Northeast Fly In B18 Alton Bay ice runway / LCI Feb 8th, 2025

Dan Dicker, sorry we missed you but we are glad you made a wise decision. You'll continue to be around for us to continue to torment.
There were multiple snow showers all day. Visibility below the cloud layer was frequently compromised. One of the volunteer ice airplane pushers said that last Saturday they counted 160 planes at Alton Bay. I think you New York guys would call that an official "cluster". Remember, it is a 100% uncontrolled airdrome which somehow works out with pilot cooperation and standard procedures. All volunteer authorities are only organizing taxiing and parking. It's GLORIOUS for those of us who came of age in the 60's.
 
I'm particularly sorry I missed you, Tom @corcoran -- i definitely enjoy the torment when you're delivering it personally.

Listening to approach before shooting at Laconia, I heard a twin cessna pilot say -- "someone reported they could get into LCI now, so maybe I'll turn around and try the rnav 26 again......" So i know he's gone missed at least once already.....

I'm sitting just below a layer at 5000 and looking at a mist curtain around the airport and I turn to my brother-in-law and say "Change of plans!" He says, "I thought we were going to land" - and I say -- we are! back in Brookhaven!

"Approach, bonanza 8505M, looking to divert to the south back to KHWV and request 8000 feet" "8505M, fly heading 180, climb to 8000, let me work on a route for you for a minute --"

I love those guys - know what you want and ask them nicely and they'll give you whatever they can give you.

Hey, this plane and the avionics are new to me -- stuff happens A LOT faster. It's really, really great, but I just didn't feel good about shooting an approach where I might have to go missed in an area I have no idea where anything is in a plane I've not done more than a half dozen approaches in yet..............

See you for the next one. Congrats to all who made it.
 
Who ever took the picture in Post #43 either was very lucky or incredibly skilled... Looks like you can see the beacon through the prop.. very good catch! (an probably a little luck as well)
 
sparkie951 said:
Who ever took the picture in Post #43 either was very lucky or incredibly skilled... Looks like you can see the beacon through the prop.. very good catch! (an probably a little luck as well)
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It's a fantastic photo. You can almost see me in the right seat taking one of the photos from post #35...
 
sparkie951 said:
Who ever took the picture in Post #43 either was very lucky or incredibly skilled... Looks like you can see the beacon through the prop.. very good catch! (an probably a little luck as well)
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Telephoto lens. You can tell because the depth of the background is compressed.
 
I have landed on lakes with some snow on the ice. Mostly packed down by snowmobilers. Have landed with skis on unpacked snow and I have played golf on a frozen lake cleared of snow. The 18 hole golf course they set up on Lake George is a real challenge. Don’t hit the ball straight and your in the rough (deep snow) hit the ball straight and it might roll 100 yards or considerably more.

My point, glad that everyone that went to the fly in arrived and departed safely.

Don’t land in the rough of worse, put in the rough and part on the cleaned ice.

 
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