September 14, 2024 - Spring Hill Fly-In
Today's event was the Spring Hill Airport fly-in.  Spring Hill is a private grass strip airport just northwest of Salisbury.  The owner puts on this great fly-in free of charge.   My plane is still recovering from the Alaska flight so I flew with Chuck in his RV-7A.  Mark joined us in his RV-8.  The weather was about as good as it gets for the fly-in.
   
Parked on the side of the grassy knoll.
   
The turn-out was bigger than it was last year (Link).  Word must be getting out about this nice fly-in.
   
The main area.
   

A Warner Revolution II with pretty paint job.  The plane is also known as the Space Walker II.  It was designed and produced by Warner Aerocraft of Seminole, Florida. When it was available the aircraft was supplied as a kit or in the form of plans for amateur construction.  The aircraft is intended to be reminiscent of the open cockpit monoplanes of the 1930s, such as the Ryan ST.

There are not that many of them.  In May 2014, 19 examples were registered in the United States, although a total of 30 had been registered at one time.  This one was finished and started flying in 2017.
   
 
   
Mugsy was one of the early arrivals.
   
Then a UFO appeared over the field!  The fly-in crowd panicked.
 
No, actually it is a BlackFly -- the world's first ultralight fixed-wing, all-electric, vertical take-off and landing aircraft and the first ultralight EVTOL to be sold to customers -- coming in for landing.
   
The BlackFly comes in for a vertical landing at Spring Hill Airport.
   
As might be expected, there was a lot of interest in the BlackFly.
   
It has two wings, with four electric motors/propellers on each wing.
   
No panel!
   
Close-up of one of the eight electric motor/propellers.   The BlackFly can fly for 20 minutes.  It had to land and re-charge batteries three times to get to the fly-in.  (A ground crew in a van with charging equipment followed the Fly).
   
Chip and Charlie arrived in Double Trouble.
   
Live entertainment.
   
Three Stearman's were on hand.
   
Mugsy's RV-8.
   
 
   
An immaculate 1931 Waco QCF-2 flew in from Dunkirk, New York.
   
The Golden Age Air Museum in Grimes, PA. flew their 1941 Culver LFA Cadet to the fly-in  It was designed by Art Mooney, who worked for the Culver Aircraft Company.  Mooney would go on to found Mooney Aircraft.  Over 600 Cadets were built, many for use as radio-controlled targets by the U.S. military in World War II.
   
Two Stearman owners swapping flying stories to each other:  Chip and Hunter.
   
My friend Richard S., flew over with Hunter in the Silver Queen.
   
Hunter and Richard about to head out.
   
Chip and Mark giving Charlie advice prior to departing.
   
 
   
I liked this AeroShell poster in the hangar.
   
The food was excellent, as it was last year.  Everyone ate in the hangar.
   
My ride home.
   
 
   
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