09/25/10 - Smith Prairie Fly-in Bonfire - Prairie, Id. 2U0

[Guest Guardian Aircraft]

 

Let's get a big crowd... September is awesome for flying here. This is a large airstrip and is quite accessible. If there are people that are planning to drive up and wish to bring things for everyone we could sure use wood, games (footballs frisbees etc.), awnings... we would greatly appreciate the help. Prairie Store is providing food for the bbq as well as rooms and extra camping on their grass if you wish. They have a monthly pilots breakfast on the first Saturday of every month, stop in and say hi sometime it's well worth the trip. We will have the Raven there, hope to see the rest of you.

 

Smith Prairie Airstrip Looking NE

 

 

campground on strip

 

 

Runway looking SW

 

 

Canyon near airstrip

 

 

 

[Deskpilot]

Gee that canyon looks like something out of MS Flightsim. Beaut photos but.

 

Wonder how long it would take us to fly over in a Jabbie.

 

 

[Guest Guardian Aircraft]

I'd love for everyone to make it. though you might have a hard time finding enough islands to hop to hit the US mainland.. :D

 

We have several events planned such as a STOL competition, Flour Bomb, etc... We have a full day on saturday for events and fly-outs to some of the other wonderful airstrips here in Idaho.

 

I appreciate the compliments on the photos, I'll pass the compliments along to the guy who took them. Prairie is one of my absolute favorite places on earth. If i could find a way to live there, I would.

 

 

[Deskpilot]

Nah, island hopping won't, have to go the long way visa vis;

 

Northern Territory (Australia)

 

Ashmore and Cartier Islands

 

Timor

 

Flores

 

Sumbawa

 

Bali

 

Jawa (Java)

 

Sumatera

 

Malaysia

 

Thailand

 

Laos

 

Vietnam

 

China

 

Russia

 

Alaska

 

Canada

 

U.S. of A.

 

or something like that. What a trip that would be. Who's coming?

 

 

[Guest Guardian Aircraft]

Heh, you better start flying soon. it's only 11,000 miles.. cakewalk :D

 

 

[Deskpilot]

Er, that the long or short way?

 

 

[Guest Guardian Aircraft]

dunno that you could call it short.. heh, I just eyeballed the route through alaska and guestimated. Knowing pilots though, I'll probably see a small army of Aussies coming in on Saturday morning... Would make for an interesting tale for sure.

 

 

[airangel]

The Jab Wouldnt be the problem......The US coastguard would.

 

 

[Guest Guardian Aircraft]

Due to unforeseen circumstances we have to cancel the Fly-in. Hopefully we will be able to reschedule down the line. Thanks for your interest, sorry for any inconvenience.

 

 

[Deskpilot]

No inconvenience for us Aussies mate. Sorry to hear though. Better luck next time.