AOPA Pilot Magazine - January 2018 - 81

For the Hoff family of Idaho Falls,
this region in Idaho and the surrounding area is a slice of paradise-and
sharing it with friends and fellow pilots
is a family tradition. One weekend each
year, the flying Hoffs invite friends, fellow pilots and aviation enthusiasts, and
those enamored with radial engines to
their home for a fly-in at their ranch and
a fly-out to Smiley Creek and other backcountry strips.
You can hop a seat on one of their
many vintage aircraft or you can pilot
your own airplane-vintage is best. Like
a Beechcraft Staggerwing, or a Piper
Cub, or a Beech 18. Any aircraft that can
handle the 4,000-foot-long grass strip
in the middle of the Stanley Basin will
do, but realize you'll be with some amazing old birds here-lovingly maintained,
star-power aircraft with passionate owners. Every one a showstopper in its own
right; here in this mountain valley, a
lineup worthy of a Miss America pageant for airplanes.

LOOK WHO'S COMING TO DINNER

Aviation to the Hoff family is like football
to the Manning family or singing to the Von
Trapps-everybody does it. "My dad and
his brother paid off the family farm in 1934
and they agreed to do something to reward
themselves for the hard work. For dad that
was aviation. He got his license in 1938," said
Bob Hoff. Bob's mother, Onita, snuck back to
her childhood home in Southern California
in 1948 and came home with a first flight
certificate. By then there was a Cessna 120
on the family's ranch and she began taking lessons. Local instructor Bob Jones
added her to his growing list of Hoff family members who would learn to fly under
his tutelage-and in that family airplane (see
"Flying with Bob Jones," page 84).
On the ranch is a 2,400-foot-long grass
runway. Jones taught Onita; her daughter, Marilyn; Bob Hoff and his wife, Jane;
their son, James, and his wife, Darla;
their daughter Savannah, son Thomas,
and nieces Cherie and Jennifer-among
many others.
THE 4,000-FOOT-LONG

grass strip at Smiley
Creek, Idaho, welcomes
pilots like Russell Latta of
Atwater, California (opening pages). Johnny Hoff
plays the piano for a party
at Rainbow Ranch (left).
Jane and Bob Hoff celebrate 54 years of marriage
every day (above). Pilots
and aviation enthusiasts
enjoy great food prepared
by the Recreational Aviation Foundation (below).

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