by Tommy Thomason
In November, a group of pilots and then a subsequent trip on UTV’s, made it into Red Creek to perform some much needed maintenance. The rains of the last couple years left trenches in the east end of the runway and wash outs on some of the west end. On the first trip we had 8 planes, 10 workers, 2 kids and 2 dogs. Using buckets, a wheelbarrow and a portable wagon, we moved at least 100 buckets of dirt to fill the ruts. The UTV trip was a windy weekend with 2 planes, 2 UTV’s, drags, 6 workers and one dog. The strip is in much better shape now but needs continuous “rock walks” and raking. Thanks for all the support in helping keep this strip safe!
