The community of Kilometro 6, close to Tartagal. We used the grass strip to the right of the community as our base for the air photo project. This picture was taken as we circled the field, prior to landing from the far end.My instructor told me to set the plane down on tracks that ran down the middle of the strip, imagining them to be those left by other planes using the filed. Only when we were actually touching down did we realize they were a track made by tractors pulling heavily laden trailers of soybeans. The ruts were quite deep and very sandy. This made for a very rough landing, but fortunately without any problems. We were later informed the "active runway" was few meters to one side of the tracks, under a thick covering of weeds.
The second picture shows the Cessna 182, safely parked on the ground, prior to heading into Tartagal for lunch.
Detail of the rather improvised camera pod being bolted to the side of the Cessna, in preparation for taking vertical shots of forest due to be cleared for soybean cultivation.
The strip we landed on belongs to the Tartagal Aeroclub, which is unfortunately defunct. The field is used by a crop duster pilot, who owns this amazing looking Grumman Biplane. Note the discarded pesticide tins in the background....
