Dirt don't hurt!

[piperpainter]

The Bacon Ranch Strip about HEC/037/18.4. Smoother than a baby's bottom and just as nice as any asphalt or concrete runway! Even ask Casey a fellow Mooney owner that went with me to make sure he didn't ding his baby, oh wait....I didn't ding mine either! Great times. The place has tie downs, fire pit and a nice deck along  with bathroom ammenteties! Enjoy

[fantom]

Guess the dirt blends in on your red belly ;-)

[pjsny78]

Thats Really Cool!! I have always dreamed about landing on the salt flats in Utah. the only thing i am thinking about where you are is the air intake. I hope you have a good air filter.

[piperpainter]

Quote: fantom

Guess the dirt blends in on your red belly ;-)

[fantom]

Quote: piperpainter

 No actually. I've been complimented many times at just how clean my belly is! And with the air filter, its an air filter as long as it does the job that's what matters!

[carusoam]

Nice job Bryan,

No cows at the Bacon Ranch?

 

Your photos are always interesting.  Your Mooney goes to the most interesting places.

 

Best regards,

 

-a-

[piperpainter]

No cows this time! I'm sure i'll see them when I go visit my Dad this spring/summer though! Anyway here is a vid of the strip as well! http://vimeo.com/37064512

[kerry]

I tuned into your video and noticed you had one from chicken strip.  Is chicken strip now open.  By watching the video it lookes like they improved the landing strip by quite a bit.  I hope to try it this spring.

[Immelman]

Quote: kerry

I tuned into your video and noticed you had one from chicken strip.  Is chicken strip now open.  By watching the video it lookes like they improved the landing strip by quite a bit.  I hope to try it this spring.

[piperpainter]

Chicken Strip is open again and we had a work team go fix it up this winter. Please adhere to the take it in take it out policy if you go. It's a very nice strip I plan on going, but haven't yet!

[Bolter]

Quote: piperpainter

No cows this time! I'm sure i'll see them when I go visit my Dad this spring/summer though! Anyway here is a vid of the strip as well! http://vimeo.com/37064512

[piperpainter]

That vimeo video wasn't actually mine. It was a friends. My video's are all on youtube under piperpainter . I use a Stealth Drift 170 camera. I've mounted it inside most the time but now have a mount on my wingtip. You can see video of that under my video titled "Lakeview airstrip" on youtube.

[jrwilson]

I'd like to try that sometime, at least a nice smooth grass strip.  There is one fairly near me, Frasier lake, CA which is pretty smooth.   The problem is my insurance company expressly states, paved runways only.  Which insurance company do you use?  My broker is Falcon, and I forget who the insurance is, but I've had two different companies and they always say paved only.  Do you just pay extra for the unpaved exception or am I just using a too conservative company?

[Lood]

I use dirt strips 99% of the time and have never had any issue, whatsoever. When going into an unkonown dirt strip for the first time, I just make sure about its condition. In most cases, I actually prefer them to paved strips. Both my own strips are dirt and that's about all my Mooney knows. I do have cement run-up pads on my strips where I park and do all power checks, but when I happen to be at a sandy strip that does not have one, I normally skip cycling the prop. Just do a mag check and set the mixture and off I go.