---------------------------------------------------------- RVSouthEast-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Mon 01/22/07: 15 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 02:36 AM - Re: Trip to Lakeland (long) (Bill Settle) 2. 05:04 AM - Re: Trip to Lakeland (long) (Larry Bowen) 3. 05:23 AM - Re: Trip to Lakeland (long) (Bill Boyd) 4. 05:26 AM - Re: Trip to Lakeland (long) (James Clark) 5. 05:50 AM - Re: Trip to Lakeland (long) (James Clark) 6. 06:09 AM - Re: Trip to Lakeland (long) (Larry Bowen) 7. 07:03 AM - Re: RVSouthEast-List Digest: 5 Msgs - 01/21/07 (lee.logan@gulfstream.com) 8. 07:34 AM - Re: Re: RVSouthEast-List Digest: 5 Msgs - 01/21/07 (Lenleg@aol.com) 9. 08:13 AM - Re: Trip to Lakeland (long) (Oliver Washburn) 10. 08:57 AM - Orndorffs moving (Lenleg@aol.com) 11. 01:24 PM - Re: Trip to Lakeland (long) (luckymacy@comcast.net (lucky)) 12. 02:56 PM - Re: Trip to Lakeland (long) (Larry Bowen) 13. 03:19 PM - Re: Re: Trip to Lakeland (long) (Bill Settle) 14. 04:36 PM - Re: Trip to Lakeland (long) (Tim Bolton) 15. 05:30 PM - Fw: Weekend in Lakeland! (James Clark) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 02:36:52 AM PST US From: Bill Settle Subject: Re: RVSouthEast-List: Trip to Lakeland (long) Great write-up. Thanks for sharing... Larry, do you have any video? Thanks, Bill Settle. > > From: Lenleg@aol.com > Date: 2007/01/21 Sun PM 08:21:55 EST > 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 > > ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 05:04:46 AM PST US Subject: Re: RVSouthEast-List: Trip to Lakeland (long) From: "Larry Bowen" I took some video on the way back via the tail cam, but it was after 150 miles of flight already, so the lens was pretty dirty. It didn't turn out very well. I have a dozen pictures I could share tonight though. -- Larry Bowen Larry@BowenAero.com http://BowenAero.com Bill Settle wrote: > > > Great write-up. Thanks for sharing... Larry, do you have any video? > > Thanks, > Bill Settle. >> >> From: Lenleg@aol.com >> Date: 2007/01/21 Sun PM 08:21:55 EST >> 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 >> >> > > ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 05:23:25 AM PST US From: "Bill Boyd" Subject: Re: RVSouthEast-List: Trip to Lakeland (long) So, let me see if I have this right: collectively, you forgot fuel, sleeping gear, an IFR rating and to equip your RV for flight into known icing conditions... as forgetful as you guys are becoming, it's a wonder I still have you around to pick on. Shall I send some Aricept samples, if I can find some? They claim it helps stop the progression of... I forget the name of the condition it's for. Really glad to hear you're back safe. The "sound" part I'm still debating. -Stormy On 1/21/07, Larry Bowen wrote: > > > 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 > > href="http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?RVSouthEast-List">http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?RVSouthEast-List > href="http://forums.matronics.com">http://forums.matronics.com > > ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 05:26:59 AM PST US From: "James Clark" Subject: Re: RVSouthEast-List: Trip to Lakeland (long) Sorry to hear that the lens as dirty. I was looking forward to seeing that footage. :-( And the ones I took about then didn't turn out well either, due to "technicalities". James On 1/22/07, Larry Bowen wrote: > > > > > I took some video on the way back via the tail cam, but it was after 150 > miles of flight already, so the lens was pretty dirty. It didn't turn out > very well. I have a dozen pictures I could share tonight though. > > -- > Larry Bowen > Larry@BowenAero.com > http://BowenAero.com > > Bill Settle wrote: > > > > > > Great write-up. Thanks for sharing... Larry, do you have any video? > > > > Thanks, > > Bill Settle. > >> > >> From: Lenleg@aol.com > >> Date: 2007/01/21 Sun PM 08:21:55 EST > >> 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 > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- This is an alternate email. Please continue to email me at james@nextupventures.com . ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ Time: 05:50:19 AM PST US From: "James Clark" Subject: Re: RVSouthEast-List: Trip to Lakeland (long) Minor "corrections" so the perceptions about my "wingmen" below. :-) James On 1/22/07, Bill Boyd wrote: > > > So, let me see if I have this right: collectively, you forgot fuel, No, he decided that it would be prudent to stop early and take on more fuel once he got additional data from the other members of the flight. And given the relative speed of his plane and his wingmen's willingness to adjust accordingly, the determined they could be "on station" in time and thus he made the stop. :-) sleeping gear, an IFR rating and to equip your RV for flight into No. This wingman was introduced to a totally different set of plans by changes that occurred in the team makeup. BUT, realizing that he was "covered" by his other wingmen, who had all the necessary backup', he decided