2011-08-13-Sandpoint-ID-Bird-Museum: 6th Annual Wings Over Sandpoint Fly-in/Splash-in, 08/13/2011. Dr. George Adams (pilot from Purdue, Indiana) and Jer/ Eberhard flew the Cessna-206 from Fort Collins - Loveland Airport (FNL) via Bozeman, MT (BZN) to Sandpoint, ID (SZT) for the fly-in and specifically to visit the Bird Aviation Museum and Invention Center: http://www.birdaviationmuseum.com/ and see the pristine (restored and flyable!!!) airplanes and Dr. Forrest M. Bird's medical inventions. The museum, airplanes and invention displays were outstanding! On Saturday morning, when in line for pancakes, the lady cooking the pancakes was inviting the pilot in front of me to visit the "Bird Museum". When it was time for me to get my pancakes, I asked her how to get there, as we had flown in and the museum was 17 miles away via road. We discussed my backcountry and short field experience and she said, "Just fly in. If any asks you, tell them Pam said it was OK". Little did I know that this was Dr. Bird's wife, Dr. Pamela Riddle Bird, an inventor in her own right! Here she was, cooking pancakes for the EAA fly-in! Wow! On the way back from Sandpoint, we flew into Moose Creek Airport (1U1), ID. This is one of the premier backcountry airstrips in Idaho. We also did a fly-by of many other backcountry airstrips, including Fish Lake (S92) and the "Flying B Ranch" (12ID) on the Middle Fork of the Salmon River. We were late in the morning, and the wind had come up, so as we teach in Idaho, "you want to be out of the backcountry by noon", so we continued our flight out to Afton Airport (AFO), WY, where we got fuel and took the courtesy car into town. We found the great BBQ place was closed on Sunday, and the locals recommended Pizza Hut over the Burger King. Hum-mm. From AFO we flew to Saratoga Airport (SAA), WY to visit "Hobo Hot Springs", which is being rebuilt, so we sat in the natural area with the stones mixing the hot springs water with the cold river water. :-) By 7PM, the rain and hail storm had moved east from the front range and we were able to fly back to FNL.

	West Fort Collins, CSU Engineering Resource Center, note solar panels at Crisman Field (CO55) 08/12/2011	Crossing the Front Range W of Fort Collins, headed NW to Sandpoint, ID 08/12/2011	Dr. George Adams, piloting the Cessna-206 08/12/2011	Jer/ Eberhard, relaxing while George flys 08/12/2011	Colorado is green this year, but note the 2011 burn area in the middle 08/12/2011

	Buddhist Stupa W of Ft Collins 08/12/2011	Pathfinder Reservoir, WY, looking NE 08/12/2011	GPS... flight plan FNL to SZT, enroute 08/12/2011	Grand Tetons, looking W 1 08/12/2011	Grand Tetons, looking W 2 08/12/2011

	Rock formation, looking S into the Wind River Ranger, WY 08/12/2011	Grand Tetons, looking SW, near Yellowstone National Park 08/12/2011	Yellowstone Lake, looking NW 08/12/2011	Yellowstone Lake, looking NNE 08/12/2011	SE of Yellowstone Lake, looking across two lakes, enroute to Old Faithful Geyser 08/12/2011

	Old Faithful Geyser Basin, looking NW 08/12/2011	Yellowstone National Park (YNP), Old Faithful Geyser Basin 1 08/12/2011	Old Faithful Geyser Basin 2 08/12/2011	Old Faithful Geyser Basin 3 08/12/2011	Old Faithful Geyser Basin 4 08/12/2011

	Old Faithful Geyser Basin 5 08/12/2011	Old Faithful Geyser Basin 6 08/12/2011	YNP colorful geyser pool 1 08/12/2011	YNP colorful geyser pool 2 08/12/2011	YNP colorful geyser pool 3 08/12/2011

	YNP geyser plume 1 08/12/2011	YNP geyser plume 2 08/12/2011	YNP Madison Campground is left of the T 08/12/2011	YNP Madison Campground, looking W to West Yellowstone, MT 08/12/2011	Ridge line, looking NW into Bozeman, MT 1 08/12/2011

