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4. 06:30 PM - Re: Trip to Lakeland (long) (Larry Bowen)
5. 08:27 PM - Re: Trip to Lakeland (long) (Tim Bolton)
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| Subject: | Trip to Lakeland (long) |
Ron Schreck, Larry Bowen and I took off around 9:30am Friday morning (as
soon as the fog lifted) and joined up over RUQ for the flight down. Ron
discovered he had not fueled the plane and had to land at RUQ for fuel ... Larry
and
I continued on knowing that Miss Izzy would have no problems catching us.
And of course he didn't. You need to ask him about his join up on our two ship
... spectacular !!! Weather going down to our fuel stop at Hazelburst, Ga.
was scattered and broken clouds but fairly low. We made that part of the
trip at aournd 2000'. Ken Harrill (RV-6), James Clark (RV-6), Danny Kight
(RV-6) were already on the ground waiting for us. Unfortunately .. Danny
(Anderson, SC) and his passenger and new 6A owner Ken .. had no fog delays and
had
to spend two hours on the ground waiting for us.
We all got fuel at 2.80 per gallon !! Took off as a flight of 6 with Ron in
the lead heading to Cedar Key for lunch. Ron led us on a beautiful flight
over the water and landing into Cedar Key. Taxi into the village for lunch
and a walk back to the airport with clear blue skies and "almost" tee shirt
weather. Groups of RVs seem to always bring out crowds and they did this time
too.
James led us from Cedar Key into Brooksville to pick up a passenger. Then
Danny led us on into LAL as a 6 ship. It was neat when the controller ask us
if we would like to do a fly by and then set up for initial ... well yes we
would !! That went well and we were soon on the Sun N Fun grounds pitching
tents and tiedowns. They provided dinner and we visited the museum for a
presentation by a photographer who flew the Lewis and Clark Trail to the Pacific
in an open cockpit taking wonderful pics. Rad ... you would have loved it !!
Cold night in the tent especially for Larry as he forgot his sleeping bag.
Everyone donated sheets and blankets which according to Larry only partially
worked. We awoke Saturday morning to beautiful weather and a pancake
breakfast. 102 planes flew in on Saturday ... most from Florida. Several seminars
were presented and lots of walking around looking at pretty RVs. The temp on
Saturday was great ... somewhere in the low 70s and blue skies. Around 4:30
we took off as a flight of 4 and went to Zephyrhills for cheap fuel and a
chance to come back over the SNF grounds in a diamond formation with smoke on
!! By the time we returned ... lots of people had headed home. We checked wx
all day making sure we could get back in today. Everything said the bad wx
would reach our area around 4pm ... wrong !! Ron was called into spot whales
in Wilmington and departed LAL around 3pm for home. The rest of us camped
again. Bon fire and all you could eat chicken ... life is good !!
This morning we were up early .. packing tents and belongings. Our group
split up for the flight home ... Ken and Danny flew the coast line home.
Larry, James, and I made a stop in Brooksville to drop off a passenger, take on
a
little fuel and departed for the trip home with no planned stops as all the
Garmin 396s and 496s were saying get home now !!! We had a nice tail wind
down low and flew home at 2500' showing ground speeds in the 170s. James headed
off for Columbia soon and Larry and I continued on ... with wx continuing to
delcine. We finally hit a wall of showers around Concord and decided to
land as ice was beginning to form on our windshields.
Got a little fuel, pit stops, calls to home and we were airborne again for a
try to make it home. All was going fine as we hopped our way from airport
to airport toward Winston. We deviated a little west of the direct route to
avoid some showers and that put us close to Twin Lakes for Larry to head to.
I passed by as Larry was turning final. From Twin Lakes to INT (only 17
miles) ... my windshield completely iced over. I had zero forward visibility
...
you should have seen me checking those wings for ice. I got the straight in
for Rnwy 4 ... slipped left and right to set up for landing ... then landed
looking out the side. All went well ... discovered ice was beginning to
build on the wings. I had about a 6" line of ice on the wings .. very thin.
