Red Creek '03

<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>Red Creek is a small, uncharted dirt strip located in the Tonto Nat'l forest, about 25 mi. north of Phoenix.  It's a  popular camping spot for local pilots in the cooler months.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Due to surrounding terrain, it's advisable to land towards the west and takeoff eastbound.  Rising terrain to the west makes a go-around difficult, unless you have plenty of horsepower to spare.</B></div> <div> <B>The strip is about 1,500 ft. long and 30 ft. wide.  There are fire rings and picnic tables for camping.  It's located 11 miles north of the Horseshoe Dam on the west bank of the Verde River.</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="id46.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Indian 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="id48.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Pinckneyville 01"><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> Red Creek '03</div> <div> <IMG SRC="13615900.jpg" border=0 width="533" height="400" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> That's me on my takeoff roll departing Red Creek.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="13c15900.jpg" border=0 width="533" height="400" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> N4BQ crosses the threshold for landing. Hitting the end of the runway is important at a short strip.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="13e15900.jpg" border=0 width="533" height="400" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Dancing on the brakes usually gets me stopped by midfield.</div> </td> </tr></table></body>