Our 2018 Spring Fl(y)ing Fly-In Recap Video

Fun photos from other past events
APPROACH and DEPARTURE TIPS:
  • The PIC bears the ultimate authority and responsibility for safe and approaches and departures from the airstrip.  ​
  • Use a typical backcountry pre-landing checklist to circle and carefully assess the situation on the ground, such as possibility of cattle in the vicinity, number of planes on the ground, parked or moving and to determine their abort point and abort path.  If the winds so favor it, landing uphill will require an earlier abort point due to rising terrain.
  • Typical morning canyon wind pattern: flowing lightly down-canyon during the very early morning hours then reversing and flowing up-canyon from Lake Isabella with gradually increasing intensity as the daytime temperature goes up.  Afternoon winds have been very often out of the south in the canyon and variable south to southwest at the windsock. Maybe 5 or at most 10 degrees off the strip, with some variability in magnitude. The south wind creates an amazing amount of lift off the south slopes of the flat-top east of the strip.
  • Therefore, there are a couple schools of thought of how to land at Carver's Cut depending on the time of day you come in:
    • 1) Early morning landings: Heavy airplane guys might anticipate the wind would still be flowing down canyon and land Runway 02 (uphill), but with the uphill landing, your go-no point should be picked slightly earlier in anticipation of applying go-around power in the slight uphill direction..  This would give the benefit of both a slight headwind and an uphill slope to reduce ground roll. Light airplane guys typically land downhill (Runway 20) as the slope is gentle enough that they are stopped and slowed in 70% of the strip with minimal braking. And they have the go around option until touchdown practically -they have much less go around option going uphill due to low horsepower.  
    • 2) Afternoon to late-afternoon landings: Bearing that the typical up-canyon winds are flowing up from Lake Isabella, land downhill (Runway 20) as the slope is gentle enough and headwind strong enough that you will be stopped and slowed in 70% of the strip with minimal braking. This also gives the downhill/down-canyon go-around option until touchdown.

    Carver's Cut Permission-To-Land Request Form and Release of Liability
    ! DO NOT LAND WITHOUT BEING ACCOMPANIED BY A MEMBER !

    Carver's Cut is a private airstrip for use by permission and accompaniment of the founding pilots only. YOU MUST READ AND SUBMIT THE RELEASE OF LIABILITY FORM TO REQUEST PERMISSION TO LAND/ATTEND THE AIRSTRIP/EVENT.
    WARNING! THIS IS A LEGALLY BINDING RELEASE OF LIABILITY AND SHOULD BE CAREFULLY CONSIDERED BEFORE APPLYING!
     
    THE ACCEPTING PERSON, OR REPRESENTATIVE OF AN ENTITY, MAKES THIS REQUEST FOR AUTHORIZATION TO LAND WITH FULL AUTHORITY.
     
    By electronically filing this request of authorization to land you will state to have read this release of liability (the “Release”) which intends that you, the requesting party, (“you” or “your”) waive your rights to claims against the owner of the land, the airstrip ‘Carver’s Cut’ and any buildings which may be on the land (the “Premises”) which are owned and administrated by Pacific Properties Sales & Management, Inc., including its company incorporated in the State of California and its members, officers, directors, employees, servants, workman, representatives, assigns and agents (the “Owner”), and release the Owner of all and every liability or responsibility to you and your passengers and your property, as determined herein.  
     
    By pressing the I ACCEPT button, for all legal purposes, you state the following:
     
    1. You state to have read this Release of Liability in its entirety and that at the time of its electronic filing you do not consider any provisions to be unclear or otherwise unfair, and that you have full authority and capacity to enter into the legal obligations deriving of your agreement to it.

    2. You state that you warrant to the Owner:
    i) Of having taking all reasonable measures to maintain your aircraft.
    ii) To get acquainted with the Airstrip and its surroundings and geographic marks.
    iii) To have and comply with all required licenses and clearances required for flying a private aircraft at the time of landing and take-off.
    iv) To make sure that the aircraft which lands is adequate for the mission of landing and take-off and has all insurances up to date which may affect the Premises or any persons thereon during the mission.
    v) To having, prior to flying in, verified the conditions of the airstrip and geographic areas surrounding it.

    3. You agree to be bound and to be familiar or get acquainted with the provisions of the Recreational Use Statutes applicable and valid in the State of California and  the California Civil Code, § 846 (the “Applicable Regulation”), and that you are fully aware that, pursuant to what is stated in the aforementioned law and section, the definition of recreational purposes includes among others, “private noncommercial aviation activities”.

