Hoosier Dawn Patrol - Aug. 18-20 - Muncie.

BrianHole · 22 August 2006, 10:02 AM

A great weekend indeed Mike, even though I spent too much of Saturday doing an engine swap. It was nice meeting everyone, looking forward to next year. Hope everyone can come to Hammer Field this coming spring.

Steve Percifield · 23 August 2006, 05:31 PM

Thanks guys for the great pictures and kind words. The event would be nothing without the flyers and I thank every one who attended. the quality of the airplanes and flying was tremendous. There were very few mishaps! Planning for 2007 is already under way. Preliminary date is August 10,11,12, 2007. This has to be confirmed by the AMA. They moved this years event 3 times, so don't set those dates in concrete yet, but that is what I have submitted. Now, I have to get to work building, and hopefully get a transmitter that works for next years fly in.

steve p

WinterHawke · 24 August 2006, 07:58 PM

Steve,

Thanks for a great time (and thanks to all of your team who helped put it together!).

Let us know when you get the video put together - I'll definitely be taking one off your hands!!

And barring catastrophic schedule conflict, I've definitely got this one marked for 2007!

Again, many thanks!

'til later,

Lee McD

26 August 2006, 12:35 PM

I have started posting the first of many video clips from this event. You will find them here: http://www.indyflyer.com/dawn/dawn2006.htm.

I'll be adding several clips each day as I get them finished, so check back!

I, too, had a WONDERFUL time at the event!

Tim Mills

Eindecker_Pilot · 26 August 2006, 06:12 PM

Great Event!

WinterHawke · 26 August 2006, 07:49 PM

Tim Indy,

Great Videos! Looking forward to more! Keep them coming!!

Many thanks,

Lee McD

27 August 2006, 05:38 AM

Lee, I just posted several more! Glad you like them.

Tim

rcart · 28 August 2006, 06:01 PM

Was that ever a great fly-in! Best Dawn Patrol ever for the Hoosier State!
Thank you Steve, more than you will ever know. This has been a dream of mine for some time (to have an old time/ww1 event here in central Indiana).
Steve, your hard work and Matt's also, made it all possible.
Steve, I hope you enjoy all the pictures that Rhonda took. If you didn't receive them, give me a call and I will send them again. I think there were 4 discs that she made of the event.
I had three favorite flights of the weekend.
1. Bill White's Fok DVIII, Greg Emerick's Sopwith Pup and my Nieuport 17 all flying together......on a fly past, Bill was in front and high, I was in and under him and pretty close, then Greg came up from under and behind and started to put the squeeze on me......wow. They looked great all bunched up and flying toward the sun!
2. Lee McDuffy flying Del Johson's DR 1 and me flying my N-17......we did several loops following each other through 5 or six times, some formation type stuff, lots of fly bys, rolls, split s's. Really enjoyable for me from a pilot's point of view.
1 & 2 were all quarter scale planes.
3. My favorite flight! Billy Thompson's 1/3 scale Sopwith Pup, Dale Locander's 1/3 scale Foklker DVII and my 1/3 scale Fokker Eindecker EI.....all in the air at the same time......BIGGER THAN BIG! they took up a lot of sky!
And for me, a step toward fulfilling my goal of 1/3 scale planes filling the air for most of the fly-in. Maybe some day.

rcart · 28 August 2006, 07:20 PM

Tim.....great videos! Thanks for the memories!