December 4, 2011 - Massey Fly-In |
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Today was the bi-annual fly-in at Massey Aerodrome. It was another
perfect day weather-wise: clear blue skies, light wind, warm and great visibility. It is truly amazing
to have an entire weekend this good in early December.
Since I flew the RV yesterday, I flew Bruce's Cub to the
fly-in. |
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On the way over, I tuned in the Massey Unicom
frequency and it sounded like BWI airport! It was one airplane
landing after another: Mooney, Bonanza, RV, Cub, 172, ... |
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Lots of olive-drab taildraggers were
at the fly-in. |
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| Lots of Stearman's
too. |
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A couple of Trunk Monkeys flew
in. |
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| There was lots of
good food to be had. |
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| They built a new
hangar since the last time I was here. |
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| Why re-type it
when I can just show it? |
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The replica of the 1911 Wright Glider
which kicked off modern soaring. |
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158 airplanes total attended the
fly-in. |
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| This T-6 was
probably the biggest, baddest plane that showed up. I watched him
come in. The pilot really knows how to fly it well. He greased
it in using maybe 1/3rd the runway. |
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| RV
row. I estimate there were at least 10 RVs or so at the
fly-in. |
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| Mostly
taildraggers at the fly-in. Which makes sense. Taildraggers
love grass strips. |
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These two Kolb ultralights arrived
overhead in formation. It's good to see the Kolbs still
flying. |
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| My hangar neighbor
Tom K. fires up his Maule. |
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The area on the east side of the
runway was even filled up. |
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| One plane after
another came in for landing. There were probably three planes
ahead of me when I turned on final. This was not a fly-in to
give rides or do low passes. There were just too many airplanes
arriving, or later, departing. |
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| A Cub with the
pedal to the metal. |
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| Tom K.
heading back to Essex Skypark. |
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The SeaWind got a lot of
attention. I've seen this airplane around a few times over the
year. Once in the RV I saw him down low over a river and I
followed him around for awhile. |
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Eagle was popular as well. |
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A Woody Pusher taxiis out. It's
for sale if you are looking for something unique to fly. |
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| I imagine the view
is pretty good from the Woody. |
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| Bob S., who is in
my EAA Chapter, flew over in this snappy-looking gyro-coptor. |
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| Dan B., another
chapter member, taxiis out in his Taylorcraft. Ooohh-Rah! |
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Looks like something right out of
Dub-Dub Two. |
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| Everybody loves a
Stearman! |
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A good view of the round engine on
front of the Cessna 195. |
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| Max's newly
restored Champ parked in the cornfield. |
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| A Trike showing
off -- he's going vertical! |
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| The Fly-in was
officially supposed to last from 1PM to 5PM. I got there right at
1PM but I would say the majority of airplanes had already arrived.
About 2PM people started bugging out. Along with a lot of
other people, I enjoyed just standing on the "grassy knoll" watching
airplanes takeoff and land. Here, the tiny Pitts taxiis for
takeoff. |
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SeaWind on the roll.
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I was among the last planes to leave and enjoyed a
pleasant flight back to Essex Skypark. If you want to get some
good pictures of you and your airplane, go to a Massey Fly-In. Every
plane is photographed by a photographer who knows what he is doing. Here I am ont
he takeoff roll.
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Airborne! |
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The Cub accelerating to Warp Speed. |
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| The Cub about to
go back in its hangar after a great Cub
day of Grass Roots flying |
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