Barrie Strachan

Now a retired electrical engineer, Barrie worked for the US Navy in San Diego for 28 years, then retired to Cedar City, Utah, a pilot’s paradise. He took his first flying lessons back in the ‘60s in a Luscombe 8 taildragger, an experience that taught him rudder pedals are not just footrests. Barrie bought the StingSport in 2010 – a sweet-flying airplane that a buddy referred to as a "magic carpet." Flying in the American Southwest is fantastic... lots of CAVU weather and scenery that you just can’t believe. His favorite sport these days is showing friends the beauties of Southern Utah from the air.

Friday Photo October 20, 2017 October 20, 2017

Friday Photo: rough country

The southwest United States is a wonderful place for flying, says Barrie Strachan. The weather is often clear and the scenery is often striking, as this week’s Friday Photo shows. This picture, taken from Barrie’s SingSport LSA, shows Coyote Gulch in southern Utah. It’s makes for a great view, but it’s “a hell of a place for an engine out.”