Townsend '08

<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>  On a lunch flight to Three Forks, MT we decided to stop in at Townsend, MT. (8U8) to partake of some cheap fuel.  In the summer of '08, avgas prices were running between five and six dollars a gallon.</B></div> <div> <B>As a bonus, we found a small, friendly little airport with lots of ammenties for the transient pilot.</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="id83.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="West Yellowstone 08"><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="id85.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Schafer 08"><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> Townsend '08</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="2c83c0e0.jpg" border=0 width="828" height="526" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Brad's Cessna against a backdrop of snowy peaks as we fly up the Madison River Valley.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="2c943720.jpg" border=0 width="835" height="626" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Townsend has a nice little pilots shack next to the self serve fuel pumps and a nice courtesy van for a visit to town.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="2ca49770.jpg" border=0 width="841" height="631" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> A nice picnic area with a large gas grill is located next to the ramp.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="2cb396b0.jpg" border=0 width="825" height="619" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> I never thought I'd see the day when fuel at $4.34 / gal. was a bargain.</div> </td> </tr></table></body>