that it would be fine to proceed so that the team could arrive as a team. :-) No. What IFR? Horizontal visibility remained 10 miles plus outside the plane. :-) known icing conditions... as forgetful as you guys are becoming, it's No. What known icing? Only a few "see-through" showers. See above. :-) a wonder I still have you around to pick on. Shall I send some > Aricept samples, if I can find some? They claim it helps stop the > progression of... I forget the name of the condition it's for. Ah, now what were we talking about?? :-) :-) Really glad to hear you're back safe. The "sound" part I'm still debating. Yes, it is good for the team to all be back safely. On a serious note, I was about 25-30 miles out from Columbia and could see the skyline clearly but ran into some light showers that I could **NOT** see. I had this happen once a year or two back while going to Florida in the winter and in a matter of a few **SECONDS** my canopy had iced up. NOTHING of the sort forecast and the OAT was above freezing where I was. Did a 180 and descended. Cleared up. I decide to go back to Columbia and land. James -Stormy > > On 1/21/07, Larry Bowen wrote: > > > > > > 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 > > > > href="http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?RVSouthEast-List"> > http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?RVSouthEast-List > > href="http://forums.matronics.com">http://forums.matronics.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- This is an alternate email. Please continue to email me at james@nextupventures.com . ________________________________ Message 6 _____________________________________ Time: 06:09:25 AM PST US Subject: Re: RVSouthEast-List: Trip to Lakeland (long) From: "Larry Bowen" Sounds like the "Phlying Photographers" better not quit their day job. :) -- Larry Bowen Larry@BowenAero.com http://BowenAero.com James Clark wrote: > Sorry to hear that the lens as dirty. I was looking forward to seeing that > footage. :-( > > And the ones I took about then didn't turn out well either, due to > "technicalities". > > James > > > On 1/22/07, Larry Bowen wrote: >> >> > > >> >> I took some video on the way back via the tail cam, but it was after 150 >> miles of flight already, so the lens was pretty dirty. It didn't turn >> out >> very well. I have a dozen pictures I could share tonight though. >> >> -- >> Larry Bowen >> Larry@BowenAero.com >> http://BowenAero.com >> >> Bill Settle wrote: >> > >> > >> > Great write-up. Thanks for sharing... Larry, do you have any video? >> > >> > Thanks, >> > Bill Settle. >> >> >> >> From: Lenleg@aol.com >> >> Date: 2007/01/21 Sun PM 08:21:55 EST >> >> 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 >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > -- > This is an alternate email. Please continue to email me at > james@nextupventures.com . > ________________________________ Message 7 _____________________________________ Time: 07:03:45 AM PST US Subject: RVSouthEast-List: Re: RVSouthEast-List Digest: 5 Msgs - 01/21/07 From: lee.logan@gulfstream.com Wonderful story, Len. Great time had by all!! I, on the other hand, reported to my hangar dutifully both days this weekend (as I do nearly every day) and pounded away on "Big Blue". You guys will have to put up with me on a few of these flights later this year (my engine is due in a month). I nearly choked when I read "taxi into the village for lunch"!! I thought "what a great place!!" Then I realized I had read a bit too much into that sentence and had a good laugh at myself!! Good flying, all... Lee... ________________________________ Message 8 _____________________________________ Time: 07:34:10 AM PST US From: Lenleg@aol.com Subject: Re: RVSouthEast-List: Re: RVSouthEast-List Digest: 5 Msgs - 01/21/07 Ken and Speedy flew right over your airport on Sunday coming home and said they could not spot you on the ground !! Len In a message dated 1/22/2007 10:04:46 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, lee.logan@gulfstream.com writes: --> RVSouthEast-List message posted by: lee.logan@gulfstream.com Wonderful story, Len. Great time had by all!! I, on the other hand, reported to my hangar dutifully both days this weekend (as I do nearly every day) and pounded away on "Big Blue". You guys will have to put up with me on a few of these flights later this year (my engine is due in a month). I nearly choked when I read "taxi into the village for lunch"!! I thought "what a great place!!" Then I realized I had read a bit too much into that sentence and had a good laugh at myself!! Good flying, all... Lee... ________________________________ Message 9 _____________________________________ Time: 08:13:06 AM PST US From: "Oliver Washburn" Subject: Re: RVSouthEast-List: Trip to Lakeland (long) Here are a few pictures I took at Lakeland. What a great weekend. http://picasaweb.google.com/OllieS7S/SFRVs107 Ollie 6A Loves Landing Airpark, FL ----- Original Message ----- From: Tim Bolton To: