Carl Tyler's Blog

1 - That is one seriously good pilot.

2 - The trick to many of these landings is the art (?) of flying behind the power curve. It's a risky place to be (behind the power curve) but you can do some odd things. If you've ever felt like you were about to land short of the field and you kept adding more an more power and it didn't seem to have much effect, you were likely behind the power curve.

As for those takeoffs, just rip out all the weight in your plane, add a bigger engine, and a stall kit and you are good to go.

Carl, I suspect you get better fuel economy and better trip times than the turbo-cub

Just remember, "there is no one perfect airplane".

Oh yeah, one more thing - the runway at TSF is only 1850'.

3 - @2 that plane also has some front edge slats to make it better at slower speeds.

So if the farm is 1850, how far to the nearest tree?

Mind you, unless the airfield gets onto a sectional map, insurance won't let me fly into it anyway.

4 - This is where my ignorance was bliss. It seemed fine to me, and taking off over the valley with the lake was spectacular. Coming in low over the trees to land.... well yeah that was a little sketchy!

5 - R44 beckons then!?

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6 - @5 Do I look like someone who wants to be held up in the air with elastic bands?

nice landing in a tight spot though.

7 - Carl - TSF will not likely get on a sectional other than perhaps as a PVT symbol. As for trees, there are 30' off one end and nothing higher than wheat off the other for another 2000'.

8 - I know which direction I'd take off then.