I've been asked how to find the field. It is hard to find unless you know where to look. I don't have any markers up for it yet. Below is an aerial photo of our place. This is a half mile east of Fall Creek, looking north. Our place is the one on the south side of the road (CTH D). The airstrip is about three hundred feet south of the large red pole building. It runs east-west (right-left). On the west end there is a barbed wire fence across the end.
My wife asked if a Cessna could land here. I told her the runway was too short. I guess I was wrong. A couple friends stopped by with a 182 this weekend. Here they are on the way out - I think he used less than 400 feet taking off.
Stop by when you get a chance.
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( 3 / 51 )After a spring and summer of grading, rolling, seeding, and mowing, the airstrip is finally usable. Here is my dad's Taylorcraft BC-12D settling in:
The east-west runway is just a little under 700 feet long. The Taylorcraft was down and stopped in about 400 feet. It used just a little more getting out. The approaches are clear to the east, and only a fence and cornfield is on the west.
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