rvsoutheast-list@matronics.com Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2007 11:28 PM Subject: Re: RVSouthEast-List: 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. ________________________________ Message 10 ____________________________________ Time: 08:57:54 AM PST US From: Lenleg@aol.com Subject: RVSouthEast-List: Orndorffs moving ________________________________ Message 11 ____________________________________ Time: 01:24:59 PM PST US From: luckymacy@comcast.net (lucky) Subject: Re: RVSouthEast-List: Trip to Lakeland (long) Looked like a lot of fun. It was 23 degrees F in my hangar while doing my conditional inspection over the weekend. Kept trying to remember why I moved from Florida up to PA in between the shivers. -------------- Original message -------------- From: "Oliver Washburn" Here are a few pictures I took at Lakeland. What a great weekend. http://picasaweb.google.com/OllieS7S/SFRVs107 Ollie 6A Loves Landing Airpark, FL ----- Original Message ----- From: Tim Bolton Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2007 11:28 PM Subject: Re: RVSouthEast-List: Trip to Lakeland (long) We want pictures! Tim Bolton Charlotte, NC www.TheRV7.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Larry Bowen Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2007 9:29 PM Subject: RE: RVSouthEast-List: Trip to Lakeland (long) Yes, yet another excellent adventure.
Looked like a lot of fun.  It was 23 degrees F in my hangar while doing my conditional inspection over the weekend.  Kept trying to remember why I moved from Florida up to PA in between the shivers.
 
 
 
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Here are a few pictures I took at Lakeland. What a great weekend.
 
 
Ollie  6A   Loves Landing Airpark, FL
----- Original Message -----
From: Tim Bolton
Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2007 11:28 PM
Subject: Re: RVSouthEast-List: Trip to Lakeland (long)

We want pictures!
 

Tim Bolton
Charlotte, NC
www.TheRV7.com
 
 
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Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2007 9:29 PM
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Yes, yet another excellent adventure.
________________________________ Message 12 ____________________________________ Time: 02:56:36 PM PST US From: "Larry Bowen" Subject: RE: RVSouthEast-List: Trip to Lakeland (long) Here's a couple: http://picasaweb.google.com/BowenAero/LakelandFL - Larry Bowen Larry@BowenAero.com http://BowenAero.com _____ From: Tim Bolton [mailto:timbolton@therv7.com] Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2007 11:29 PM Subject: Re: RVSouthEast-List: Trip to Lakeland (long) We want pictures! Tim Bolton Charlotte, NC www.TheRV7.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Larry Bowen 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 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 href="http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?RVSouthEast-List">http://www.matron ics.com/Navigator?RVSouthEast-List href="http://forums.matronics.com">http://forums.matronics.com href="http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?RVSouthEast-List">http://www.matron ics.com/Navigator?RVSouthEast-List href="http://forums.matronics.com">http://forums.matronics.com ________________________________ Message 13 ____________________________________ Time: 03:19:26 PM PST US From: Bill Settle Subject: Re: RE: RVSouthEast-List: Trip to Lakeland (long) Great pictures Larry. Thanks! > > From: "Larry Bowen" > Date: 2007/01/22 Mon PM 05:54:57 EST > To: > Subject: RE: RVSouthEast-List: Trip to Lakeland (long) > > Here's a couple: > > http://picasaweb.google.com/BowenAero/LakelandFL > > - > Larry Bowen > Larry@BowenAero.com > http://BowenAero.com > > > > > _____ > > From: Tim Bolton [mailto:timbolton@therv7.com] > Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2007 11:29 PM > To: rvsoutheast-list@matronics.com > Subject: Re: RVSouthEast-List: 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 > > > > > href="http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?RVSouthEast-List">http://www.matron > ics.com/Navigator?RVSouthEast-List > > href="http://forums.matronics.com">http://forums.matronics.com > > > > > > > > > > href="http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?RVSouthEast-List">http://www.matron > ics.com/Navigator?RVSouthEast-List > > href="http://forums.matronics.com">http://forums.matronics.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ Message 14 ____________________________________ Time: 04:36:24 PM PST US From: "Tim Bolton" Subject: Re: RVSouthEast-List: Trip to Lakeland (long) Looks like there was nice turn out. I hope to make it some day. Thanks for the photos. Tim Bolton Charlotte, NC www.TheRV7.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Larry Bowen To: rvsoutheast-list@matronics.com Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 5:54 PM Subject: RE: RVSouthEast-List: Trip to Lakeland (long) Here's a couple: http://picasaweb.google.com/BowenAero/LakelandFL - Larry Bowen Larry@BowenAero.com http://BowenAero.