Broken Plane in the Alvord Desert

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2 жыл бұрын

We planned for a nice, relaxing day to fly to the Alvord Desert Playa. Then disaster struck! Ok, it wasn't that bad, but certainly not how we planned to spend the day. 4 Vans RV experimental planes. 1 flat tire. 1,000,000,000 bees. And one good time had by all.

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@garrettdn1 2 жыл бұрын

Tons of fun!

@paulbrunner1818 10 ай бұрын

Great to show how hard it is to break the bead without a bead breaker. More talc is always good!

@fbr767 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing. I’m about to start my backcountry adventure stage of flying my 182 with a bush pilot CFI, and this really gives me something more to think about.

@flyingaardvarks1133 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome! 182s are such great planes, sounds like a blast.

@bryannairn Жыл бұрын

Landing on the playa was such a cool experience. Note to self, be better prepared on future flights. Good thing we had strength in numbers.

@flysport_tedder 2 жыл бұрын

I wouldn't have thought of bees in the middle of the playa, but I guess anytime there's a big red plane they'll find you :) the music tapering at 8:45 is perfect for the landing! cool effect at 9:30 too. Must have been nice to fly over and not see big ruts or anything, feel better about what's going to happen on that first landing. 18:10 weird to have Garmin complaining about terrain when .. you're on a huge flat surface. 20:00 nice pushup.

@TheStuJack 2 жыл бұрын

Man that Chris guy was struggling holding up that little tire. Must be the tube arms 😀.

@flyingaardvarks1133 2 жыл бұрын

💪🛞

@DWBurns Жыл бұрын

I know this is old, I have never thought about this. Is Fix-a-flat an option? I have never had a flat always replace the tires every 3rd annual.

@flyingaardvarks1133 Жыл бұрын

We tried some green “goo.” The challenge there is there isn’t much air flow to allow it to dry. With enough time it probably would have worked (as once we got the tire disassembled and waited a bit it actually started to seal it).

@flysport_tedder 5 ай бұрын

hoping you'll see this, I'd love to tag along if you are headed to Alvord this year. I'm comfortable with places like Cpalis Beach (S16) and Tieton (4S6). I'm just nervous about going and not knowing if I'm going to get stuck. I don't even have to bother you or fly with you, just land when you're there and can tell me it's okay.

@flyingaardvarks1133 3 ай бұрын

Alvord is a bit easier than those other two IMO. You can also sort of land near(ish) other people on the playa, or closer to the road…but I’d definitely recommend going in a small group given my experience. Not likely we will go back this year. It is a LOT of dust to clean up!

@flysport_tedder 3 ай бұрын

@@flyingaardvarks1133 thanks. it's good to know the 'difficulty level'. Now I just need to find a group going :)