Glad I had no further to fly. My first encounter with ice and I can't believe
how fast it happened. Guess it took an experience for me to gain true
appreciation ... but I have it now.
We all made it back home safe and sound. It was a great weekend with
friends and fun planes !!!
Len Leggette, RV-8A
Greensboro, NC N910LL
570 hrs
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| Subject: | Re: Trip to Lakeland (long) |
Nice write-up Len.
You forgot two things though ...
Returning to Lakeland, the controller asks... "Flight of RV's, is there any
chance you could SLOW DOWN?" No wingmen said anything but you could HEAR
their smiles. :-)
Returning home, at one point we saw 191knots groundspeed (with a very slight
descent)!!
Great time had by all. And folks it is especially fun when you are flying
with a great bunch of buddies!
James
On 1/21/07, Lenleg@aol.com <Lenleg@aol.com> wrote:
>
> Ron Schreck, Larry Bowen and I took off around 9:30am Friday morning (as
> soon as the fog lifted) and joined up over RUQ for the flight down. Ron
> discovered he had not fueled the plane and had to land at RUQ for fuel ...
> Larry and I continued on knowing that Miss Izzy would have no problems
> catching us. And of course he didn't. You need to ask him about his join up
> on our two ship ... spectacular !!! Weather going down to our fuel stop at
> Hazelburst, Ga. was scattered and broken clouds but fairly low. We made
> that part of the trip at aournd 2000'. Ken Harrill (RV-6), James Clark
> (RV-6), Danny Kight (RV-6) were already on the ground waiting for us.
> Unfortunately .. Danny (Anderson, SC) and his passenger and new 6A owner Ken
> .. had no fog delays and had to spend two hours on the ground waiting for
> us.
>
> We all got fuel at 2.80 per gallon !! Took off as a flight of 6 with Ron
> in the lead heading to Cedar Key for lunch. Ron led us on a beautiful
> flight over the water and landing into Cedar Key. Taxi into the village for
> lunch and a walk back to the airport with clear blue skies and "almost" tee
> shirt weather. Groups of RVs seem to always bring out crowds and they did
> this time too.
>
> James led us from Cedar Key into Brooksville to pick up a passenger. Then
> Danny led us on into LAL as a 6 ship. It was neat when the controller ask
> us if we would like to do a fly by and then set up for initial ... well yes
> we would !! That went well and we were soon on the Sun N Fun grounds
> pitching tents and tiedowns. They provided dinner and we visited the museum
> for a presentation by a photographer who flew the Lewis and Clark Trail to
> the Pacific in an open cockpit taking wonderful pics. Rad ... you would
> have loved it !!
>
> Cold night in the tent especially for Larry as he forgot his sleeping
> bag. Everyone donated sheets and blankets which according to Larry only
> partially worked. We awoke Saturday morning to beautiful weather and a
> pancake breakfast. 102 planes flew in on Saturday ... most from Florida.
> Several seminars were presented and lots of walking around looking at pretty
> RVs. The temp on Saturday was great ... somewhere in the low 70s and blue
> skies. Around 4:30 we took off as a flight of 4 and went to Zephyrhills for
> cheap fuel and a chance to come back over the SNF grounds in a diamond
> formation with smoke on !! By the time we returned ... lots of people had
> headed home. We checked wx all day making sure we could get back in today.
> Everything said the bad wx would reach our area around 4pm ... wrong !! Ron
> was called into spot whales in Wilmington and departed LAL around 3pm for
> home. The rest of us camped again. Bon fire and all you could eat chicken
> ... life is good !!
>
> This morning we were up early .. packing tents and belongings. Our group
> split up for the flight home ... Ken and Danny flew the coast line home.