	Ridge line, looking NW into Bozeman, MT 2 08/12/2011	Bozeman Airport (BZN), MT, 08/12/2011	Bozeman Tower (BZN) 08/12/2011	C206, looking aft (E) at Bozeman Airport (BZN) 08/12/2011	George Adams flying 08/12/2011

	Flying W from Bozeman 08/12/2011	Three Rivers, MT, W of Bozeman, where three rivers come together 08/12/2011	Looking N to private airstrip E of Sandpoint. 08/12/2011	Bird 2 airport is on the middle peninsula 08/12/2011	Bird 2 airport. Land N, depart S, taxiway SW to the museum 08/12/2011

	Bird 2 airport. Note taxiway thru the trees to the museum 08/12/2011	Bird 2 airport. Museum is on left, lodge is on right. 08/12/2011	Thumbs up! Tied down at Sandpoint Airport (SZT), ID 08/12/2011	Sandpoint Airport (SZT), display line. Piper Meridian turbine 08/13/2011	Russian AN-2 on the flightline 08/13/2011

	Russian AN-2 information sign 08/13/2011	Russian AN-2 1000 HP 08/13/2011	Russian AN-2 mandatory radial engine parking oil overflow bottle 08/14/2011	Russian AN-2 the engine is oily, too 08/14/2011	Russian AN-2 interior 08/13/2011

	Russian AN-2 takeoff 1 08/13/2011	Russian AN-2 takeoff 2 flying at 40 knots! 08/13/2011	Russian AN-2 takeoff 3 08/13/2011	Russian AN-2 with C206 tail in the L background for size comparison 08/14/2011	Russian AN-2 looking down from the C206 after departure 08/14/2011

	Jer/ Eberhard with the Quest Kodiak 08/13/2011	Quest Kodiak panel 08/13/2011	Quest cabin access doors 08/13/2011	SZT south flightline 08/13/2011	SZT north flightline 08/13/2011

	SZT had a car show with the fly-in 08/13/2011	Departing SZT, looking E toward Bird 2 airport 08/13/2011	Looking N from SZT... Canada is on the horizon 08/13/2011	Rural land looking SW toward Sandpoint as we proceed from SZT to land at Bird 2 airport 08/13/2011	Bird 2 airport, looking SE 08/13/2011

	Bird 2 airport, overhead, museum taxiway is the right turn 08/13/2011	Bird 2 taxiway goes thru the trees to the museum. Note: I will land left to right before the taxiway and have to add power to get up to the taxiway to turn toward the museum 08/13/2011	Jer/ Eberhard, looking SW, on left crosswind, landing North, Bird 2 airport 08/13/2011	Bird 2 on the taxiway thru the trees 08/13/2011	Around the corner. Seaplanes in left hangar, main museum far, right 08/13/2011

	Uphill to the ramp. 08/13/2011	No local traffic. We are the only thing on the ramp! 08/13/2011	Tied down on the Bird 2 ramp 08/13/2011	Women of Courage Monument - WASPs 08/13/2011	Women of Courage Dedication - WASPs 08/13/2011

	Bird Aviation Museum and Invention Center roadside entrance sign 08/13/2011	Bird Aviation Museum main gate, with entrance eagles 08/13/2011	Bird Aviation Museum entrance eagle 08/13/2011	Bird Aviation Museum entrance gate art 08/13/2011	I pledge allegiance, to the flag, of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. 08/13/2011

	Aviators and Innovators: Through these portals pass the finest Aviators and Innovators in the world who continue to change history. 08/13/2011	Bird Museum has a gift shop! 08/13/2011	Bird Museum gift shop 1 08/13/2011	Bird Museum gift shop 2 08/13/2011	Bird Museum gift shop 3 08/13/2011

	Bird Museum gift shop 4: "If it has tires or testicles, it's gonna be trouble". 08/13/2011	Inventing for Dummies by Dr. Pamela Riddle Bird, PhD, Founder and CEO, Innovative Product Technologies, Inc. 08/13/2011	Bird Museum sign-in log 08/13/2011	6th Annual Wings Over Sandpoint fly-in poster for 2011 08/13/2011	Bird Museum display, Dr. Forrest Bird 08/13/2011

