June 23, 2013 - Sentimental Journey, Loch Haven, PA
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This Saturday morning we were headed northeast to the annual Sentimental Journey to Cub Haven. The fly-in takes place in Loch Haven at the William T. Piper Memorial Airport where Piper built Cubs and other airplanes for many years. The fly-in actually started Wednesday and ran through Sunday. You can camp by your plane. But we were only here for the day. I was flying my RV-7, Bruce B. his RV-3. The weather was good although a little hazy.
Approaching Loch Haven, we encounter the succession of forested ridges that run east to west pecular to Pennsylvania.
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Overhead William J. Piper Memorial Airport. We circled high over the airport checking things out before descending to the pattern. There were lots of the planes in the pattern when we arrived but by the time we descended they had all landed. There didn't seem to be that many planes at the fly-in compared to what I remembered the last time I was here six years ago. You can see quite a few yellow planes though.
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| Parked on the grass on the north side of the runway. |
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Looking west at the Cub parked next to my RV-7.
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| Bruce taxiis up. |
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We got to the fly-in early enough to have a surprisingly good breakfast.
This immaculate classic is a Stinson Model 10A. It was built in 1941. Here is a nice story on this particular airplane which has an interesting history: Link
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| This unique airplane is called Korn's Caper, named after the current owner Larry Korn. It was built by Earl J. Warmkessel in 1965. |
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A Fleet biplane in mint condition. |
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| This grass area fenced off was filled with planes six years ago. What happened? Why did they put up this silly fence and block off half the field? |
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Flashback! Over the William T. Piper Memorial Airport, June 22, 2007 in the Citabria.
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| On final approach to the grass runway, 27 Left, in the Citabria. The Citabria may not have been a Cub, but it was yellow! |
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| L-3 Grasshopper, the military version of the J-3 Cub. |
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| An American Champion Scout with Tundra Tires. |
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A rare radial-engine powered Cub. We saw this airplane at Oshkosh a few years ago. It is based in our neighborhood at Frederick, Maryland.
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| Everybody's favorite: the Stearman. |
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An Aironca Champ with a classy paintjob.
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| Nice looking Great Lakes 2T-1A, also known as the Great Lakes Sport Trainer. |
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| A Kitfox -- market leader kitplane of the 90's -- taxiis by. |
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| The beautiful Fleet taxiing by deserves a second look ... |
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Another Great Lakes -- this one named "Cherry Cherry" taxiis by.
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| Camping by your airplane on the grass; better than any hotel! |
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The first Super Cub.
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| A North American Navion. North American built the famous P-51 fighter of WWII. Like the Mustang, the Navion had laminar flow wings. The vertical stabilizer is Mustang-like as well. |
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Famous airshow performer and aerobatic pilot and instructor, Greg Koontz, did a daily aerobatic routine in a clip-wing Cub. |
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| Looking at the fly-in from the north side of the runways. You can see the temporary tower structure they use at the fly-in. It wasn't an official air traffic control tower but they did provide advisories. |
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| We left Sentimental Journey and headed east a short distance to the entrance to the Pennsylvania Grand Canyon. |
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| Since it is so close, you just have to fly it. |
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Now everything is green.
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When I flew it for the first time in the fall, it was quite different. (Flashback)
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| After flying the canyon, we headed for home. |
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Looking down at Harrisburg Internatinal airport. We flew over their airspace.
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| Flying over the reservoir north of Baltimore. |
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Flying by Towson. There is a University and big Mall down there.
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