[lektrik_flyers] flying Saturday 9-28-13
- From: Bill Beavers <bill.beavers@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lektrik_flyers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2013 19:24:15 -0500
John Goos, Logan and I had a really good flying morning at Bob Courtway.
We were the only two official flyers, but Jason Mitchell did come by and
stay a while and we had a good number of other drop in guests some
potential flyers and some already flyers just looking to "connect up" and
inquire.
I didn't think at first I would be able to fly my newly modded Apprentice
with the new bolts holding down the wing because I hadn't realized i had a
broken control horn on the aileron of one wing. But I was able to scavenge
off of an old SS wing, so got it in the air. It flew really well after
that and I must have made more than half a dozen parachute drops for the
boys. One caught a thermal and went WAY over toward the West and just kept
going until we could barely see it. I watched it start to go down but
wasn't sure just where it was going to land. I just wrote it off as gone,
but after Jason left us, he came back just a little later and handed to the
boys as he found it driving down a street over that way. Thanks a bunch
Jason. No MIA on that trip! ;-)
Gliders, Strykers, trainers, were the order of the day. Had fun with
everybody as always. There is nothing like being a great big kid. Hope to
never give that up. Hope to fly with you all soon.
--
Bill Beavers
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