	Bird Museum 1972 Schweizer 2-33 Glider in pristine condition, N1179S 08/13/2011	Bird Museum 1972 Schweizer 2-33 Glider, N1179S 08/13/2011	Bird Museum 1972 Schweizer 2-33 Glider description 08/13/2011	Bird Museum panorama 1 08/13/2011	Bird Museum panorama 2 08/13/2011

	Bird Museum panorama 3 08/13/2011	Bird Museum panorama 4 08/13/2011	Bird Museum Eddie Rickenbacker, note "Hat in the Ring" pin 08/13/2011	Bird Museum Amelia Earhart painting 08/13/2011	Bird Museum General Chuck Yeager display 08/13/2011

	Bird Museum Quiet Birdman display 1 08/13/2011	Bird Museum Quiet Birdman display 2 08/13/2011	Bird Museum Bob Hoover display 08/13/2011	Burt Rutan's Voyager - Around the world un-refuelled 08/13/2011	Space Shuttle Columbia - February 1, 2003 08/13/2011

	Avenger Field, WASPs 08/13/2011	Women of Courage - WASP collage 08/13/2011	WWII: The girl he left behind is still behind him. She's a WOW. 08/13/2011	Bird Museum Tuskegee Airmen 08/13/2011	Bird Museum walk-around panorama 1 08/13/2011

	Bird Museum walk-around panorama 2 08/13/2011	Bird Museum walk-around panorama 3 08/13/2011	Bird Museum walk-around panorama 4, T-6 "Texan". Note oil overflow bottle and oil drip pan. Every airplane and vehicle is current and ready to roll out the door and fly or operate. 08/13/2011	Bird Museum walk-around panorama 5 Piper Cub, Ercoupe, Staggerwing Beech 08/13/2011	Bird Museum walk-around panorama 6 Staggerwing Beech 08/13/2011

	Bird Museum walk-around panorama 7 Staggerwing Beech: "Pam & Forrest Bird" personalization 08/13/2011	Bird Museum walk-around panorama 8 Stearman 08/13/2011	Bird Museum walk-around panorama 9 Ercoupe 08/13/2011	Invent! Overhead picture of people on the Bird Museum ramp 08/13/2011	Apple computer, signed by "Woz" 2004.05.01 08/13/2011

	Apple computer, signature: "Woz" 2004.05.01 08/13/2011	Woz picture: "Don't trust a computer that you can't throw out a window". 08/13/2011	Apple computer, Apple IIe, signed by "Woz" 08/13/2011	Well behaved women rarely make history. Eleanor Roosevelt 08/13/2011	The future belongs to those who believe in their dreams. Eleanor Roosevelt 08/13/2011

	Picture in mirror 08/13/2011	Women are inherently better inventors than men became they never follow a recipe. Patsy Sherman 08/13/2011	Superman: "Defending Truth, Justice and the American Way". 08/13/2011	Bird Museum overhead panorama 1, 1972 Schweizer 2-33 Glider, N1179S 08/13/2011	Bird Museum overhead panorama 2 08/13/2011

	Bird Museum overhead panorama 3 08/13/2011	Bird Museum, Dr. Forrest Bird's inventions 08/13/2011	Physiology is God's engineering of the body. Dr. Forrest M. Bird 08/13/2011	Bird Museum Imagination briefing theatre 08/13/2011	Bird Museum, Barbie display, "Well behaved women rarely make history". 08/13/2011

	Bird Museum gift shop display: "Kiss a Pilot", "I (heart) Flying". 08/13/2011	Dr. Forrest W. Bird and Jer/ Eberhard. WOW! Thank you for your inventions, Dr. Bird! 08/13/2011	Bird Museum. Even the hallway lights are special. 08/13/2011	Roger leading our tour of the Bird Museum Seaplane Hangar 08/13/2011	Bird Museum Seaplane Hangar walkaround tour 1 08/13/2011

	Bird Museum Seaplane Hangar walkaround tour 2, SeaBee 08/13/2011	Bird Museum Seaplane Hangar walkaround tour 3, SeaBee cockpit 08/13/2011	Bird Museum Seaplane Hangar walkaround tour 4, SeaBee, note "N" Number, N781RD". 08/13/2011	Bird Museum Seaplane Hangar walkaround tour 5, Piper Cub, note "N" Number, N881RD". 08/13/2011	Bird Museum Seaplane Hangar walkaround tour 6, Cessna 206, Soloy Turbine conversion, note "N" Number, N981RD". 08/13/2011

