EAA 650

Air Show at Edwards Air Force Base in California, 2009 http://home.comcast.net/~ bzee1a/Edwards09/Edwards09. html thanks bill

A bunch of planes, some you may not have seen before. http://www.slide.com/r/ uozXGD4k5T- LHV89ctzL6UZKwmwWM8Od? previous_view=TICKER

A quick "trip report" from the pilot of the 747 that flew the shuttle back to Florida after the Hubble repair flight. A humorous and interesting inside look at what it's like to fly two aircraft at once . . (I have decided to adopt one of "Triple Nickel's" phrases : "That was too close for MY laundry!") Walt and all, Well, it's been 48 hours since I landed the 747 with the shuttle Atlantis on top and I am still buzzing from the experience. I have to say that my whole mind, body and soul went into the professional mode just before engine start in Mississippi, and stayed there, where it all needed to be, until well after the flight...in fact, I am not sure if it is all back to normal as I type this email. The experience was surreal. Seeing that "thing" on top of an already overly huge aircraft boggles my mind. The whole mission from takeoff to engine shutdown was unlike anything I had ever done. It was like a dream... som...

a post from Willis brings us this, http://www.nrk.no/programmer/ tv/fbi/1.6837530 Some interesting places to land and takeoff. Though it is written in Norwegian the Youtube clips say it all.

http://www.youtube.com/watch_ popup?v=nKU0uQki5Dc from Bill H.

18 Young Eagles flew on September 19th.

Many planes and great weather. Not sure what he is looking for, but I thought it was a good picture.

http://picasaweb.google.com/eaa650/BuildersDay2009?feat=directlink

Builders Day started out a little cold and windy, but by the end of the day it was warmer, and sunny. These first pictures are of Steve Johnson's kit which he taxied over so we could get a closer look at it. Click on the pictures to get a better look. Then we went over to Jim LeSeure's. Thanks to Jim for getting this event arranged. On to Richard Frisbie's. I stopped by Peter Zabriskie's on the way, but he was out looking at the other planes. Peter if you have some photos to share, send them along. And then on to Russ Goodwines If you did not make it too all of the sites, you missed some good brownies, and a first hand look into the planes that you will probably see on the ramp or flying over head in the future.

Ralph sent this link along. http://video.google.com:80/videoplay?docid=4368250464023128830&pr=googsl

CHAPTER 650 FLYOUT TO SIKESTON, MO Saturday, November 1st, dawned a warm sunny fall morning. The hills were adorned in their fall splendor, the winds were calm, the sky was clear, and the donuts and coffee were rapidly disappearing in the Sisco/ Jacobs hangar. Due to the efforts of Bill Allen, our official flyout coach and group motivator, 22 members and guests gathered at 8:30 a.m. to plan and execute a ten plane caravan with the aim of subduing growling stomachs at the infamous Lambert’s, thrown yeast rolls in your face, restaurant in Sikeston, MO. Attending aircraft ranged from a Cessna 140 up to a Cessna 310 with a couple of Mooneys, a Glastar, a 172, and a few 150’s sprinkled in. The slower ships launched first with most everyone airborne by 9:30 or so. The Cardinal express deemed visibility through the windscreen a reasonable preflight item and so brought up the rear with a late start. Lamberts provided courtesy van pickup at the airport, (SIK), and r...

Finally getting around to getting these posted, makes me want to visit these projects again to see how they have progressed. The first four here are a look at Jim Leseure's project. I had a bit more coffee in me when I got to Mr Pratt's plane, so I got a few more pictures of it. I know that Richard Frisbee's project has progressed from here, as I helped him carry some of these pieces around to his workshop.

These planes came in on their way to their natural habitat, Lee Bottom. 9-7-2008 20 inch Tires Oleo System Pilot Taxiing Mail Compartment Clean Underneath Passenger Compartment all the comforts Window with a View Pilot Space From the Tail Right Wing Walkway Fuel Guage and Filler Big Plane Big Motor Dual Exhaust Mail Compartment Left Wing Pilot in Back Passenger Front Fuel Guage Ready Bigger than it looks On the line Stearman with Wheel Pants Passenger Front Pilot back From the Tail Below you'll find a shaky windy video, if you have the bandwidth it might be worth watching, might not.