February 15, 2013 - Georgetown,
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The weather was good this Friday, and was not supposed to be good all
weekend, so I took a day off from work and went flying with the
Bruces. It was warm enough at the Skypark that I didn't even
need to wear a jacket. The air was smooth, although a little
hazy. I flew over to Easton Airport and met Mugsy there.
I like flying into Easton. The tower controllers there are friendly
and seem to like RVs. Mugsy and I did a form takeoff -- side
by side -- and headed east to Georgetown, Delaware.
Here I am on long final to Sussex County Airport in Georgetown.
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Bruce B. landed right after we did in
his RV-3. The ramp was full when we landed: two Lake
amphibians, a classy looking RV-8 in British markings, a Sonex, an
Aircoupe, and two big Business Jets. All left while we had
lunch at the airport restaurant. |
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I don't know what the deal is but Georgetown Airport's claim to fame is
that they have all these old Soviet MiGs sitting around. I doubt
they will ever fly again but its kind of neat to be able to see them up
close. |
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Looks like a two-seat Mig-17, and a
CJ that has seen better days. |
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| We now have the
ramp to ourselves. |
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| The airport
restaurant is just above the RV-3's canopy. |
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| The three of us
took off and headed due east to the ocean shore. Along the way we
passed this shack on Rehoboth Bay. |
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We turned south once we hit the
shore. We passed this neat looking bridge at the mouth of
Indian River Inlet. |
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| Flying down the
beach at Ocean City, Maryland. I took a little detour inland. |
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We turned northwest after we passed
the Ocean City boardward. |
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| Heading northwest
back to Cambridge-Easton-Essex Skypark. |
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| We flew over
Laurel Airport (N06) which is a grass strip and home of a big
skydiving operation. Not much going on today, though. |
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| Mugsy split off at
Easton and Bruce B. and I flew back together to Essex Skypark. |
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| In the pattern
over Essex Skypark. Nice flight today. Much better than
sitting in the cubicle at work! |
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