	Bird Museum Seaplane Hangar walkaround tour 7, Bell Helicopter, note "N" Number, N481RD". 08/13/2011	Bird Museum Seaplane Hangar walkaround tour 8, Super Decathlon 08/13/2011	Bird Museum Seaplane Hangar walkaround tour 9 08/13/2011	Bird Museum, Forrest's 90th birthday rock garden 1 08/13/2011	Bird Museum, Forrest's 90th birthday rock garden 2 08/13/2011

	Bird Museum, Forrest's 90th birthday rock garden 3 08/13/2011	Bird Museum, Forrest's 90th birthday rock garden 4 08/13/2011	Bird Museum, Forrest's 90th birthday rock garden 5 08/13/2011	Bird Museum, Forrest's 90th birthday rock garden 6 08/13/2011	Bird Museum, Forrest's 90th birthday rock garden 7 08/13/2011

	Bird Museum, Forrest's 90th birthday dedication 2001 08/13/2011	Bird Museum, Forrest's 90th birthday rock garden 8 08/13/2011	Bird Museum, Forrest's 90th birthday rock garden 9 08/13/2011	Bird Museum ramp, N9513G, C206 on the left. 08/13/2011	Bird Museum ramp, taxiway E thru the trees to the runway. 08/13/2011

	Bird Museum, taxiing to the runway 1 08/13/2011	Bird Museum, taxiing to the runway 2 08/13/2011	Bird Museum, taxiing N onto the runway 08/13/2011	Bird Museum, taxiing N on the runway. Note the turkeys near the trees! 08/13/2011	Bird Museum, at the N end of the runway, ready to turn around 08/13/2011

	Bird Museum, takeoff to the south 1 08/13/2011	Bird Museum, takeoff to the south 2 08/13/2011	Bird Museum, takeoff to the south 3 08/13/2011	Jer/ Eberhard, departing Bird 2 airport, looking E 08/13/2011	Bird Museum, Bird 2 airport, looking NE 08/13/2011

	Sandpoint Airport (SZT), returning from Bird 2, final approach RWY-1 08/13/2011	Railroads converge in Sandpoint 08/13/2011	Sandpoint, ID has some serious Burlington Northern Santa Fe train traffic 08/13/2011	Sandpoint, ID Railroad Station 1 08/13/2011	Sandpoint, ID Railroad Station 2 08/13/2011

	Sandpoint, ID, two trains merging. The on on the right is stopped 08/13/2011	BNSF engine 4637 08/13/2011	Clickety-clack, clickety/clack 08/13/2011	Sandpoint Airport (SZT), ID, airport bicycles 08/14/2011	Sandpoint, ID, looking SE 08/14/2011

	Departing SZT toward Moose Creek Airport (1U1) in the Idaho backcountry 08/14/2011	Bridge over the lake SW of Sandpoint 08/14/2011	Southbound from SZT, headed to Fish Lake and Moose Creek. Forest fire smoke down in the valleys shows stable air 08/14/2011	Forest fire is in that valley 08/14/2011	Ski area above a small town S of Sandpoint 08/14/2011

	There is snow at 7000 MSL on August 14, 2011! 08/14/2011	Looking W to Fish Lake Airport (S92) in the Idaho backcountry. There are two moose at the near end of the lake 08/14/2011	Moose Creek Airport (1U1), looking SSW down RWY-19/01, cross RWY-22/04 08/14/2011	Jer/ Eberhard, on the ground at Moose Creek Airport (1U1), Idaho. Note USFS sign-in board in background. 08/14/2011	Top W end of Soldier Bar Airport, ID 08/14/2011

	Flying B Airport (12ID), Idaho. The Flying B Ranch is beyond. 08/14/2011	Castle Creek Hideout Airport, looking NE 08/14/2011	Afton, WY, for lunch. The arch is made of deer antlers. 08/14/2011	Saratoga, WY, Hobo Hot Springs is "under construction". 08/14/2011	Saratoga, WY, Hobo Hot Springs overflow heats the pools in the river. 08/14/2011

	Weather is clearing, as we head back from SAA to FNL 08/14/2011	Red Feather Lakes, NW of Ft Collins, looking SW 08/14/2011

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