Barnstorming '06

baldeagle · 13 August 2006, 10:01 PM

Did our annual barnstorming trip to Indiana last week, had a Cub, my Pitts, two Wacos, Aeronca, Pietenpol, Skybolt, and a couple of others in the alfalfa field. Plus 6 Model A's and a 1923 Model T Delivery Truck.

baldeagle · 13 August 2006, 10:03 PM

Then stopped in Ohio on the way home to do some test runs on this for a friend....

AAC Cadet Leader · 14 August 2006, 12:07 AM

baldeagle,
Man, you are livin" the dream!!

With all those red aeroplanes, from a distance looks like a "flyboys" reunion, yes?

Did you have to give Frank a head start in his Pietenpol?

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Originally Posted by baldeagle

Then stopped in Ohio on the way home to do some test runs on this for a friend....

Cool! You fly autogiros, too? That a Pitcairn?

greenknight · 16 August 2006, 07:30 PM

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Originally Posted by baldeagle

Then stopped in Ohio on the way home to do some test runs on this for a friend....

At last fall's Dawn Patrol I talked with a man who was part of a group who was restoring an autogiro just north of Dayton, New Carlisle I think.

Same group, or is there yet another vintage autogiro here in the Buckeye state?

Wind In The Wires · 17 August 2006, 12:37 AM

Paint me envy green!

The clear belly panels and wire reference frame indicate that you're flying the Pitts in competition. What class?

Butch · 13 October 2006, 10:10 AM

On the way to the secret hayfield. Slowed down with the Piper Cub photo plane.
Pete

AAC Cadet Leader · 13 October 2006, 10:16 AM

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On the way to the secret hayfield. Slowed down with the Piper Cub photo plane.
Pete

pete,
barnstorm that beauty out to the west coast and i'll find a passenger for your front seat.

Butch · 13 October 2006, 08:09 PM

First evening on the trip I followed the Baldeagle to a strip mowed out of a corn field that is owned by a country diner. The Piet joined us there and we had dinner.
Pete

Butch · 13 October 2006, 08:12 PM

The second day ended at this bean field somewhere in Ohio. In the near hanger is a Stinson SM8 and a Hisso Standard.
Pete

jumpinjan · 20 November 2006, 04:59 PM

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Originally Posted by baldeagle

Then stopped in Ohio on the way home to do some test runs on this for a friend....

Baldeagle,
Where you at New Carlisle, Ohio airport?
I think that's my friend autogiro. I haven't seen it yet, he has been telling me about it. Gee, had I known you were flying through, I would have stopped in.
Jan