> Larry, James, and I made a stop in Brooksville to drop off a passenger, take
> on a little fuel and departed for the trip home with no planned stops as all
> the Garmin 396s and 496s were saying get home now !!! We had a nice tail
> wind down low and flew home at 2500' showing ground speeds in the 170s.
> James headed off for Columbia soon and Larry and I continued on ... with wx
> continuing to delcine. We finally hit a wall of showers around Concord and
> decided to land as ice was beginning to form on our windshields.
>
> Got a little fuel, pit stops, calls to home and we were airborne again for
> a try to make it home. All was going fine as we hopped our way from airport
> to airport toward Winston. We deviated a little west of the direct route to
> avoid some showers and that put us close to Twin Lakes for Larry to head
> to. I passed by as Larry was turning final. From Twin Lakes to INT (only
> 17 miles) ... my windshield completely iced over. I had zero forward
> visibility ... you should have seen me checking those wings for ice. I got
> the straight in for Rnwy 4 ... slipped left and right to set up for landing
> ... then landed looking out the side. All went well ... discovered ice was
> beginning to build on the wings. I had about a 6" line of ice on the wings
> .. very thin. Glad I had no further to fly. My first encounter with ice
> and I can't believe how fast it happened. Guess it took an experience for
> me to gain true appreciation ... but I have it now.
>
> We all made it back home safe and sound. It was a great weekend with
> friends and fun planes !!!
>
> Len Leggette, RV-8A
> Greensboro, NC N910LL
> 570 hrs
>
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>
>
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>
>
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| Subject: | Re: Trip to Lakeland (long) |
Thx for the report. Sorry I missed it, but glad to
avoid icing, had enough of that over the yrs. Much
better turn-out than last yr...we maybe saw 20-30
total. this sat. is looking promising.
--- Lenleg@aol.com wrote:
> Ron Schreck, Larry Bowen and I took off around
> 9:30am Friday morning (as
> soon as the fog lifted) and joined up over RUQ for
> the flight down. Ron
> discovered he had not fueled the plane and had to
> land at RUQ for fuel ... Larry and
> I continued on knowing that Miss Izzy would have no
> problems catching us.
> And of course he didn't. You need to ask him about
> his join up on our two ship
> ... spectacular !!! Weather going down to our fuel
> stop at Hazelburst, Ga.
> was scattered and broken clouds but fairly low. We
> made that part of the
> trip at aournd 2000'. Ken Harrill (RV-6), James
> Clark (RV-6), Danny Kight
> (RV-6) were already on the ground waiting for us.
> Unfortunately .. Danny
> (Anderson, SC) and his passenger and new 6A owner
> Ken .. had no fog delays and had
> to spend two hours on the ground waiting for us.
>
> We all got fuel at 2.80 per gallon !! Took off as a
> flight of 6 with Ron in
> the lead heading to Cedar Key for lunch. Ron led us
> on a beautiful flight
> over the water and landing into Cedar Key. Taxi
> into the village for lunch
> and a walk back to the airport with clear blue
> skies and "almost" tee shirt
> weather. Groups of RVs seem to always bring out
> crowds and they did this time
> too.
>
> James led us from Cedar Key into Brooksville to pick
> up a passenger. Then
> Danny led us on into LAL as a 6 ship. It was neat
> when the controller ask us
> if we would like to do a fly by and then set up for
> initial ... well yes we
> would !! That went well and we were soon on the
> Sun N Fun grounds pitching
> tents and tiedowns. They provided dinner and we
> visited the museum for a
> presentation by a photographer who flew the Lewis
> and Clark Trail to the Pacific
> in an open cockpit taking wonderful pics. Rad ...
> you would have loved it !!
>
> Cold night in the tent especially for Larry as he
> forgot his sleeping bag.
