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Short Trips: Wauchula
Here are some shots from
our trips to Wauchula. The first time I went was in Jamie's Cherokee 140 with
him. I didn't have my ticket yet, and he wanted to try out his new GPS that
he got at Sun N Fun that year. I thin k this was 2003. It was definately before
the Hurricanes of 04. I've been back since and that area took 3 or 4 real hard
beatings last year and blue roofs are still everywhere.
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Wauchula Municipal
is a beautiful little airport out in the middle of nowhere. The
runway is 18-36 and had just been resurfaced. It's 4000 feet long
and 75 feet wide. It's surrounded by citrus groves, pastures and
undeveloped trees and land. The GPS unit worked great, and we arrived
exactly as planned. Jamie floated in for a perfect landing and we
taxied over to the tie-down area. There was only one other plane
there that day. It's a quite place to hang out and have a soda.
There's no restaurant, but there is a picknic table under u huge
oak tree at the corner of the tie-down area. |
Here's the view on
final approach. I think that it must be wider than 75 feet. Maybe they
expanded it when they resurfaced and it's not in the AFD yet. At any rate,
if you go don't be fooled by the illusion that you are lower than you
are. It looks like that and many pilots end up coming in really high.
Luckily, it's plenty long enough for a "floater" and those are
pretty fun sometimes anyway..
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This is
a view of the Little Mannatee River from about 1200'. There's a lot of this
type of scenery around this part of the state. I love flying low and slow
over it. I don't care how long it takes me to get somewhere when I'm just
out squashin' bugs, the trip IS the adventure. Sometimes you meet new people
and see cool stuff as a result, too. |
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other plane at Wauchula Municipal was a Yak 52 in mint condition. Check
it out on the next page! |
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