Robert “Bob” Bement submitted this photo and note: “I sometimes fly out to visit a friend who runs the Harper Junction Service Station. There is no airport, so I just land on the road. It is fairly level, but has a little dog leg in it. A fellow at the station took this picture of me in my 1959 straight-tailed 182 Cessna taking off from road. I thought he did a great job of getting this lift-off picture.”
Bob explains the Harper Junction Service Station is on Highway 20 that goes from the Idaho-Oregon border to Bend, Oregon. “It is about 20 miles from the little town of Vale on that same Highway 20,” he adds.
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Sorry I need to read what I write. Yes it is a 1959 Cessna 182 B. model. A great airplane that I have flown now for 29 years, and 2700+ hours.. I love this old Cessna. I am 86 and hope to fly a few more years.
Sorry I need to read what I write. Yes it is a 1959 Cessna 182 B. model. A great airplane that I have flown now for 29 years, and 2700+ hours.. I love this old Cessna. I am 86 and hope to fly a few more years
Likely a 1959. Nice pic.