July 16, 2006 - Citabria Flight
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Today's plan was to fly the Citabria down to Bennett Field, near
Salisbury, pick up my friend Jeff, then head over to Georgetown for some
breakfast. This is Georgetown -- also known as Sussex Airport.
Their airport restaurant is first-rate. |
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A bunch of guys were hand-polishing aluminum on this B-25, getting it
ready for the big AirVenture fly-in.
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Nearby were a bunch of jets parked on the grass. A couple of
Mig-15s. |
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A Mig-21.
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| Jeff checks out the Mig-21. I
wonder if it will ever fly again? |
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After checking out the Migs, we took off, bopped over to the coast, and
headed south. It was a hot summer days and the beaches were packed. |
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Cruising down the Atlantic seaboard. It's hard to believe a month
ago I was cruising down the Pacific seaboard -- in the same plane!
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Montego Bay where we usually vacation every summer. We cut inland
and flew south over the bay, so we wouldn't be going head to head with the
banner towing planes. |
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The famous Ocean City boardwalk and flagship beach.
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| We turned north to fly parallel
with the banner planes. |
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| The big water park we usually go
to. |
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I dropped Jeff off, then headed back to Essex Skypark. Below is a
grass airfield -- never landed there.
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| A familiar site -- approaching
Essex Skypark with Baltimore in the background to the left. |
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