portland lawn tour - seven grass landings

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Published 2024-05-05

found myself at the airport on a beautiful weekday afternoon. perfect time of the year to start landing on grass fields. I went to all the public fields in the area. winds were a little weird but they were all doable. not my best radio day. a couple of mediocre moments.

0:00 always start at zero
0:26 take off
1:05 Skyport (4S4)
2:04 short final Skyport
2:59 debrief landing
3:09 take off; overhead conflict
4:18 Vernonia (05S)
5:25 short final Vernonia
6:50 take off
7:25 Goheen (W52)
8:39 short final Goheen, aborted landing
9:47 short final Goheen
10:38 take off
11:33 Fly For Fun (W56)
14:06 short final Fly For Fun
15:10 Cedars North (W58)
16:16 short final Cedars North
17:32 PDX Charlie radio traffic
20:36 response anxiety timer
21:43 advise ready for frequency change
22:43 Sandy River (03S)
23:20 short final Sandy River
24:13 take off
24:56 UAO radio traffic
25:50 Lenhardt (7S9)
26:40 short final Lenhardt
27:37 take off
28:18 UAO radio traffic (again)
29:00 HIO radio traffic
31:23 short final HIO
32:35 ground calls, location confusion
33:10 shutdown

All Comments (8)

@cherylolwell953 1 month ago

So good! The scenery, the airmanship. Looks like I need to find some grass strips. Thanks 🙏
@NathanBallardSaferFlying 2 months ago

For real, I’m really thinking I need a lesson from you. The ‘between trees’ base to final. The small strips in that neighborhood environment. The rejected landing. Dealing with the nordo guy. And on top of that it looks super bumpy! WELL DONE. 👊👊🥚
@alexwalka84 1 month ago

Love seeing your videos out in the Portland area! I’m a student pilot with about 11 hours learning out of Twin Oaks!
@BrianSiskind 2 months ago

excellent go around! scenic as always man wow.
@Mark-jl6me 2 months ago

Nice job on the dogleg at Vernonia! You showed me a couple of fields I still want to land at. Flight of 2 next time!
@dmisner100 2 months ago

Wow...some of those approaches looked really challenging! Looked like you and the Flight Design handled them well, though. Would you say, that in general, the Flight Design's landing gear handles those types of grass strips adequately? I'm considering a CTLS.
@210BoxClock 2 months ago

At 21:51 the controller says "you're ready now?" in response to you saying ready. He just mumbled it.