> Everyone donated sheets and blankets which according
> to Larry only partially
> worked. We awoke Saturday morning to beautiful
> weather and a pancake
> breakfast. 102 planes flew in on Saturday ... most
> from Florida. Several seminars
> were presented and lots of walking around looking
> at pretty RVs. The temp on
> Saturday was great ... somewhere in the low 70s and
> blue skies. Around 4:30
> we took off as a flight of 4 and went to
> Zephyrhills for cheap fuel and a
> chance to come back over the SNF grounds in a
> diamond formation with smoke on
> !! By the time we returned ... lots of people had
> headed home. We checked wx
> all day making sure we could get back in today.
> Everything said the bad wx
> would reach our area around 4pm ... wrong !! Ron
> was called into spot whales
> in Wilmington and departed LAL around 3pm for home.
> The rest of us camped
> again. Bon fire and all you could eat chicken ...
> life is good !!
>
> This morning we were up early .. packing tents and
> belongings. Our group
> split up for the flight home ... Ken and Danny flew
> the coast line home.
> Larry, James, and I made a stop in Brooksville to
> drop off a passenger, take on a
> little fuel and departed for the trip home with no
> planned stops as all the
> Garmin 396s and 496s were saying get home now !!!
> We had a nice tail wind
> down low and flew home at 2500' showing ground
> speeds in the 170s. James headed
> off for Columbia soon and Larry and I continued on
> ... with wx continuing to
> delcine. We finally hit a wall of showers around
> Concord and decided to
> land as ice was beginning to form on our
> windshields.
>
> Got a little fuel, pit stops, calls to home and we
> were airborne again for a
> try to make it home. All was going fine as we
> hopped our way from airport
> to airport toward Winston. We deviated a little
> west of the direct route to
> avoid some showers and that put us close to Twin
> Lakes for Larry to head to.
> I passed by as Larry was turning final. From Twin
> Lakes to INT (only 17
> miles) ... my windshield completely iced over. I
> had zero forward visibility ...
> you should have seen me checking those wings for
> ice. I got the straight in
> for Rnwy 4 ... slipped left and right to set up for
> landing ... then landed
> looking out the side. All went well ... discovered
> ice was beginning to
> build on the wings. I had about a 6" line of ice
> on the wings .. very thin.
> Glad I had no further to fly. My first encounter
> with ice and I can't believe
> how fast it happened. Guess it took an experience
> for me to gain true
> appreciation ... but I have it now.
>
> We all made it back home safe and sound. It was a
> great weekend with
> friends and fun planes !!!
>
> Len Leggette, RV-8A
> Greensboro, NC N910LL
> 570 hrs
>
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| Subject: | Trip to Lakeland (long) |
Yes, yet another excellent adventure.
-
Larry Bowen
Larry@BowenAero.com
http://BowenAero.com <http://bowenaero.com/>
_____
From: Lenleg@aol.com [mailto:Lenleg@aol.com]
Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2007 8:22 PM
Subject: RVSouthEast-List: Trip to Lakeland (long)
Ron Schreck, Larry Bowen and I took off around 9:30am Friday morning (as
soon as the fog lifted) and joined up over RUQ for the flight down. Ron
discovered he had not fueled the plane and had to land at RUQ for fuel ...
Larry and I continued on knowing that Miss Izzy would have no problems
catching us. And of course he didn't. You need to ask him about his join up
on our two ship ... spectacular !!! Weather going down to our fuel stop at
Hazelburst, Ga. was scattered and broken clouds but fairly low. We made
that part of the trip at aournd 2000'. Ken Harrill (RV-6), James Clark
(RV-6), Danny Kight (RV-6) were already on the ground waiting for us.
Unfortunately .. Danny (Anderson, SC) and his passenger and new 6A owner Ken
.. had no fog delays and had to spend two hours on the ground waiting for
us.
We all got fuel at 2.80 per gallon !! Took off as a flight of 6 with Ron in
the lead heading to Cedar Key for lunch. Ron led us on a beautiful flight
over the water and landing into Cedar Key. Taxi into the village for lunch
and a walk back to the airport with clear blue skies and "almost" tee shirt
weather. Groups of RVs seem to always bring out crowds and they did this
time too.
