An old pilot just looking around.

skybobb said:
Well in 1959 a friend gave me my first airplane ride in a 1954 Piper Supercub. He let me take the controls and mush it around the sky. I was hooked and wanted to learn to fly real bad. But it was 1980 before I started flying. A real good friend of mine was a farmer and his son became a CFI, and he came back home to help his dad on the farm. The son and I went together and bought a 1953 Cessna 170B. I got him into the plane and he taught me to fly it. I put 835 hours on N4558C before I sold it to buy a 182 in bad need of a lot of TLC. Three years later I flew the 1959 182 home. I have about 2300 hours total time. I am strickly VFR. I have been from my home base of S49 Vale,OR to IL twice and once on to Oskosh. I have flown to Ark twice, one of the times we flew from IL. we flew on to Gastons in Lakeview, AK. I fly for the Malheur County sheriffs posse, Search and rescue, I fly some of the local ranchers looking for cattle, and I take a few friends on scenic flights. I am retired and I hope I can continue to fly a few more years. The cost of fuel and maintenance is creating a little problem as of late. I am the airport manager of our city airport. I fly over in the Idaho backcountry as you can see if you watch some of my other videos. Big Creek, Sulphur Creek, Chamberlin Basin, Johnson Creek. I probably don't fit in with this forum, but I wanted to check it out. Bob

This isn't the right video. This is our landing at Cascade locks the other one is called HIS LAST WISH AN AIRPLANE RIDE
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Welcome! If you fly, you fit in. At jetcareers, you don't even have to fly to fit in.
 
Welcome to the site Bob. It's great to see more people that fly for the pure joy of it. AND you obviously like to share it with others. Look forward to reading some of your experiences.
 
I really enjoyed the video. It really touched close to home as I had a grandfather who went through the same situation, but loved aviation and tought me what he knew (He was a PPL back in the 50's and 60's).

You did a truly remarkable and amazing thing!

Welcome to JC!!!!
 
DE727UPS said:
"I probably don't fit in with this forum, but I wanted to check it out. Bob"

HA....you don't, sort of, but don't let that stop you. Sometimes I don't think I do either.

What you did for that guy is about the coolest thing ever. That's really something special you did.

I live in Spokane and have a hangar in Deer Park with a Cessna 140 in it. Once I figure out taildraggers, again, I'd like to check out some of the N Idaho backcountry. You ever been to Cavanaugh bay on Preist Lake? What about the strip at the Wildhorse Young Life camp near Antelope?
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I flew a guy up to Deer Park one time years ago. I still had my 170B Cessna at that time. He picked up a pickup his dad had given him and flew it back to Vale. I had a cylinder crack on the way home. I had to leave it at LaGrande for repairs.

I fly over that boys ranch if it the old Ba Rawniesh place (SP). Near Antelope, OR. On my way tgo the Portland area I fly right over the top of it. Bob
 
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