    4. You also state that your purpose of entry and request to land is pursuant of Recreational Activities of you and of your passengers.

    5. You understand that, in accordance of the determinations and provisions of the Applicable Regulation the Owner shall not and will not have any duty to maintain the premises for entry or use by others for any recreational purpose and that also there is no legal obligation for the owner to issue you any warnings in relation to the conditions of the airstrip and the owner’s land in general, or those surrounding it, for which you must take all reasonable previsions and evaluations for safe landing and take-off, which you will perform at your sole risk and liability.

    6. You further waive your right to recover or redeem any kind of compensation, either through legal proceeding, claims, arbitration or otherwise, in relation with personal injury, damage of your property or for your death, or any costs deriving thereof, which arises out or deriving of your use, landing, stay and taking-off from the Premises. You furthermore extend this waiver to your estate, heirs, survivors, executors, or assigns.

    7. You state that you will keep the Owner indemnified and immune of any claims, legal proceedings, arbitration of otherwise of any passengers which accompany in an attempt to get compensation from the Owner of damages incurred due to their personal injury or damage of their property, during the landing, stay and taking-off from the premises, including any attorney fees and legal expenses incurred by Owner as a result of such proceedings.

    8. You hereby agree to RELEASE FROM ALL LIABILITY, DISCHAERGE AND PROMISE NOT TO SUE the Owner or any other person present on the Premises resulting of your landing, stay and taking-off from the Premises.

    9. You state to understand that the conditions of the airstrip, runway and the area where the Premises are located may change abruptly and without notice, due to no fault of the Owner.

    10. You state to understand that you are in no way a “invitee” or a “guest” of the Owner, and you waive to claim of being invited or consider yourself as a guest. 

    11. FURTHERMORE, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THE INHERENT RISK OF LANDING AND TAKING OFF ON A PRIVATE AIRSTRIP WHICH MAY NOT HAVE THE LEVELS OF SAFETY, MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENTS WHICH OTHER COMMERCIAL OR NON-COMMERCIAL AIRPORTS AND/OR AIRSTRIPS HAVE, AND THAT YOU WILLINGLY ABSORB SUCH RISK. 

    I UNDERSTAND AND AGREE WITH THE PROVISIONS STATED IN THIS RELEASE AND I FULLY AGREE TO BE BOUND TO IT, AND WISH TO CONTINUE TO REQUEST THE AUTHORIZATION TO LAND.
If you're requesting to come up to the Carver's Cut Christmas Breakfast Bonfire & Get Together, here's a few things to know:
The strip is on a private ranch inholding completely surrounded by National Forest, gorgeous granite peaks, a stream with natural rock water slides and swimming, fishing, and hiking.  If you are requesting to come up and join us, you can stay for the duration of our event and enjoy some good food, friends, and beautiful mountain scenery.

ALL ATTENDEES MUST COMPLETE THE "CARVER'S CUT PERMISSION-TO-LAND REQUEST FORM" (blue box on the right side of this page).

THE AIRSTRIP: Located a 10min flight north of Kern Valley Airport (L05), the 4500’ MSL dirt airstrip is 1500' x 50' with an approx. 3.5% slope downhill towards the south. There is a short windsock at the southwest end of the airstrip.
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NOTE:
  • FREQ: 122.9 
  • LAT/LONG: 36°00'18.3"N 118°29'33.5"W​
  • CAPABLE AIRPLANES & PILOTS ONLY
  • PLEASE CONSULT YOUR PERFORMANCE CHARTS
  • The airstrip is too new to be seen on Google Maps, sorry :/
  • Questions? 949-312-8782
WELCOME
​Carver's Cut is a recreational backcountry airstrip on a private ranch inholding for use by the airstrip members and their guests only. Occasionally we host fly-in events open to more aviators who request permission to fly-in and are trained/briefed on the landing and takeoff procedures here.  Check back here for event updates!  Contact us here if you have more questions.

Carver's Cut
2018 ​SOUTHERN SIERRA
​SPRING FLING

LIVE MUSIC JAM by Mountain To Mountian
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If you're requesting to come up to Carver's Cut for our 2018 Southern Sierra Spring Fling, here's a few things to know:
The strip is on a private ranch holding completely surrounded by National Forest, gorgeous granite peaks, a stream with natural rock water slides and swimming, fishing, and hiking.  If you are requesting to come up and join us, you can stay for the duration of our event and enjoy a couple days of good food, friends, and beautiful mountain scenery.