James led us from Cedar Key into Brooksville to pick up a passenger. Then
Danny led us on into LAL as a 6 ship. It was neat when the controller ask
us if we would like to do a fly by and then set up for initial ... well yes
we would !! That went well and we were soon on the Sun N Fun grounds
pitching tents and tiedowns. They provided dinner and we visited the museum
for a presentation by a photographer who flew the Lewis and Clark Trail to
the Pacific in an open cockpit taking wonderful pics. Rad ... you would
have loved it !!
Cold night in the tent especially for Larry as he forgot his sleeping bag.
Everyone donated sheets and blankets which according to Larry only partially
worked. We awoke Saturday morning to beautiful weather and a pancake
breakfast. 102 planes flew in on Saturday ... most from Florida. Several
seminars were presented and lots of walking around looking at pretty RVs.
The temp on Saturday was great ... somewhere in the low 70s and blue skies.
Around 4:30 we took off as a flight of 4 and went to Zephyrhills for cheap
fuel and a chance to come back over the SNF grounds in a diamond formation
with smoke on !! By the time we returned ... lots of people had headed
home. We checked wx all day making sure we could get back in today.
Everything said the bad wx would reach our area around 4pm ... wrong !! Ron
was called into spot whales in Wilmington and departed LAL around 3pm for
home. The rest of us camped again. Bon fire and all you could eat chicken
... life is good !!
This morning we were up early .. packing tents and belongings. Our group
split up for the flight home ... Ken and Danny flew the coast line home.
Larry, James, and I made a stop in Brooksville to drop off a passenger, take
on a little fuel and departed for the trip home with no planned stops as all
the Garmin 396s and 496s were saying get home now !!! We had a nice tail
wind down low and flew home at 2500' showing ground speeds in the 170s.
James headed off for Columbia soon and Larry and I continued on ... with wx
continuing to delcine. We finally hit a wall of showers around Concord and
decided to land as ice was beginning to form on our windshields.
Got a little fuel, pit stops, calls to home and we were airborne again for a
try to make it home. All was going fine as we hopped our way from airport
to airport toward Winston. We deviated a little west of the direct route to
avoid some showers and that put us close to Twin Lakes for Larry to head to.
I passed by as Larry was turning final. From Twin Lakes to INT (only 17
miles) ... my windshield completely iced over. I had zero forward
visibility ... you should have seen me checking those wings for ice. I got
the straight in for Rnwy 4 ... slipped left and right to set up for landing
... then landed looking out the side. All went well ... discovered ice was
beginning to build on the wings. I had about a 6" line of ice on the wings
.. very thin. Glad I had no further to fly. My first encounter with ice
and I can't believe how fast it happened. Guess it took an experience for
me to gain true appreciation ... but I have it now.
We all made it back home safe and sound. It was a great weekend with
friends and fun planes !!!
Len Leggette, RV-8A
Greensboro, NC N910LL
570 hrs
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| Subject: | Re: Trip to Lakeland (long) |
We want pictures!
Tim Bolton
Charlotte, NC
www.TheRV7.com
----- Original Message -----
From: Larry Bowen
To: rvsoutheast-list@matronics.com
Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2007 9:29 PM
Subject: RE: RVSouthEast-List: Trip to Lakeland (long)
Yes, yet another excellent adventure.
-
Larry Bowen
Larry@BowenAero.com
http://BowenAero.com
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
---
From: Lenleg@aol.com [mailto:Lenleg@aol.com]
Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2007 8:22 PM
To: rvsoutheast-list@matronics.com
Subject: RVSouthEast-List: Trip to Lakeland (long)
Ron Schreck, Larry Bowen and I took off around 9:30am Friday morning
(as soon as the fog lifted) and joined up over RUQ for the flight down.
