Absolutely stunning! That area is my favorite place I have ever been. I would kill to be able to fly all around there as you did here! Wow. Great flying too sir. And yes, I heard a pilot say once - "centerline - it's not just for professionals" 🤣
thanks. it is a pretty magical place. lots of "oh I'm coming back" things. I think you'd probably love UIL in the same way I did. It probably sees like 100 planes a year now vs who knows how many in WW2.
I know, with the double ridgeline on the north side, nestling the airport into a tiny little shelf/valley thing. I'm definitely going back and camping there.
Wow that is a big day. Sekui looks awesome and a little terrifying. I love how you were airborne before you even reached the end of the displaced threshold
Great video Ted, nice day of flying! Comms were kind of quiet, except for Hillsboro, training airport? My favorite, Forks, very scenic. Good job on the landings, I know you were beating yourself up a bit there, excellent progress!
thanks Peter. Comms were quiet everywhere else because Hillsboro is the only towered airport. Especially with marginal weather there weren't many other planes out. I cut some of the comms, but the last ~90 mins back to Hillsboro was busyish with Seattle traffic and then Hillsboro was busy, of course. Forks was pretty, especially with that low cloud hugging the airport. I talked to some guys on the ground, they were working on a plane. You can also see that Forks is used as a drag strip, look at all the rubber on it.
@@flysport_tedder one of the airports had a displaced threshold, I think that’s what it’s called, seemed to be downhill a bit from the landing area. Is that area used for turning around, almost looked like a cul de sac.
@@petertarantelli yeah, that is Sekiu with the narrow runway and long displaced. You're right, the culdesac is a turnaround area. It's common on narrow runways that don't have full taxiways. That one was strange because there were cones and a sinkhole in the turnaround, so I ended up doing my best and turning on the runway. The last one, Sequim W28, had similar turnarounds. And there are two types of displaced thresholds, but the white ones like you see here are "don't land before this, but it's okay to take off before it". There's another kind, which are yellow, and are "don't land or take off before this".
Another great adventure, Ted! I've got my flight review coming up soon so I'm working on my centerline discipline, too. I don't know about anyone else, but I tend to get a bit sloppy when a CFI's not sitting next to me. 🙂
Nice video and great idea! I often am contemplating where to go but just flying to new airports is a great way to stay proficient and see the area. Did you get out and explore each one or just a couple? Also, do you have your instrument? Those low clouds would concern me flying VFR but I'm a low hour pilot still.
Hey thanks! All VFR, it looks marginal but I knew it was above 7000 all day.. just rainy. I got out of the plane at each airport to do the stamp, but didn’t do too much else. Chatted with some guys at an airport, though. One of the things I like is to go to an airport and just.. explore. Walk around the airport, walk or scoot into town, that sort of thing. I even bushwhacked through undergrowth to see the Potomac River when I was flying in that area. Obviously Orcas and Friday Harbor are great airports to explore from, but I’m looking forward to going back to UIL. How many hours do you have? Any favorite airports?
@@flysport_tedder I am a low time pilot (only about 130 hours) but looking to fly more. I’m in the northeast and just looking to explore as you do! Really enjoy the podcast with Ben and Brian. You guys do a great job and have had some good guests lately.
@@flysport_tedder Sure! How does one do that? I downloaded the app but cannot figure out how to find you guys. This is where my kids would call me “Boomer”.
Nice slip at Sequim...great video.
thanks! big slip at Ocean Shores too, I tend to do a lot of 'em.
Sorry you had such lousy weather, but at least it kept the sun out of your eyes. Great video!
I'll take mediocre weather over unflyable weather! thanks.
Absolutely stunning! That area is my favorite place I have ever been. I would kill to be able to fly all around there as you did here! Wow. Great flying too sir. And yes, I heard a pilot say once - "centerline - it's not just for professionals" 🤣
thanks. it is a pretty magical place. lots of "oh I'm coming back" things. I think you'd probably love UIL in the same way I did. It probably sees like 100 planes a year now vs who knows how many in WW2.
Man that approach at Sekiu between those trees!!
I know, with the double ridgeline on the north side, nestling the airport into a tiny little shelf/valley thing. I'm definitely going back and camping there.
Wow that is a big day. Sekui looks awesome and a little terrifying. I love how you were airborne before you even reached the end of the displaced threshold
thanks sir! Yeah, super long threshold there, super narrow between the trees. Some magical places.
Nice video! I think you cut it right. The chapter's feature also makes it easy to navigate.
thanks. ultimately it's one of those 'eh, send it' things.
Great video Ted, nice day of flying! Comms were kind of quiet, except for Hillsboro, training airport? My favorite, Forks, very scenic. Good job on the landings, I know you were beating yourself up a bit there, excellent progress!
thanks Peter. Comms were quiet everywhere else because Hillsboro is the only towered airport. Especially with marginal weather there weren't many other planes out. I cut some of the comms, but the last ~90 mins back to Hillsboro was busyish with Seattle traffic and then Hillsboro was busy, of course.
Forks was pretty, especially with that low cloud hugging the airport. I talked to some guys on the ground, they were working on a plane. You can also see that Forks is used as a drag strip, look at all the rubber on it.
@@flysport_tedder one of the airports had a displaced threshold, I think that’s what it’s called, seemed to be downhill a bit from the landing area. Is that area used for turning around, almost looked like a cul de sac.
@@petertarantelli yeah, that is Sekiu with the narrow runway and long displaced. You're right, the culdesac is a turnaround area. It's common on narrow runways that don't have full taxiways. That one was strange because there were cones and a sinkhole in the turnaround, so I ended up doing my best and turning on the runway.
The last one, Sequim W28, had similar turnarounds.
And there are two types of displaced thresholds, but the white ones like you see here are "don't land before this, but it's okay to take off before it". There's another kind, which are yellow, and are "don't land or take off before this".
@@flysport_tedder cool, thanks for the lesson!
Lots of airports and great scenery! That airport-hopping must have made for a very busy flight. Really enjoyed flying along with you …
thanks! those airports were spread across 5.3 hours, so lots of time to chill.
Another great adventure, Ted! I've got my flight review coming up soon so I'm working on my centerline discipline, too. I don't know about anyone else, but I tend to get a bit sloppy when a CFI's not sitting next to me. 🙂
thanks! always something to improve or fix.
Nice video and great idea! I often am contemplating where to go but just flying to new airports is a great way to stay proficient and see the area. Did you get out and explore each one or just a couple? Also, do you have your instrument? Those low clouds would concern me flying VFR but I'm a low hour pilot still.
Hey thanks! All VFR, it looks marginal but I knew it was above 7000 all day.. just rainy. I got out of the plane at each airport to do the stamp, but didn’t do too much else. Chatted with some guys at an airport, though. One of the things I like is to go to an airport and just.. explore. Walk around the airport, walk or scoot into town, that sort of thing. I even bushwhacked through undergrowth to see the Potomac River when I was flying in that area. Obviously Orcas and Friday Harbor are great airports to explore from, but I’m looking forward to going back to UIL.
How many hours do you have? Any favorite airports?
@@flysport_tedder I am a low time pilot (only about 130 hours) but looking to fly more. I’m in the northeast and just looking to explore as you do! Really enjoy the podcast with Ben and Brian. You guys do a great job and have had some good guests lately.
thanks! you should join us in Discord.
@@flysport_tedder Sure! How does one do that? I downloaded the app but cannot figure out how to find you guys. This is where my kids would call me “Boomer”.
lol, no worries, we have trouble with it too. email midlifepilotpodcast at gmail and we'll send you the invite.
2:06 I’m glad you don’t feel high 😶
😂