Johnson Creek '05

<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>Like Schafer Meadows in Montana, Johnson Creek is another one of my favorite strips.  It's not quiet and primitive, like the wilderness strip, but it has it's own charms.  Excellent facilities, well maintained, and centrally located for breakfast flights through some of the most untamed areas in the lower 48 states.  It's a rare backcountry trip that doesn't include a stop at Johnson Creek.</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="id59.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Moose Creek 2 05"><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="id61.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Marana Breakfast 05"><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> Johnson Creek '05</div> <div> <IMG SRC="1d980e00.jpg" border=0 width="640" height="480" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Here's an image I snagged on April 1st from the <A HREF="http://www.ruralnetwork.net/~yellowpinecm/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.ruralnetwork.net/~yellowpinec"><U>Johnson Creek Airport Webcam</U></A>.  It still looks a bit chilly for my  </div> <div> taste.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="1cf80e00.jpg" border=0 width="640" height="480" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Here's a slightly fuzzy shot of he final approach to Johnson Creek.  There was a bit of canyon turbulence bumping</div> <div> the camera when I took the pic.  The strip looks much bigger when you're sitting safely on the ground :-))</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="1d180e00.jpg" border=0 width="640" height="480" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> On a fuel flight to nearby McCall, we were reminded that tricky mountain winds can catch you by surprise.  The</div> <div> pilot of this plane was caught by a crosswind gust, just before liftoff.</div> </td> </tr></table></body>