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Jay Honeck
July 5th 07, 04:26 PM
As promised:
http://www.alexisparkinn.com/biplane_formation_flight.htm
It really was the flight of a lifetime.  As I was sitting in that
cockpit, leather helmet on, scarf streaming in the wind, perfectly
comfortable in shorts and a t-shirt on a lovely July evening, I
realized that heaven could very well be just like this....  Flying
behind a classic radial engine, with an antique biplane on each
wing...
:-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"
Orval Fairbairn
July 5th 07, 05:42 PM
In article  om>,
 Jay Honeck > wrote:
> As promised:
> 
> http://www.alexisparkinn.com/biplane_formation_flight.htm
> 
> It really was the flight of a lifetime.  As I was sitting in that
> cockpit, leather helmet on, scarf streaming in the wind, perfectly
> comfortable in shorts and a t-shirt on a lovely July evening, I
> realized that heaven could very well be just like this....  Flying
> behind a classic radial engine, with an antique biplane on each
> wing...
> 
Great pics, Jay! C'mon, guys, tighten it up!
Is the P-6E full scale? It looks great!
Did you get to meet the SX-300 gang from Spruce Creek there Monday, 
Tuesday?
Jay Honeck
July 6th 07, 05:45 AM
> Great pics, Jay! C'mon, guys, tighten it up!
The guy flying the Hawk replica (Keith) has a whopping 10 hours on the
plane.  He's not gonna do anything "tight" just yet.
> Is the P-6E full scale? It looks great!
Nope, it's 82%.  I've watched it from when it was nothing but a set of
blueprints, all the way to first flight -- it's an amazing process to
observe from start to finish.
> Did you get to meet the SX-300 gang from Spruce Creek there Monday,
> Tuesday?
Nope.  Although I DID notice an SX-300 parked in our old United Hangar
-- our buddy Harry said nothing about it to anyone, AFAIK.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"
Orval Fairbairn
July 6th 07, 06:13 AM
In article  om>,
 Jay Honeck > wrote:
> > Great pics, Jay! C'mon, guys, tighten it up!
> 
> The guy flying the Hawk replica (Keith) has a whopping 10 hours on the
> plane.  He's not gonna do anything "tight" just yet.
> 
> > Is the P-6E full scale? It looks great!
> 
> Nope, it's 82%.  I've watched it from when it was nothing but a set of
> blueprints, all the way to first flight -- it's an amazing process to
> observe from start to finish.
> 
> > Did you get to meet the SX-300 gang from Spruce Creek there Monday,
> > Tuesday?
> 
> Nope.  Although I DID notice an SX-300 parked in our old United Hangar
> -- our buddy Harry said nothing about it to anyone, AFAIK.
> --
> Jay Honeck
> Iowa City, IA
> Pathfinder N56993
> www.AlexisParkInn.com
> "Your Aviation Destination"
Actually, there were three -- Keith, Jim and the Mississippi Gang, plus 
Tony in the Egg.
Jay Honeck
July 6th 07, 06:28 AM
> Actually, there were three -- Keith, Jim and the Mississippi Gang, plus
> Tony in the Egg
Dang.  Well, they must've been the "Stealth SX-300s, cuz no one seems
to have heard much about them.  I never even heard them come in on
Unicom -- but then we left on Tuesday evening, so maybe they arrived
after that?
Too bad -- they are 'bout the coolest planes on the planet.  I'd have
loved to have seen them.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"
Orval Fairbairn
July 6th 07, 09:14 PM
In article  om>,
 Jay Honeck > wrote:
> > Actually, there were three -- Keith, Jim and the Mississippi Gang, plus
> > Tony in the Egg
> 
> Dang.  Well, they must've been the "Stealth SX-300s, cuz no one seems
> to have heard much about them.  I never even heard them come in on
> Unicom -- but then we left on Tuesday evening, so maybe they arrived
> after that?
> 
> Too bad -- they are 'bout the coolest planes on the planet.  I'd have
> loved to have seen them.
> --
> Jay Honeck
> Iowa City, IA
> Pathfinder N56993
> www.AlexisParkInn.com
> "Your Aviation Destination"
You might have heard, "Red Flight of Four, 2 Mile Initial," followed in 
about 30 seconds by, "Red Flight in the Break."
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