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Has anyone seen my Russian #2?

tkatc

Well Known Member
My Russian has escaped again. He refused to give a detailed plan so I must use this forum to track him. No doubt he is in search of free food or lodging. Beware, he looks innocent enough...
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But if given the opportunity....he is very sneaky and will break into anything for food!
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Last seen heading towards the Ohio Valley!
 
Colorado Wednesday - rumor

Rumor is that Russian dude will be in Colorado Wendesday afternoon. If anyone wants a chance to see if he is for real or not, come on up to KGWS.
 
No privacy in this world mods move the thread pleeeease :D
I am just practicing touch and goes.
 
#2

Tony,

I have to ask .... who is your #1 Russian?

Edit: OK, now I get it ... The Prisoner
 
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Alfio,
I made the title #2 because this is the second thread where I had to send out a VAF APB. He has escaped once this year already....thus #2.

I do this as a public service announcement for unsuspecting VAFers. I would hate to see what happened to me happen to anyone else...
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I'm curious why he has just landed at 4 airports in central Nebraska within the past few hours. All are within about a 30 mile stretch. No gas to be found? No free lodging? He's in Grand Island. Someone go feed that guy.:confused:
 
Vlad's trip

Had hoped to meet Vlad at KGWS,
But with my timing, I'll have to look down
from 35,000 ft. to see him.
Maybe another trip.
 
My Russian has escaped again. He refused to give a detailed plan so I must use this forum to track him. No doubt he is in search of free food or lodging. Beware, he looks innocent enough...
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But if given the opportunity....he is very sneaky and will break into anything for food!
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Last seen heading towards the Ohio Valley!


Maybe he is heading toward the "People's Socialist Republic of California" on the LEFT Coast.

IF he is an old Socialist Russian, he will find lots of friends there.

IF he is a new freedom loving Russian that flys an RV, he will also find friends in the NRA like me (and my friends) that will provide aid, comfort, and shelter to all freedom loving RV pilots that can reach the Left Coast. We will do our best to keep him safe and hide him from those that hunt him down.
 
Proof he was here

Well, I went to the airport just before lunch ... and this silver flash came screaming down the runway.
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He circled around and dropped over the trees onto the runway.
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Notice his front wheel is still off the ground almost at the end of his rollout
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We went to lunch and then I even got a chance to fly - boy are the controls "light"!
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Off to the hot springs pool then a nice Chineese dinner. Great day overall. He isn't as bad as everyone says. I did put a lock on the fridge - just to be sure we had something for breakfast.
 
ABQ Balloon Fiesta preparations

We are planning a green chili :eek: welcome for Vlad at the Fiesta this evening!
 
Oh boy - Vlad is having too much fun!!

Vlad looks like you are making great progress! Looking forward to some amazing pictures inyour write up. Your tracker is working very well even in them mountains.
 
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"Vlad's Courier Service" - stop off in Toledo for some Adam's Ribs". Dnt forget the extra sauce. Thanks.

But don't forget the cole slaw...a classic M*A*S*H reference puts a smile on my face in the morning. Thanks.
 
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New Mexico has been invaded!

Looks like Vlad is wandering aimlessly around NM. I guess he is trying to
find Albuquerque;)
 
Magazine article

This article was in my Sports Illustrated magazine today. Geez, Vlad is everywhere. :D
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Weather

I think Vlad got turned around by weather that was south of T or C. Radar was showing a pretty large area of level 1 & 2 precip centered right over the Space Port.
 
Found him

Looks like Vlad made Albuquerque or at least his plane did.
He is probably in a food coma somewhere after eating a bunch of red chille enchiladas!

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Chris Olsen
N2ZK RV-4 @ KAEG
 
Vlad Spotting...

It's not the zoo, but Zebra's are everywhere, controlling the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta. :D Plenty of food and beverages. We'll release him on Saturday morning.

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She doesn't look like my Babushka

Vlad, tell us about this babushka!

:rolleyes: CJ

I admit since my Babushka passed away many years ago, I don't hear Russian spoken much, but Babushka always meant Grandmother to me. The nice looking woman Vlad is pictured with does not look like a Grandmother to me!
 
I see Vlad has his red laser eye turned on. He flicked that on a few times when he was here in Nova Scotia, during similar circumstances. I gotta learn how to speak Russian. :D
 
Hmmmm....if his tracker doesn't reply in the next hour then I suspect the plane is grounded or the tracker is broken. He would never stop flying for 2 days straight!!!
 
Crazy Ivan?

Every now and then, his track makes an abrupt turn or zig-zag. In submarines, they call this a 'crazy Ivan' and it is used to clear baffles, meaning to check to see if someone was in your sonar blind spot.

From now on, when I'm turning to 'check 6' I'm going to call it a 'Crazy Vlad' :D
 
Every now and then, his track makes an abrupt turn or zig-zag. In submarines, they call this a 'crazy Ivan' and it is used to clear baffles, meaning to check to see if someone was in your sonar blind spot.

From now on, when I'm turning to 'check 6' I'm going to call it a 'Crazy Vlad' :D

Hmmmm, I see that you have never flown with him.

HEY LOOK! A squirrel!

;). CJ
 
yep the "Crazy Ivan" was a submarine tactic....now I might think of it as a "hey look a squirrel"....maybe those Ruskies weren't checking their six, but just distracted by some corral formation. :D
 
Limited Climb rate

Vlad had two pre-flight inspections this morning....

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Debriefing? :D You make the caption.....

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:D
 
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Caption

"No. Really. I just fly places and people give me food and let me sleep in their homes. Here, get in the plane and I'll show you."
 
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