December 10, 2016 - Holly Run to Tangier Island
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The annual Holly Run to Tangier Island was originally scheduled for last Saturday, but the winds were howling that day. so it was pushed back a week. The forecasted winds weren't the best this Saturday either -- again, strong, directly perpendicular to Tangier Island's runway -- so the turnout was about half what it was last year. Still, 26 planes made the run. (The actual winds weren't bad at all)
Here we are having a pancake breakfast at Bay Bridge Airport.
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Team picture!
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| Downwind for runway Two at Tangier Island. (Picture by someone else) The sky was severe clear todayf. A little cool, but not too bad. |
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On base leg for Runway Two (picture by someone else)
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| My passenger Ron just after landing. He normally flies a Cessna 172. I let him fly quite a bit; he couldn't get over the RV's speed. |
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| Cathy and Dan taxi by in their Luscomb. |
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| RV corner on the Tangier Island airport ramp. That's Chip Locke's RV-14A to the left of my RV. |
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There were golf carts waiting to pick up the holly and school supplies. The participants also donated more than $3,000 to help out a family on Tangier Island with their water, sewer and electric bill for the winter.
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Santa arrived in that red and white RV-7A at far left.
They had a special service at the Methodist Church on the island for the pilots and passengers.
We enjoyed a nice lunch of crab cakes and crab soup at Lorraine's.
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I dropped Ron off at Bay Bridge Airport, then crossed the Chesapeake Bay back to Essex Skypark. On the way, these four F-18 Hornets flew over me. The Army-Navy Football game was this afternoon at Raven's Stadium in Baltimore so I figured they must be loitering about, waiting to fly over the stadium during the national anthem.
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I was just about to leave Essex Skypark when these four Apache helicopters flew over. No doubt the Army's portion of the Army-Navy game flyover!
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