What a beautiful day for a road trip! The sun is shining and its nice a warm. My buddy Mike and I hopped in the car hit Starbucks for a Coffee and drove out to the Red Deer Airport. The Red Deer flying club was hosting their annual Fly-in Breakfast. What a treat. Breakfast was the usual fair. Eggs, Pancakes, Ham and Coffee. We showed up just about 8:30am. We were in for a treat. Mike spotted the F1 rocket straight away. We decided to eat first and then go stroll around. But wouldn't you know, the F1 rocket and an RV7 were soon getting set to leave. Unfortunately mike didn't get a chance to look over the F1 rocket. I know he's burning for having questions answered as he's just getting into his F1 build.
But the disappointment of missing a plane didn't last long as there where so many other great planes around. A very nice Shinn 2150 was at the show, and the pilot was kind enough to let me jump into the cockpit. A tight fit for my 6'-3" frame. But so much fun nonetheless.
There were a good number of RV7A's on hand which I was in heaven. Pilot Jay who I met last year had his out but he has switched his rudder out with the original (RV9?) rudder configuration the RV7 was to have. He was very pleased with the handling of the plane with it. Pilot Eugene was there as well as a few other new folks that I got to meet. I took a ton of pictures of little build details, or differences that I keep for future reference for all those future head scratching moments. Just a wealth of great information. By the time we were ready to head for home, my cheeks were sore from smiling...what a good day.
