Flying Low - Yee Haww! Watch out for those power lines! Slepcev Storch River Run

On the way back from my buddy's house at the Cross Country Estates between Georgetown and Taylor, TX, I couldn't resist taking a short flight down the Lampasas river where it feeds into Lake Stillhouse near Belton and Killeen, TX. The river run is nothing like some of the biger rivers with sand bars and good places to land, but it's always fun to fly down it. I've flown this river many times since 1999 in the Piper PA-16 Clipper, Kitfox, PA-18 Super Cub, and now the Storch. I love flying!

I actually went down there to look at a Piper PA-12 that belongs to Dewey, another friend of mine. I hadn't flown in one since I was a young feller and have been pondering on getting one to do tail wheel instruction. It was just as I thought. I liked it.

Jeff and I flew together in the Army and again at Avenge Inc. He is a great wealth of knowledge and airplane geek. He really loved the Storch. I did a quick take off and landing demo for him as I left.

This Storch was built by a friend of mine named Bob. When he decided to buy a Cessna Bird Dog this one had to go so I bought it. It's a blast to fly and looks great. I'll do more video's including the exterior, but in the mean time check out Erik Johnston on you tube. He did a walk a round video of this at the National STOL Lonestar STOL competition in Gainsville, TX.

I'm going to keep making videos. It's not easy for me and I'm no Trent Palmer, but I'll get better. I know I need to work on an intro. Check out the Fat Tire Cowboys at www.fattirecowboys.com Great swag and great bunch of guys. They inducted me as a media contributor back in October. He used some video snips of me that I posted to facebook with folks like Mike Patey and Steve Henry among others.

I may take this to the Arkanstol back country challenge this year!.

Yee Haww!

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