Ron discovered he had not fueled the plane and had to land at RUQ for
fuel ... Larry and I continued on knowing that Miss Izzy would have no
problems catching us. And of course he didn't. You need to ask him
about his join up on our two ship ... spectacular !!! Weather going
down to our fuel stop at Hazelburst, Ga. was scattered and broken clouds
but fairly low. We made that part of the trip at aournd 2000'. Ken
Harrill (RV-6), James Clark (RV-6), Danny Kight (RV-6) were already on
the ground waiting for us. Unfortunately .. Danny (Anderson, SC) and
his passenger and new 6A owner Ken .. had no fog delays and had to spend
two hours on the ground waiting for us.
We all got fuel at 2.80 per gallon !! Took off as a flight of 6
with Ron in the lead heading to Cedar Key for lunch. Ron led us on a
beautiful flight over the water and landing into Cedar Key. Taxi into
the village for lunch and a walk back to the airport with clear blue
skies and "almost" tee shirt weather. Groups of RVs seem to always
bring out crowds and they did this time too.
James led us from Cedar Key into Brooksville to pick up a passenger.
Then Danny led us on into LAL as a 6 ship. It was neat when the
controller ask us if we would like to do a fly by and then set up for
initial ... well yes we would !! That went well and we were soon on
the Sun N Fun grounds pitching tents and tiedowns. They provided dinner
and we visited the museum for a presentation by a photographer who flew
the Lewis and Clark Trail to the Pacific in an open cockpit taking
wonderful pics. Rad ... you would have loved it !!
Cold night in the tent especially for Larry as he forgot his
sleeping bag. Everyone donated sheets and blankets which according to
Larry only partially worked. We awoke Saturday morning to beautiful
weather and a pancake breakfast. 102 planes flew in on Saturday ...
most from Florida. Several seminars were presented and lots of walking
around looking at pretty RVs. The temp on Saturday was great ...
somewhere in the low 70s and blue skies. Around 4:30 we took off as a
flight of 4 and went to Zephyrhills for cheap fuel and a chance to come
back over the SNF grounds in a diamond formation with smoke on !! By
the time we returned ... lots of people had headed home. We checked wx
all day making sure we could get back in today. Everything said the bad
wx would reach our area around 4pm ... wrong !! Ron was called into
spot whales in Wilmington and departed LAL around 3pm for home. The
rest of us camped again. Bon fire and all you could eat chicken ...
life is good !!
This morning we were up early .. packing tents and belongings. Our
group split up for the flight home ... Ken and Danny flew the coast line
home. Larry, James, and I made a stop in Brooksville to drop off a
passenger, take on a little fuel and departed for the trip home with no
planned stops as all the Garmin 396s and 496s were saying get home now
!!! We had a nice tail wind down low and flew home at 2500' showing
ground speeds in the 170s. James headed off for Columbia soon and Larry
and I continued on ... with wx continuing to delcine. We finally hit a
wall of showers around Concord and decided to land as ice was beginning
to form on our windshields.
Got a little fuel, pit stops, calls to home and we were airborne
again for a try to make it home. All was going fine as we hopped our
way from airport to airport toward Winston. We deviated a little west
of the direct route to avoid some showers and that put us close to Twin
Lakes for Larry to head to. I passed by as Larry was turning final.
>From Twin Lakes to INT (only 17 miles) ... my windshield completely iced
over. I had zero forward visibility ... you should have seen me
checking those wings for ice. I got the straight in for Rnwy 4 ...
slipped left and right to set up for landing ... then landed looking out
the side. All went well ... discovered ice was beginning to build on
the wings. I had about a 6" line of ice on the wings .. very thin.
Glad I had no further to fly. My first encounter with ice and I can't
believe how fast it happened. Guess it took an experience for me to
gain true appreciation ... but I have it now.
We all made it back home safe and sound. It was a great weekend
with friends and fun planes !!!
Len Leggette, RV-8A
Greensboro, NC N910LL
570 hrs
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