DesertFox4
03-28-2011, 04:21 PM
The chairs are all picked up and stored away. The mattresses piled in the corner of the hangar. The place is as it was before 50 + aviation enthusiasts and approx. 30 aircraft filled the Foster property on the S.E. end of Thunder Ridge air park over last weekend. I'd call the annual get together a smashing success. Weather over the air park was pretty good. Temps in the upper 70's and low 80's with blue skies. Winds picked up to 15 mph during the afternoons but did not interfere with those that wanted to take to the air for a little local flying.
Food was plentiful as were good conversations. Many new faces and aircraft were in attendance this year. Great to see so many of our members again who've attended almost every event since its inception. If you are a regular and couldn't attend, you were mentioned several times and missed.
Of course we missed our friend Robert Oliver this year and his absence was felt by all who knew and love him along with several other members who have passed on and meant so much to us over the years.
As in past years, James Johnson and Stan Specht, both from Colorado, arrived early to help with preparations and stayed over to help with clean up. Thanks guys. I enjoyed every minute with you.:)
Friday saw several arrivals. The first "official" arrival was Jim Chapman from California in his model 4.
It was fun to stand by the runway and watch 8 aircraft fly in from California. The group was comprised of Avids, Rans , a CT, a Remos G3 600, a GY20 MiniCab, Model 5 Kitfox, and a Diamond. They are a fun group and it was a pleasure to meet Big John and his wife Becki and see their nice model 5 up close. Love that paint job Big John. Thanks for bringing your group over. Hope to see you all next year if it works out.
Two couples drove from California to attend due to weather concerns. Even bad weather wouldn't keep them away. Thanks John and BJ and Jim and Sheila.
Doyle Narry from Id. brought his new Model 7. Nice Kitfox Doyle. Mark and Ty Ferkin flew down in their Rans with Hal Stockton in his new Rans.
Paul Z. from Texas gave it a good old college try to get to this years fly in but was thwarted by nasty headwinds all across Texas. Thanks for the gallant try Paul. We'll get to fly together some day soon.
After a short local flight Saturday , I landed and was surprised to see John McBean visiting with folks. He couldn't stay long due to business obligations but it was a nice surprise and great to see him even for a short visit.
DesertFox1 had his beautiful Vixen , Bill Prokes with his Rotec powered model 4 and John McBean along with Alan Nephew in the factory demo. Super Sport 7.
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Murle and Donna Williams (DesertFox 5) drove in. Murle was put to work in a mini-Poly Fiber demonstration on the bottom of a local aircraft. Someone working always draws a crowd.
Many of our local DFS members were in attendance including Andrew Wickstrom and his friend Sue. Andrew was our first sworn in or sworn at member way back in the beginning. Great to have DesertFox7 in attendance again and Sue, it was great meeting you.
A large group of new "inductee's" were sworn in as is the custom, after Saturday nights dinner was over. Col. E.T. Holm (DesertFox6) gave the oath. It gets better every year. Thanks E.T.
One attendee we were all inspired by was Wayne Flemington from California. Wayne flies a CT he specially equipped with hand controls. The same CT he flew both ways across America last year along with his friends Dillard "Doc" Williams and Les Seymour who were also in attendance with him here. His disability does not stop him from his aviation passion. Read more about Wayne at this link.
http://www.myvalleynews.com/story/52881/
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It's fun to see how much the event has grown since its inception. Phil, Stan and Cara should be proud to have brought such a great group of like minded aviators together. I've sure had a ton of fun hanging around with these folks and look forward to many more years. If you've never attended I hope you can attend next year. It may be even bigger. Lots of new Kitfox's about to spring to life around here and more being delivered every day to lucky builders.
Food was plentiful as were good conversations. Many new faces and aircraft were in attendance this year. Great to see so many of our members again who've attended almost every event since its inception. If you are a regular and couldn't attend, you were mentioned several times and missed.
Of course we missed our friend Robert Oliver this year and his absence was felt by all who knew and love him along with several other members who have passed on and meant so much to us over the years.
As in past years, James Johnson and Stan Specht, both from Colorado, arrived early to help with preparations and stayed over to help with clean up. Thanks guys. I enjoyed every minute with you.:)
Friday saw several arrivals. The first "official" arrival was Jim Chapman from California in his model 4.
It was fun to stand by the runway and watch 8 aircraft fly in from California. The group was comprised of Avids, Rans , a CT, a Remos G3 600, a GY20 MiniCab, Model 5 Kitfox, and a Diamond. They are a fun group and it was a pleasure to meet Big John and his wife Becki and see their nice model 5 up close. Love that paint job Big John. Thanks for bringing your group over. Hope to see you all next year if it works out.
Two couples drove from California to attend due to weather concerns. Even bad weather wouldn't keep them away. Thanks John and BJ and Jim and Sheila.
Doyle Narry from Id. brought his new Model 7. Nice Kitfox Doyle. Mark and Ty Ferkin flew down in their Rans with Hal Stockton in his new Rans.
Paul Z. from Texas gave it a good old college try to get to this years fly in but was thwarted by nasty headwinds all across Texas. Thanks for the gallant try Paul. We'll get to fly together some day soon.
After a short local flight Saturday , I landed and was surprised to see John McBean visiting with folks. He couldn't stay long due to business obligations but it was a nice surprise and great to see him even for a short visit.
DesertFox1 had his beautiful Vixen , Bill Prokes with his Rotec powered model 4 and John McBean along with Alan Nephew in the factory demo. Super Sport 7.
2121
Murle and Donna Williams (DesertFox 5) drove in. Murle was put to work in a mini-Poly Fiber demonstration on the bottom of a local aircraft. Someone working always draws a crowd.
Many of our local DFS members were in attendance including Andrew Wickstrom and his friend Sue. Andrew was our first sworn in or sworn at member way back in the beginning. Great to have DesertFox7 in attendance again and Sue, it was great meeting you.
A large group of new "inductee's" were sworn in as is the custom, after Saturday nights dinner was over. Col. E.T. Holm (DesertFox6) gave the oath. It gets better every year. Thanks E.T.
One attendee we were all inspired by was Wayne Flemington from California. Wayne flies a CT he specially equipped with hand controls. The same CT he flew both ways across America last year along with his friends Dillard "Doc" Williams and Les Seymour who were also in attendance with him here. His disability does not stop him from his aviation passion. Read more about Wayne at this link.
http://www.myvalleynews.com/story/52881/
2122
It's fun to see how much the event has grown since its inception. Phil, Stan and Cara should be proud to have brought such a great group of like minded aviators together. I've sure had a ton of fun hanging around with these folks and look forward to many more years. If you've never attended I hope you can attend next year. It may be even bigger. Lots of new Kitfox's about to spring to life around here and more being delivered every day to lucky builders.