Gatineau Park In Fall Color
Aircraft: C172
Registration: C-GMME
Dual Time: 0.0 Total: 53.9
PIC Time: 0.7 Total: 22.8
Total Time: 76.0
Today Rica and I would be flying on a mission. I had read about Pontiac Airpark and wanted to overfly it as a visitor to the ourairports page had in the past. A second part of the mission is to enjoy the fall colors that are abundant now. I had to book online ad the only aircraft available to me was one that is new to the club. Mike,Mike,Echo. MME is a C172M model (another Mike) and although I have been flying only the N models I figured it can’t be too tough. While getting ready to preflight Louis at the club reminded me that this aircraft’s ASI is calibrated in MPH instead of KT. There IS a subscale but you can’t read it at all. So I had to quickly memorize a new set of performance numbers.
Rotate, 60, climb 75-85 hmm this isn’t soo bad. Rica did an amazing job of keeping track of the speeds and offering me them as required. “approach is 75, full flaps 70″. Rica even did her first radio check “position two” I’m proud of my little aviator!
Take off and climb out was uneventful and soon I found myself tracking along the river heading for the airstrip. I knew how to find it easily enough, there is an inlet that runs behind Constance Bay, that inlet points directly across the river to the airpark. You cannot miss it! As I flew a circle around the new land at approx 1500′ AGL Rica snapped photos and noticed a car parked on the field. I agree with Tony that he could easily get his Husky in there and I’d love to go anytime you want (hint hint!)
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- Gatineau Park In Fall Color
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- Pontiac Airparc from SE at 1500′
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- Pontiac Airparc from S at 1500′
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- Overhead Pontiac Airparc
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- Pontiac Airparc in the Fall of 2009
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- Approach Over Gatineau Fall 2009
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- Long final Rockliffe 27
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- Downwind Rockliffe
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- Not enough crosswind correction
Here is a great shot of the Airport form the North.
Pontiac Airparc in the Fall of 2009
Soon we were flying back to Rockliffe and taking in the beautiful sights. Rica did a great job of spotting traffic and I did a great job of flying the aircraft.
Approach Over Gatineau Fall 2009
I checked my airspeeds and flew down to a slightly off center xwind landing. Need to put in a bit more slip but all in all it was passable! The MPH did throw me off but flying attitudes made it work out.