October 31, 2004

Mid-Atlantic RV Fly-in

Miller's Farm

 

Just after takeoff from Essex Skypark (W48). Foliage is still magnificent.

Miller's Farm. I counted 13 RVs and a couple of more flew in after that. It was really a nice fly-in. The weather was great. The scenary was beautiful. I met a lot of nice people and learned a lot about RVs. There were a bunch of picnic tables and a great lunch spread. (The baked beans Lynnette made for me survived the flight over, despite a little turbulence). A fly-in really doesn't get any better than this.
The guy who built that yellow RV deviated from Vans instructions a little bit. Actually, it's a big crop duster.
Even though it's not an RV, the trusty old Citabria got a few compliments.
A group of pilots in the Mid-Atlantic RV Wing fly formation and call themselves the Vultures. They put on a six-ship formation flight. All six running up their engines in unison was thrilling.
I need a digital camera with a good zoom on it to capture great shots like this.
An RV-6 just about to touch down. One thing I like about the local fly-in's is how close you can get to the runway.
This image was shot by Joe Czachorowski. Keep in mind that these RVs were probably doing 200 mph. If this spectacular low pass by six RVs isn't enough to keep you motivated to pound rivets, nothing will!
An RV-8 in action. Another Joe Czachorwski image.

Everybody who left the fly-in did a low pass, so of course I had to do one in the Citabria. I put the pedal to the metal, and lowered the nose, and was doing a good 140 mph as I flew down the grass strip. It felt fast, but probably didn't impress the folks on the ground too much after seeing so many RVs blow by at 200 mph.

On the way back home to Essex, I took a bunch more foliage shots. Somebody stop me!
 
 
 
Those white dots in the center of the image is a huge flock of white birds.
There they go.
 
 
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