July 19 2003 To Ed and Mary Jane Vens' airstrip Calamus Iowa.
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You can tell Des and Sue Wisson were in a hurry this morning. It was their first DP. |
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Jim Robinson preflighting for the morning flight. |
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Steve and Darlene Bornhoeft and Mike Housenga taxi to 3 6 |
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Des and Sue got in close for a photo opt. |
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Look at the maze artwork in the trees. |
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Getting crowded down there? |
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Everything looking good at Ed's. |
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O.K. so there's not a lot of parking spots, it adds to the charm. |
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Quite a crowd forms as everyone lands. 15 planes in all. |
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Ed goes over to greet Ken Perron. |
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A Quicksilver and a Quickfix? |
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DeWitt Iowa. That's Rt. 30 running east west. |
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Erie Airpark in the sights. |
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Sue Robinson meets us on her scooter. |
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Ron Mitchell flew in with his gyro. And the day has just begun. |
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Jim is out early gassing up his plane |
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About a 9 mph wind out of the south west. |
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Dawn was a little less magnificant than normal but still beautiful. |
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After flying around Erie we went back to Erie AP. Oh did I mention that Jim Robinson and Dennis Dyer were the only 2 flying. |
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On final Pegasus was being pushed out. |
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Neil has quite a knee board system set up. |
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A closer look. We will have to call him ROBO Pilot. |
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Sue Dyer had made coffee stopped at HyVee and got donuts brought juice and was going to meet everyone at Geneseo. We called her cell and diverted her |
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