March 11, 2006 - Third Annual Citabria Valentines Day
Luncheon
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After a month of crummy weekend weather, we finally had a good day on
Saturday. Bruce and I fired up the Citabria and headed for
Lancaster, PA and the third annual Citabria Valentines Day luncheon.
Bruce flew the first leg and I took this overhead shot of glamorous Essex
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It ain't much, but it's home. Actually, it's just a bad time of
the year. It's still winter, after all. Everything is dead
looking. Spring is almost here, though. Pretty soon the grass
and leaves will turn green, the runway will be paved, and the Washington
D.C. ADIZ will be lifted. Well, maybe just the grass and leaves.
But spring is a time for hope ...
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On the first decent flying weekend in a long time, everybody and their
brothers were flying. The ADIZ frequency was nuts. Fortunately
air traffic control (ATC) had put a real pro on and he was able to keep
everything moving. Bruce checked in with Potomac ATC, got
switched to Martin State tower for a transition, and then switched back to
Potomac -- all to fly 10 miles north to exit the ADIZ! |
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There were a lot of planes approaching Lancaster when we arrived.
The Lancaster tower guy was nowhere near as good as the Potomac
controller. He didn't have "the picture" and totally lost control
of the situation. We would have been safer at a non-towered
airport where the pilots would fly a normal traffic pattern. But
we made it.
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| The Valentines Day Citabria
luncheon came about through the Citabria Yahoo Group. The first year,
there were two planes and three pilots. (I think our Citabria was down
for maintenance at the time and I couldn't attend). Last year at the
second, there were eight pilots and five or so Citabrias. This year we
had 20+ people and 8+ Citabrias. |
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| We had a great time at Florentinos,
the airport restaurant, talking about flying and flights we want to make as
a group this year.
Tom Beamer's Citabria -- Delta Delta. Tom is the one who really
sparked the Citabria Yahoo Group fly-in activities. |
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