MT summer trip…Aviation

[Bullhead bully]

Since SJP posted pictures of his awesome trip I thought I would do the same.

 

[DUNEFLYER]

Friggin awesome..
didn’t know you picked up a back country plane, very nice.
I have a trip up to Red Lodge in Sept. What area you in?
Nice toy box.

 

[Bowtiepower00]

Bonus points for the taildragger. Great content thanks for posting.

 

[Bullhead bully]

Videos

 

[monkeyswrench]

Beautiful! I could really get used to living on a lake like that.
Question: On a grass landing strip like that, how do you deal with deer, elk or even moose up there?

 

[rivermobster]

OMFG...

You win.

:bowdown:. :bowdown: :bowdown:

Thank you for sharing those!!!

 

[Bullhead bully]

Friggin awesome..
didn’t know you picked up a back country plane, very nice.
I have a trip up to Red Lodge in Sept. What area you in?
Nice toy box.

Flathead lake

 

[Bullhead bully]

Bonus points for the taildragger. Great content thanks for posting.

Yeah backcountry flying is insane ! MT and ID are incredible.

 

[Singleton]

Looks awesome and a great place to escape the heat.

 

[Bullhead bully]

Beautiful! I could really get used to living on a lake like that.
Question: On a grass landing strip like that, how do you deal with deer, elk or even moose up there?

Be on your toes ! Had a deer dart under the wing on final in Idaho on Saturday. Throttled went over and landed.

 

[DWC]

Awesome pics. Damn that looks nice.

 

[rrrr]

Grass strips in a Husky, and throw in the Montana and Idaho scenery...it's a once in a lifetime experience.

Thanks for sharing.

 

[DUNEFLYER]

Your hangar at Glacier or Flathead?
You are living life right my friend.

 

[Bowtiepower00]

Great flying. Stay safe. If you ever need a copilot in az I’m around 80 hours, lol.

 

[Bullhead bully]

Great flying. Stay safe. If you ever need a copilot in az I’m around 80 hours, lol.

Thank you. Anything safer than the California freeways! What a shit show

 

[SJP]

What a beautiful region. It is sooo cool up there and your setup is top notch! Awesome pics Bully.

 

[BingerFang]

Is your hangar in big fork? I’ll be up there next weekend.

 

[parker guy]

Incredible,, thanks for sharing…

 

[angiebaby]

Great images! Thanks for sharing!

 

[coolchange]

Very cool thanks.
I wish I could have gotten more into aviation. My dad built a couple of planes. My youngest memories were a Taylor craft in the garage and going for my first ride as a very little child in a Bellanca.
The YouTubers in the low and slow Kitfoxs are my go to.
The ramp with the turn table is off the hook!
Again thank you for the ride.

 

[CLdrinker]

Is that your house?
Wholly shit that’s bad ass.

 

[28Eliminator]

Wow… awesome!!

 

[RCDave]

Wow. Incredible!

 

[Bullhead bully]

Is that your house?
Wholly shit that’s bad ass.

No just a beautiful castle

 

[LGETT]

Absolutely stunning Paul, thanks for sharing.

 

[Waterjunky]

Truly impressive. I was up in that area last summer and have been trying to figure out a way to make a living up there. An old buddy of mine lives in Kalispell.

 

[nanu]

Breathtakingly beautiful scenery and photos. Thanks for sharing. Bully, you da man!

 

[mbrown2]

Amazing photos....never been, hope to someday...hope it stays that way and not too California'd.....loved the series Yellowstone...also hated it for making places like that more popular...

Thx for sharing...

 

[Bullhead bully]

Amazing photos....never been, hope to someday...hope it stays that way and not too California'd.....loved the series Yellowstone...also hated it for making places like that more popular...

Thx for sharing...

Yeah they discriminate and profile people from California. As they should !

They want to keep America the way it should be.

America.

 

[lake p.a.l.]

Incredible pics

 

[Sleek-Jet]

Love it...

 

[BajaMike]

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Great pics!

 

[Bullhead bully]

Today

 

[Riverryder]

It’s so good to see you posting again!

 

[Bullhead bully]

More from the last week

 

[BingerFang]

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Great photos! I love it up there

 

[Sleek-Jet]

So who is doing turbine Goose conversions?

 

[Bullhead bully]

So who is doing turbine Goose conversions?

I don’t know but the are pretty awesome !

 

[hman442]

So who is doing turbine Goose conversions?

Lots of info on the goose on the web, searched N642. They have a Faceplant page also. Sounds like it was a navy plane, then sold to Dept. Of Interior,, Alaska. Was converted to turbine in '68 while in Alaska. Later, sold to private party.

 

[Bullhead bully]

Today’s flying

 

[DUNEFLYER]

Way cool Paul,
What site do you get your wind info from for wind over the ridges?
Flying to Red Lodge next week, not sure if I want to go over the top or come up east side of mountain then straight into Red Lodge.

 

[Bullhead bully]

This morning. Luckily I had the wife with me when we saw the elk.

 

[Bullhead bully]

Way cool Paul,
What site do you get your wind info from for wind over the ridges?
Flying to Red Lodge next week, not sure if I want to go over the top or come up east side of mountain then straight into Red Lodge.

I use ForeFlight and Windfinder . You are considerably further east and south and where I’m located. I would check the local forecast come in high and do the standard approach into that airport. I am not familiar with it haven’t landed there.

When and doubt you could always call the FBO there they probably have some recommendations as well.

you are turbo charged as well correct? Probably need that for density altitude getting out of there.

 

[RiverDave]

Absolutely incredible pictures.. how cold is the water on that lake?

 

[angiebaby]

Absolutely incredible pictures.. how cold is the water on that lake?

Which one? There are at least 5 that are open to powerboats all within an hour and a half from us and we are on the southernmost end of Flathead. I think the OP posted pics of three of them. He is a lot closer to the others than we are.

Flathead is pretty warm . . . in late July & August They have already begun to lower it. They started on Monday and it's already down about 6 inches. Lots of boats and swimming still, but that will probably trickle down after this weekend. Temps are supposed to cool to the 70s. Most docks around here are fixed, so as the lakes get lower, they become unusable.

edit: Now that I think about it, we were in the water over 4th of July and it was plenty warm, but we are at the south end of the lake, where it's a bit warmer.

 

[DaveH]

just another reason to love flying. in my sailplane a few weeks ago I was flying the sierras. at whitney summit, hikers caught me going past:

 

[Bullhead bully]

Absolutely incredible pictures.. how cold is the water on that lake?

The water is in the mid 70s. Pretty warm. For now. Yes temperatures are dropping quickly.

 

[rightytighty]

Amazing pics! Thank you for sharing.

Ive started looking at real estate in Montana as my son has relocated to Bozeman for work.

Very motivational! Though i will keep my place at the lake for Winters.

Dec - Feb looks painful…

 

[Bullhead bully]

Amazing pics! Thank you for sharing.

Ive started looking at real estate in Montana as my son has relocated to Bozeman for work.

Very motivational! Though i will keep my place at the lake for Winters.

Dec - Feb looks painful…

No land left up here….Sold out

OK. As long as conservatives only come we’ll make room.

I’m not kidding. They are very protective of America and the America we all used to know. They want to keep it here. Anybody from California with a California license plate or the California area code is definitely a threat.

We don’t use the C word around here.

 

[Bullhead bully]

Found the heard