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- From: Tim Bolton [mailto:timbolton@therv7.com] Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2007 11:29 PM To: rvsoutheast-list@matronics.com Subject: Re: RVSouthEast-List: 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 href="http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?RVSouthEast-List">http://www.m atronics.com/Navigator?RVSouthEast-List href="http://forums.matronics.com">http://forums.matronics.com href="http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?RVSouthEast-List">http://www.m atronics.com/Navigator?RVSouthEast-List href="http://forums.matronics.com">http://forums.matronics.com href="http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?RVSouthEast-List">http://www.m atronics.com/Navigator?RVSouthEast-List href="http://forums.matronics.com">http://forums.matronics.com ________________________________ Message 15 ____________________________________ Time: 05:30:53 PM PST US From: "James Clark" Subject: RVSouthEast-List: Fwd: Weekend in Lakeland! Danny's (Speedy's) perspective ... James ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Daniel.Kight@shawinc.com Subject: Weekend in Lakeland! Cc: james@nextupventures.com, KHarrill@osa.state.sc.us, ronschreck@alltel.net, rkharr@gmail.com, paulf@ncsu.edu, tadsargent@bellsouth.net, Daniel.Kight@shawinc.com, bill28104@yahoo.com The Palmetto Wing had an outstanding trip to Lakeland for the RV fly-in this weekend! Friday morning we ("Speedy"/Ken Alderman, Ken Harrill/Melinda, James Clark, , Len "Cover Boy" Leggett, Ron "Smokey" Schreck, and Larry Bowen) met up in Hazelhurst, GA for a top off of $2.80/gal 100LL. Smokey led the 6-ship to Cedar Key for lunch, and a short taxi ride into town had us chowing down on grouper sandwiches, shrimp sandwiches, and complimentary swamp cabbage (hearts of palm). To keep from being completely overgross on takeoff (and save the $5/head taxi ride) we walked the mile back to the airport, where James led the flight on a short hop into Brooksville to pick up his friend, Nancy. I led the flight from Brooksville into Lakeland, and you couldn't have asked for better cooperation from the tower. As soon as I checked the flight in on tower frequency, he asked if we wanted to do any fly-bys and whether we wanted the initial for landing. Affirmative on both counts! We taxied in to the area beside the new Cessna Center and set up camp with 7 or 8 other RVs that had come in on Friday. It was really strange seeing "Sun-n-Fun" without the usual crush of planes, people, vendors, etc. It was very cool having the place to ourselves and being able to camp right beside our planes, with the bathhouse, and flush toilets all within 100 feet! Saturday was great, with almost 100 RVs coming in to eat, socialize with old and new friends, and attend the forums. Vic Syracuse and his wife showed up in their beautiful RV-10, and Steve Coleman came up from Jax in his -4. It was good to see all of you! Smokey had to return home, but later in the afternoon, I led a 4-ship (Speedy, James, Ken, and Cover Boy) to Zephyr Hills for fuel, and as an excuse to do a little formation flying. There was a guy there who was very excited to see the "show" and ran over to us to take our picture with his 110 Instamatic camera. Taxiing out, Cover Boy hammed it up by waving and blowing kisses to the imaginary crowd. That cinched his new call sign...... Heading back to LAL, the sun was getting low and the light was golden. Again, the tower anticipated what I wanted, and we made a perfect diamond pass (with smoke) in the butter-smooth air. Man, it doesn't get much better than that! We all sat around a big fire Saturday night, roasting marshmallows and swapping lies. Sunday morning it was donuts and coffee, then strike the tents, saddle up and RTB. Cover Boy and Larry left first to try and beat the ice to Winston, NC (which they barely did), James took Nancy back to Brooksville, then went on to Columbia, and Ken and I made a 2-ship up the GA coastline. What a spectacular route! We wanted to have lunch in Columbia with everyone, but after a quick look at the radar, decided to beat feet back to Anderson. We landed and got the plane in the hangar just before the serious rain started! To everyone who went, thanks for a memorable weekend of friends, fun, and flying. To those who didn't go, you really missed an outstanding weekend- put it on your calendar for next year. Speedy ********************************************************** Privileged and/or confidential information may be contained in this message. If you are not the addressee indicated in this message (or are not responsible for delivery of this message to that person) , you may not copy or deliver this message to anyone. In such case, you should destroy this message and notify the sender by reply e-mail. If you or your employer do not consent to Internet e-mail for messages of this kind, please advise the sender. 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