Alton Bay ice runway (cockpit view)

The view from the cockpit - landing on frozen Lake Winnepesaukee in a Piper Cherokee 180 (see my other video forn ground view of the landing). Landing on ice is like any other landing, just without using wheel brakes. It's a good idea to keep the nose up for aerodynamic braking but otherwise the airplane will roll to a normal stop.

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[flyurway]

After the recent write up in AOPA, 4 of us in 2 180's flew out there today (1-17-10) from Williamson, NY, KSDC. Great 2+ hr. flight, had the $200 omelette! Wish we had the same blue skies though, cloud cover was dropping and we barely got out of there. Really nice day trip for something different.

[FlyTheBlueSky]

Great! I want to go up there again this year. How was the runway?

[mikegr190]

thts cool, how long is tht iceway about?

[FlyTheBlueSky]

I think it's somewhere between 2,500 and 3,000 feet... it's plenty long enough for most light general aviation aircraft.

[rallyr]

I lived in New Hampshire for 15 years and always wanted to do that. Never got 'round to it. Now I'm motivated for next winter - I'll fly up from New Jersey!

[FlyTheBlueSky]

Yeah. Do it. We have a bunch of Piper's and some Cessna's that go up there every year and have lunch at the restaurant.

[drod103164]

@flyurway $200 omelette, man i get them for 6 bucks at the waffle house.

[aviator147]

i like swimming there in the summer : P

[TheRustyRudder]

Landed on Blind Sodus Bay, Wolcott NY. Found it to be a little tricky with a little snow in patches with glare ice otherwise. One wheel goes over snow and slows, the other on glare, goes like heck, wanted to ice loop the aircraft. Brakes are agreeably more of a liability than an asset!

A few weeks prior, abrasive ice surface, excellent way to go !

[starrealtyhopkinton]

Sick!

[flyurway]

Pretty much exactly the way it looks in this video. Just land slow and short as your brakes are more a liability than an asset...as you probably know. We came in with airspeed pretty much the bottom of the white arc, only used 1/2 the runway, worked fine.

[mtenander1]

Would love to use this video on my real estate website. I sell waterfront real estate in Alton Bay on Lake Winnipesaukee. I would give you credit of course...

[mtenander1]

Can I use this video on my real estate website? I sell real estate in Alton Bay on Lake Winnipesaukee and would love to view this on my website. Giving you credit of course.

[tsal01570]

nice job.