May 2, 2015 - Essex Skypark Pancake Breakfast
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| This morning was the annual Essex Skypark pancake breakfast and what a beautiful day for it. The weather was absolutely perfect, warm but not hot, light breeze, not a cloud in the sky. At first most of the attendees were drive-ins, but then the flyers started coming in. |
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The food area was in the community hangar. Check out the brand new hangar door. It still needs covering but it does go up and down (electrical-powered).
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| Rich and Chuck cooking pancakes. |
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| Tom happily grilling sausage links. |
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| Shift change on the pancake grill. |
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Juice, coffee, pastries were all to be had.
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| Most people have already eaten but here is what the seating arrangements looked like. |
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| View from the outside. |
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| Mugsy and Riggo flew in. |
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Plus the Trunk Monkey contingent. Only two of the four were flying Citabrias. Now one is Light Sport and the other an RV-9.
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Various aircraft attended including a couple of SeaReys and an RV-6 from Martin State.
Where is my RV you ask? Well, I'm having some trouble with my hangar doors and my poor RV is currently trapped inside the hangar.
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Chip gave quite a few rides in Double Trouble.
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| Okie was thrilled after her "Thrill" ride. |
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| Stearman and AirCam doing a little formation work. |
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| Chip gave Mugsy a ride in the Stearman as well. |
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That's Mugsy in the front seat.
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| The AirCam claws for altitude. |
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Whitey taxiis out.
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| Two SeaReys preparing to depart. |
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| Kids checking out the Yankee that will probably never fly again. |
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| Trunk Monkey Mark on the roll. |
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Trunk Monkeys, departing.
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There go the SeaReys.
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| Little girl consoling doggy upset that the pancake breakfast has ended. |
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| The party's over. |
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