April 16, 2016 - RV Fly-in at Twin Lakes Airport, NC
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| I departed Johnson City Saturday morning. Weather was perfect: warm, light winds, not a cloud in the sky. Mugsy had told me there was an RV fly-in just on the other side of the mountains at Twin Lakes Airport (8A7) in Mocksville, North Carolina so I decided to stop there for a few hours on the way home. 94 nm ESE to be precise. Just a short hop in the RV. Here I am safe on deck at Twin Lakes. |
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Nice little airport.
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| More RVs parked out in front of the small terminal building. |
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I like the purple paint job but he departed before I could get a closer look.
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| Bruce Raymond took this close-up shot. Wow, even the prop is metallic purple. |
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| Another shot of RV front-ends by that distinguished aviation photographer Bruce Raymond. |
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| Photo courtesy of Bruce Raymond. |
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Photo courtesy of Bruce Raymond.
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| Ron "Smokey" Shreck's Miss Izzy. Smokey flies competition aerobatics in this airplane. Photo by Bruce Raymond. |
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The Mid-Atlantic area was well represented at this RV fly-in. Glen S. on the the left and Jim T. on the right. Photo by Bruce Raymond.
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| An interesting looking plane home-based at Twin Lakes. Photo by Bruce Raymond. |
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| I've never seen an RV towed before. |
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| There was an above-average food spread for lunch. |
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More RVs.
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| Bill E. -- who organized this fly-in and is based here -- says a few words to the attendees. |
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A better look at the terminal.
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| Mike B. and the man who drinks his vodka straight up, Vlad. |
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| Vlad does get around his RV. |
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Glen prepares to board "The Devestator".
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Nope, not yet. This has always been one of my favorite RV paint schemes.
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| The creativity of RV builders is amazing. |
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| An immaculate Harmon Rocket. |
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| Departing Twin Lakes. |
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Overhead view. Nice fly-in. Enjoyed it.
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