Indian Creek '01

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#003399" TEXT="#080000" background="043c8c00erkjxk.jpg"> <div> <B>Indian Creek (S81) is a Forest Service strip in Central Idaho.  It's heavily used by outfitters taking folks on Salmon River rafting trips.</B></div> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#0066CC" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#99CCFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>John Galban's Flying Site</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFF99" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#CC0000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT>  |     <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="John Galbans Flying Site"><U>home</U></A></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="14" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="16"><B>     </B><A HREF="id38.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Johnson Creek 01"><U><B><IMG SRC="04910100.gif" border=0 width="16" height="16" ALT="previous" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>     </B><A HREF="id47.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Red Creek 03"><U><B><IMG SRC="04a10100.gif" border=0 width="16" height="16" ALT="next" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="John Galbans Flying Site"><U><B><IMG SRC="04b100e0.gif" border=0 width="16" height="14" ALT="up" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B> </B></div> <div> Indian Creek '01</div> <div> <IMG SRC="1da80e00.jpg" border=0 width="640" height="480" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Here's the approach end of Indian Creek.  Note how the runway approach actually curves down towards the river.</div> <div> That's my preferred approach, as you can see that the direct approach has trees between you and the threshold.</div> <div> The river approach requires a flare and a 45 degree turn at the same time, but has fewer obstacles.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="12a75900.jpg" border=0 width="629" height="400" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Doug, Ceci and I visited the Indian Creek airstrip after a breakfast flight to Sulfur Creek.</div> </td> </tr></table></body>