Johnson Creek: Backcountry Fly-In Mecca
Once a year, this remote Idaho strip becomes Super Cub central
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Once a year, this remote Idaho strip becomes Super Cub central
How would you like to be on a flight and have a weather diversion cost 1.8 million dollars? That’s the estimated cost of manpower, materials and fuel it takes to land the space shuttle at Edwards AFB in California instead of at its home base at Florida’s Cape Canaveral.
A simple, four-hour round-trip helps remind me of the practicality (and wonder) of flying.
To some of us, just getting off the ground is an adventure
| âSpot Check OK. Latitude: 37.7445. Longitude: -97.224,â read a text message on my cell phone, and I knew that contributor Bill Stein had made it safely in his Edge 540 to Wichita, Kans., the final stop on his cross-country flight from Chicago, Ill. |
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