Thursday 12th
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Thursday was nice and washing the plane was the thing to do. |
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Greg Martin cleaning his half of the plane. |
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Robert Bianchi also was in the cleaning mode. |
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Sue in her painting garb. |
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Hook up the flatbed for a Challenger run. |
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But while we go play work continues on Ron Wells' plane |
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When we walk into the plant there are lots of airplanes. |
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Everybody was working hard. |
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Paul Goulet wouldn't let me take his picture. |
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Here's Des (R) helping load a fuselage. |
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Then we load up a second Challenger. Saves a trip to town. |
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Only one nosecone Bob already has his painted. |
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I had to sneak around and catch Paul by surprise. |
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Bob Donley and his Challenger. What a great day for him. |
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We made it back to Erie and unloaded both planes. The day has just started. |
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Bob Donley's
page.
We got back from the factory and Denny Dyer and Jim Robinson got a
ride in a Robinson R44 Helicopter.
I don't know about you all out there in cyber land but, flying in a
helicopter has been my dream for years. Today thanks to Lyle I got to
go up! This was not just a 25 dollar chopper ride, we actually went
somewhere. I had no idea that a windy day would feel sooo good flying.
We had 25+ winds and it seemed to only make the R44 fly Better! Could
have been the pilot too. I could never afford to fly a helicopter let
alone own one. This was a dream come true. Lyle asked the day before
if I would like to go over to Clinton Airport to get fuel in the R44 and
he told me I could bring a friend. I called Dennis Dyer, we have been
friends for over 25 years, and asked if he would like to take the hop
with us. He was there in a flash and had his camera. Check out the
pictures. Thanks Lyle for making a dream come true! Jim, at an Eerie
place.
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Jim was looking over the gauges.
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And very quickly we were airborne.
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Flew over the runway and were ascending quickly.
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Crosswinds were over 25 mph.
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Ride was pleasant, no bouncing around like a Challenger on a windy day.
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Speed at 100 mph ground speed about 114.
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Arrived at Clinton Airport in about 12 minutes.
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Fueled up both tanks.
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The low level flight is really great.
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Crossed over the Mississippi going home.
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There's EAP just to the right of the compass.
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Jim was having a ball. He has always wanted to fly a Helicopter.
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O.K. Jim you can get out now.. Jim.
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He's out now, sorta...
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