ALL ATTENDEES MUST COMPLETE THE "CARVER'S CUT PERMISSION-TO-LAND REQUEST FORM" (blue box on the right side of this page).

THE AIRSTRIP: Located a 10min flight north of Kern Valley Airport (L05), the 4500’ MSL dirt airstrip is 1500' x 50' with an approx. 3.5% slope downhill towards the south. There is a short windsock at the southwest end of the airstrip.
NOTE:
  • FREQ: 122.9 
  • LAT/LONG: 36°00'18.3"N 118°29'33.5"W​
  • CAPABLE AIRPLANES ONLY
  • PLEASE CONSULT YOUR PERFORMANCE CHARTS
  • The airstrip is too new to be seen on Google Maps, sorry :/

THE AMMENITIES AND ACCOMODATIONS: Carver’s Cut airstrip has a cabin, toilet, shower, kitchen, BBQ, covered kitchen and eating patio, tent platforms and plenty of open space to camp. There's a shooting range area near the cabin, a swimming hole, the famous Tea Cups Waterfalls, hiking, trout fishing in the creek, and natural rock waterslides.

THE SCHEDULE: 
  • We'll be hanging out from Saturday morning June 2nd-Sunday afternoon June 3rd. 
  • SATURDAY MORNING (8:30am-10:30am): Hearty flapjack breakfast and sides
  • SATURDAY AFTERNOON (12:00pm-on): Hiking to TeaCups Waterfalls, shooting range, fishing, waterslides (bring your bathing suits!), hangout
  • SATURDAY EVENING (5:30pm-8pm): BBQ/potluck dinner & live music session by Mountain To Mountian!
  • SATURDAY NIGHT (8pm-on): Bonfire and camping
  • SUNDAY MORNING (7:30am-9:00am): Coffee, juice, pastries.  
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WHAT YOU NEED TO BRING:
  • CLOTHING/GEAR: tie-down straps and stakes, swim trunks, sunscreen, hiking shoes, fishing poles, etc​
  • CAMPING: We have plenty of space to camp. Some camping platforms to get you off the dirt also exist, but space is limited for those. Bring your tent and gear as needed.

​THE COST: Free, but donations are kindly accepted and GREATLY APPRECIATED to go towards paying for the food  and grounds/equipment upkeep. Please consider making a donation on our page above.

​QUESTIONS?: call Anthony 949-312-8782 

APPROACH and DEPARTURE TIPS:
  • The PIC bears the ultimate authority and responsibility for safe and approaches and departures from the airstrip.  
  • Watch the video at the top right of this page before flying in.
  • Use a typical backcountry pre-landing checklist to circle and carefully assess the situation on the ground, such as possibility of cattle in the vicinity, number of planes on the ground, parked or moving and to determine their abort point and abort path.  If the winds so favor it, landing uphill will require an earlier abort point due to rising terrain.
  • Typical morning canyon wind pattern: flowing lightly down-canyon during the very early morning hours then reversing and flowing up-canyon from Lake Isabella with gradually increasing intensity as the daytime temperature goes up.  Afternoon winds have been very often out of the south in the canyon and variable south to southwest at the windsock. Maybe 5 or at most 10 degrees off the strip, with some variability in magnitude. The south wind creates an amazing amount of lift off the south slopes of the flat-top east of the strip.
  • Therefore, there are a couple schools of thought of how to land at Carver's Cut depending on the time of day you come in:
    • 1) Early morning landings: Heavy airplane guys might anticipate the wind would still be flowing down canyon and land Runway 02 (uphill), but with the uphill landing, your go-no point should be picked slightly earlier in anticipation of applying go-around power in the slight uphill direction..  This would give the benefit of both a slight headwind and an uphill slope to reduce ground roll. Light airplane guys typically land downhill (Runway 20) as the slope is gentle enough that they are stopped and slowed in 70% of the strip with minimal braking. And they have the go around option until touchdown practically -they have much less go around option going uphill due to low horsepower.  
    • 2) Afternoon to late-afternoon landings: Bearing that the typical up-canyon winds are flowing up from Lake Isabella, land downhill (Runway 20) as the slope is gentle enough and headwind strong enough that you will be stopped and slowed in 70% of the strip with minimal braking. This also gives the downhill/down-canyon go-around option until touchdown.
Carver's Cut is a private airstrip for use by permission and accompaniment of the founding pilots only. 
If you would like to inquire further, please contact us here.
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