Thursday, September 17, 2009

Garnsey's Airport

I've been busy with other things, so I haven't been posting much. But I'm still going to try to hit all of the grass strips in this area.

One of my favorites is Garnsey's Airport. It's a bit south of Glens Falls, in Schuylerville, NY, right along the Hudson River. There's also a floatplane "runway" on the river itself. I hadn't been there for a while, so I decided to fly down with a friend and do a landing and takeoff. It was a beautiful day for flying so after taking off, I decided it would be fun to fly along the river for a bit at a low altitude. To be legal, we needed to be 500' above the terrain, so I chose to fly about 700' above ground level. We flew south for about ten or fifteen minutes before turning back and returning to Glens Falls airport. All in all, it was a grand day to be flying. :)



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5 comments:

  1. SteveSeptember 18, 2009 at 11:21 AM

    That's awesome, Brian!

    Reminds me of Lee Bottom down here in my neck of the woods... http://www.leebottom.com/

    Are you headed to the fly-in at Windwoods in WV in a couple weeks?

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  2. BrianSeptember 18, 2009 at 12:15 PM

    Thanks,Steve!

    Unfortunately, business travel is keeping me really busy right now... no extended trips in 70L for a while, I'm afraid.

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  3. DianaSeptember 20, 2009 at 3:58 PM

    Nice video, Brian. :) That looks like another beautiful grass strip. :)

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  4. BrianSeptember 20, 2009 at 4:23 PM

    Thanks, Diana. It's a good one. It's even nicer when they don't plow the land on either side of it. The setting by the river is just about perfect.

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  5. SteveSeptember 21, 2009 at 1:59 PM

    No worries. When you're ready for a long XC head down my way and land at my grass strip...

    (That's checking two things off at once, ya know) ;)

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