[Video] Sells, AZ E78 airport

I Flew to Sells, AZ today. I love finding and going to new airports. This one is a smaller airport with tight runway with cracks in the pavement lined with bushes and trees. I had never landed with trees so close to the runway it was a neat new experience.

This is looking down runway 22

My trusty 152 at the runway 4 end.

The house that had a helicopter take off from it and what looked like a fuel truck was there.

What was the FBO.

E78 from the air.

Saw this after I landed at Chandler (CHD). very nice.

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Rick said…

Be very very glad that your flat was the front tire. I had the right wheel go flat taxiing out to 12 at Marana one day. The tire went from up to completely flat, just like that! I couldn't even steer the airplane. It swerved right and stopped. Had it been on landing or take off, the results could have been catastrophic!

As for changing the tire, it is not as easy as jacking up the car and putting on the spare. That's for sure. You have to chain down the tail, if it's the nose wheel, or drag a very heavy jack under the wing, if it's one of the main gear. All the fairings have to come off. Lots of fun. Ha!

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