BeechTalk - BT

Username Protected · **Posted:** 22 Feb 2016, 09:14

Username Protected wrote:

Is that Machias Valley? It looks like it, and I parked next to an Eclipse there in 2012, but it was a different tail number (N500??).

That's machias alright! That was 500ce I guess.

Username Protected · **Posted:** 22 Feb 2016, 09:32

Only of a few of us are crazy enough to fly in there in an Eclipse, need to be RIGHT on the airspeed and know a little trick to break the nose gear free and then lock it to make the turn at the end.

I had over a 1000 feet remaining. I think it's around 2,800 feet long.

My buddy has a cabin up there so we spent some time there this summer, awesome area.

Username Protected · **Posted:** 22 Feb 2016, 09:35

Here's 2 of us there. I give up on these pictures loading with the proper orientation! The one in the distance is flown by a 250 hour pilot who transitioned from a Cirrus.

Username Protected · **Posted:** 27 Jul 2019, 12:43

Username Protected wrote:

JT flies an eclipse? Wow. Learned something new today.

Flies it daily and very well. He's a good guy.

Goodbye to an old friend