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the event of an engine out, and provides
more power to counter downdrafts on
approach. There's little to no margin for
error on these remote, unimproved strips,
so hitting the aiming point every time is
important. Landings at these strips should
always be made with full flaps, no exceptions: MacNichol says if the weather is so
windy or turbulent that you want to land
with partial flaps, "then don't go there to
start with."
Airspeed control is critically important. Glodowski asks me for a speed check
to make sure I'm on target on the approach.
With the airspeed nailed, I control the
steepness of my approach with power
based on how the aim point looks outside
the windscreen. To steepen the approach,
reduce power; to shallow it, add power.
PULLING IT ALL TOGETHER
Just four miles east of the Hells Canyon
Wilderness area, Slate Creek Airport sits at
1,660 feet in the bowl of a canyon along U.S.
95 and the Salmon River. Nearby peaks top
6,000 feet, so we are operating well below
Glodowski coaxes me
closer and closer to the
side of the mountain,
following its contours.
It feels as if I'm just a
couple of wingspans away
as I near the ridge I'll cross.
the rim; however, the valley widens as the
Salmon River snakes around the 2,600-foot
grass runway, allowing for left or right traffic patterns and open approaches. Ingress
and egress options run north and south of
the runway in valleys before the rising terrain starts.
The windsock is limp, and the surface has tall grass (hay, actually-it gets
baled) and a small knoll in the middle of
the strip so the takeoff from either end is
slightly uphill. After overflying the field in
canyon configuration to observe the landing area, I set up to pass over the runway
to get a closer look for holes, wildlife, or
other obstructions I might have missed.
"I never let my guard down on these runways," Glodowski had counseled me earlier
in the day. "They've got teeth, but where
are they?" Following the speed card notes
for the initial descent, base, and final
approach, I line up and aim (at the desired
55 mph) for the first third that is marked by
white rocks on the side. After landing, the
airplane slows quickly in the hay.
Climbing out of the airplane to walk
the strip a bit, I gaze skyward at the mountaintops almost a mile above. The grass
strip isn't one I would have attempted
before the training because of its location in the bottom of the bowl. With the
fundamentals of mountain canyon flying under my belt, Slate Creek presents
a manageable challenge-one that leaves
me wanting more.
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