November 5, 2024 - Fly to Georgetown for Lunch |
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| Today some of us were flying to Georgetown for lunch at their on-field restaurant. At left is Gadget and at right is Brian. | ||||||
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A stern chase is a long chase. I was halfway across the Bay before I caught up to them.
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| Brian at left in his RV-8 and Gadget at right in his RV-7A. | ||||||
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We've been enjoying nice flying weather like this for the last month!
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Georgetown -- now called Delaware Coastal -- is dead-ahead. I tried to fly here for their fly-in a month or so ago and couldn't make it due to overcast at 500 feet. |
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Safe on deck at Georgetown. Neil, in the blue and white RV-8A, is meeting us here from Clearview.
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| Our group walks across the ramp to Arena's in the terminal building. | ||||||
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After a delicious lunch at Arena's, we head back to our rides. Mark flew with Gadget since his plane is down for the annual inspection.
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| Pre-takeoff run-up. | ||||||
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| Brian looks on. | ||||||
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| Following Brian home, above a scattered layer. | ||||||
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Most of the color is gone, not that there was much this year.
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| Following Brian in to Essex Skypark. | ||||||
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| Now you can see the Essex Skypark runway 34. | ||||||
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| Looking down at Essex Skypark as Gadget makes a low-pass. | ||||||
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