PIREP Vic: Food 4 Anchorage to Skwentna

Good evening boss,

I completed Straw-4 today.

Prior to leaving PANC, we loaded the 18 food bags into the PC-6, for
a total payload weight of 1265 #s (including me). I ended up loading
much more fuel than I needed, 122 gallons, so I was a little over
gross for the takeoff - but this aircraft didn't seem to mind that at
all and climbed strongly out of PANC enroute to Skwentna. The
outbound flight was very clear, beautiful flying weather, and I made
it onto the lake at PASW and taxied up to the townsite to drop off
the chow.

Flight : Food - 4
Date : 2/15/2007
Name : Vic Alesi
TCA# 2613
EMail : vicalesi@pacbell.net
# Aboard: 1, plus 18 bags of food
VFR/IFR : VFR
Aircraft: PC-6
Depart. : PANC Anchorage
Destin. : PASW Skwentna
Dep.time: 10:24 local.
Enroute : 0:56
Fuel : 19 gal
Route : Direct
Speed : 100 knots
Altitude: 6500

After the foodbags were unloaded I enjoyed a mooseburger at the
Roadhouse restaurant, and after that I headed back out to
the aircraft for the trip back to PANC. The weather was a bit hazy
on the departure, but cleared up nicely at cruise altitude, and I was
able to eyeball the airport quite a ways out and landed on 14 in calm
winds, taxied to the ramp.

Flight : Straw-4 (return)
Date : 2/15/2007
Name : Vic Alesi
TCA# 2613
EMail : vicalesi@pacbell.net
# Aboard: 1
VFR/IFR : VFR
Aircraft: PC-6
Depart. : PASW - Skwentna
Destin. : PANC Anchorage
Dep.time: 13:28 local.
Enroute : 0:44
Fuel : 16 gal
Route : Direct
Speed : 100 knots
Altitude: 5500

This aircraft really just sips fuel at 100 kt cruise; also, great
short-field capability. Quite a haul machine.

Hope to take the DC-3 up to Kaltag tomorrow evening for Food-2.

Best regards,

Vic