September 9, 2019 - Pottstown Heritage Airport, PA Breakfast Fly-In
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| The Essex Skypark Hangar Row A flyers were headed to Pottstown Heritage Airport this morning for their annual fly-in breakfast. Ron in his C150, followed by Tom in his Maule and Chuck in his C172 follow me on the runway and taxiway. |
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Tom and Rachel wing northwards over Maryland in the Maule.
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| Ron is silhouetted in his 150 agains the high overcast. |
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Pottstown Heritage is easy to navigate to. Just head for the twin powerplant cooling towers and take a right.
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| Looking down at Pottstown Heritage airport. |
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| This nice Travel Air followed me in on landing. |
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| A pretty good turnout, but not as good as what I remember the first time I flew in here back in 2005 with my Dad in the Citabria: Link. |
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Parked on the grass at Pottstown Heritage.
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| Enjoying a delux breakfast -- scrambled eggs, thick ham, pancakes and potatoes -- under the trees. |
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| The entire Hangar Row A Flyers group enjoying coffee after breakfast. |
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| A colorful RV-12 by an RV-8. |
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| This RV-8 is deserving of a closer look. |
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A great shot of two RV-8s in formation. The RV at top is for sale -- contact me if you are interested.
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| A T-34 and a Japanese equivalent of a T-34. I've seen that plane before but I can't remember when. |
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The Hangar Row A flyers parked on the grass. My little plane is barely visible next to the Maule.
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| Hey, I just saw this Yankee yesterday at the Wings fly-in! It was manufactured in 1973 and has an O-235 engine which produces about 108 horsepower. Cruise speed is around 125 mph. |
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| This plane looks unusual from the rear with those big wings and little fuselage. |
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| A look at it from the side. It's a Zenair CH-601 Zodiak. This one is a homebuilt finished in 2003. |
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A little Pitts parked on the grass.
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| Not too many RVs flew in but here is one. |
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And there is mine.
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| The flight home. Passing by Rich and Nhu-An in their C172. |
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| The 172 and Maule flying in loose formation side by side. |
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| I broke off and checked out Havre De Grace at the mouth of the Susquehanna River where it joins the Chesapeake Bay. |
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| Acloser look at the town. |
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Some friends of ours live down there in one of those waterfront houses.
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| Flying back home down the Eastern Shore. |
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A map showing this weekends flights to Wings Airport and Pottstown Heritage Airport. As you can see, they are actually fairly close together!
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