April 20, 2012 - Fun Fly Friday |
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This weekend was supposed to be the long-scheduled Formation Clinic in
North Carolina. Six of us were going to fly down Friday morning for
the clinic and come back Sunday afternoon after the All Up mass formation
flight. Unfortunately, mother nature intervened, as she is won't to
do. Friday morning was foggy. Friday afternoon and Saturday
looked good, but heavy rain was forecasted all day Sunday, and Saturday
evening didn't look very good either. We knew we would not be able
to get back Sunday and even late Saturday evening looked iffy. So,
with a heavy heart, we had to cancel.
Since I had already arranged to take a day off work, I took Friday off
as planned and went flying Friday afternoon with Bruce R. and Scott S.
Here sits the RV, about ready to go flying. |
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We met at Easton, briefed, and then
did some serious formation practice: welded wing and echelon turns,
close trail, breaks and rejoins. After that we landed at
Cambridge and enjoyed lunch at Kays, the onfield restaurant. |
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| After Cambridge, we
did a little more formation practice and some follow-the-leader, then
landed at Miller's Farm. |
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Farmer Miller taking us on a tour of
his Chicken Houses. |
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door, I was stunned to see thousands of little chickens walking
around. |
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| It takes only seven
weeks to go from chick to harvestable chicken. |
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Farmer Miller is a fellow airplane
enthusiast and has a bunch of projects in one of his
buildings. |
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| A Champ sans
wings. |
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An old "Lark" behind a bunch of
equipment. |
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| A farm cat prowls
in the shadows. |
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| It was quite
pleasant sitting underneath a big shade tree sipping a cool drink. |
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| Getting ready to
mount up and head for home. |
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Taxiing out. Farmer Miller
watched us takeoff from his golfcart. |
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| On the downwind
leg. Scott has just made a low pass with smoke on. |
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A steep U-turn after a low pass down
the grass strip. |
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| The runway is in
the center of the picture. |
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| Heading home with
Bruce R. |
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| After Bruce
diverted to Easton, I went down low to take some pictures. |
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A natural T.
I was sorry I missed the
Formation Clinic but at least we did have a great flying day today. |
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