the RV is as cheap to run at 100 kts.

 

 

[Guest stogie-six]

Looks like a good old dirt strip off state line rd there.Hope the trees are not too high either end, cant tell on the google earth view.

I own a RV6A, the yellow & blue one in my avatar picture to the left of this message. Hurry up and finish yours coz they are a great performing aircraft.

 

If you like rec aircraft then really the RV is as cheap to run at 100 kts.

Skydog -

 

I will get some pix of the field and post here in a couple of weeks. Since you have an RV6-A, do you lurk thru the VAF pages (www.vansairforce.net) any? I suspect you do since it is a wealth of RV knowledge.

 

 

[skydog]

I do view VAF and also the threads on VANS site.

 

Just ordered a new fuel injected 320 lycoming with roller tappets etc, should be good.

 

My panel is a simple 6 pack of steam gauges plus cht .I use a portable GPS as back up.

 

Have a GOOGLE EARTH look at my local strips Point cook airfield in victoria I also use BACCHUS MARSH AIRFIELD, also in Victoria Australia.

 

Whilst your at it, one of my favourite strips is PETERBOROUGH AIRFIELD IN VICTORIA , A DRAG DOWN THE COASTLINE This area is known as the 12 apostles , very beautiful.