Gravelly Valley Airport Photo

This picture shows the road that crosses the south end of runway.While there are stop signs,vehicles do not always stop.Landing, a pilot should be prepared for this!!Seen more then one pilot startled when a car appeared when landing.
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Airport Gravelly Valley Airport
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Upload Date 2015-01-16
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Date Taken 2014-06-08 09:36:30
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1Q5, Lake Pillsbury looking west. Because of the mountainous terrain,1Q5 is not pilot friendly when windy. A 25 kt wind contributed to a fatal C172 accident on 5-8-82. At one time there was a cross wind runway which could have helped this unfortunate pilot., photo by S B J
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1Q5, Pillsbury on one of many flights there.View is to the southeast., photo by S B J
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1Q5, N9078E and another flight to Gravelly Valley.This time some other folks got the good location near the lake.They had a faster plane ., photo by S B J
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1Q5, N39932 at Lake Pillsbury in 1991. View is to the north and down the runway. Most pilots take off in the opposite direction toward the lake to avoid the higher terrain. Notice driftwood near 932 which is from high water., photo by S B J
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1Q5, Nice when you can park your plane near the water., photo by S B J
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