Gravelly Valley Airport Photo

932 at Lake Pillsbury in late winter with the lake at near capacity.
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Airport Gravelly Valley Airport
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S B J Contact
Upload Date 2016-05-26
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Date Taken 2014-07-20 08:42:44
More photos of Gravelly Valley Airport
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 - Camping at Lake Pillsbury,Ca in 1992. The wonderful C172 made this (bring Honda) possible.There are a lot of miles of dirt road to explore around the lake and to the top of Mt Hull. - by S B J
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 - Pillsbury on one of many flights there.View is to the southeast. - by S B J
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 - 69E at the north end of field with a winter view of Hull Mt.Now that 1Q5 is very near the new Berryessa Snow Mt National Monument,what will happen to 1Q5? I wonder.Monuments have a habit of expanding with all thier restrictions! - by S B J
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 - 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. - by S B J
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 - View is down runway and to the north.42E is seen departing in the best direction toward the lake. Keep in mind that prop damage (with some tricycle planes) is possible due to gravel runway. - by S B J
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