October 9, 2021 - Chip and Brian's Fly-In
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| Chip and Brian had a fly-in party Saturday afternoon for family and friends. There was food and drink to be had in the Community Hangar. Although the flying weather wasn't the best -- the wind was constantly shifting and was usually a crosswind, along with a cloudy day -- Chip, Brian, Charlie and Joe gave an unbelievable amount of rides in the Stearman, RV-8, Decathelon and 172. I gave a few rides in the RV-7. Mugsy flew over in his RV-8 and took all the great flying pictures, seen below. |
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Low pass with smoke!
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| There I go. I took one young man flying who is an A-10 pilot. He did things with my plane I haven't seen before including flying the A-10's ground attack profile. That involved pulling hard out of a 45 degree dive. Another flight was with an Airbus pilot. We did some 30 degree bank turns on that one. Just kidding. |
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Chip taking off in the big, beautiful Stearman Double Trouble.
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| Close-up. |
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| Really close up. |
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| Pulling away. |
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Lining up for rides.
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| Brian adjusting something on his RV-8. |
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A passenger waiting to go on the thrill ride.
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| On the Stearman, the passenger sits up front. |
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The smoke system is working well these days. It helps when the injectors are clean.
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There goes Brian and pax.
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| Here comes Brian for a low pass as Chip in the Stearman is just landing. |
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Mugsy and I did some low-passes in formation, then we did a little form practice over the Eastern Shore with Joe M. and I in my plane.
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On the ground at Essex Skypark.
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| Play Corn Hole at Essex Skypark! That's the the decrepit FBO Building that no one uses (and there is no FBO) in the background. |
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| Sadly, the Community Hangar is mostly filled with junk and a hangar queen these days but Chip and Brian were able to get some tables set up. |
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Another look at the Community Hangar.
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Despite the iffy weather, it was a great aviation day.
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