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02-15-2009, 12:40 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: MN
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Birthday Flight
The bad news - I woke up today 1 year older........
The good news - the weather is clear, I have an RV-9A, and a kid that loves to fly........so....
Off we went. One of our favorite destinations is Rushford- 55Y a beautiful little country airport with a great pilot lounge.
Over the St Croix river on the way down
Kate assumes XC mode
No big city hassles....
Nice Lounge!
Whatta Day!
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Pete
Amateur Plane - RV-9A N789PH - 2350+ Hrs
Amateur Radio - KD0CVN
Doggies Delivered - 25+
St. Paul, MN
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02-15-2009, 01:05 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: St. Paul, MN.
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ANOTHER great write-up, Pete. Boy, looking at that next to the last picture, it's not hard to see why Rushford had a flash flood a couple of years ago (I wrote about it here) .
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02-15-2009, 01:14 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Dayton Airpark, NV A34
Posts: 15,408
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Happy Birthday. 
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Mike Starkey
VAF 909
Rv-10, N210LM.
Flying as of 12/4/2010
Phase 1 done, 2/4/2011
Sold after 240+ wonderful hours of flight.
"Flying the airplane is more important than radioing your plight to a person on the ground incapable of understanding or doing anything about it."
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02-15-2009, 02:28 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Maple Grove, MN
Posts: 2,330
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Quote:
Originally Posted by petehowell
The bad news - I woke up today 1 year older........
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No, I think the bad news would be if you didn't wake up today...
Happy Birthday Pete! Codger! 
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Alex Peterson
RV6A N66AP 1700+ hours
KADC, Wadena, MN
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02-15-2009, 02:29 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: MN
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Tough Question
In the local area - I really like Rushford. Nice setting, approach to 34 is kind of carrier like. The people are friendly and they have an airport dog!
The STOL-port at Steamboat Springs is hard to beat for scenery and they are nice folks, too.
Overall it is hard to beat the home Aerodrome, Blaine/Anoka county. Cheap gas and some really great tower controllers.
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Pete
Amateur Plane - RV-9A N789PH - 2350+ Hrs
Amateur Radio - KD0CVN
Doggies Delivered - 25+
St. Paul, MN
Last edited by petehowell : 02-15-2009 at 07:16 PM.
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02-16-2009, 11:24 AM
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Northern CA
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No, I think the bad news would be if you didn't wake up today...
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Very well said Alex!!
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02-16-2009, 01:51 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Posts: 71
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X/C mode
Great PICS, my daughter would do the same thing, probably 5 min. into most flights. Savor every minute of that kid stuff, it is over soooo fast. Nothing is more important than time with your kids, you can never get missed opportunities back. The memory's dang near bring tears to my eye's. Gene
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02-16-2009, 02:28 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Paradise,Pa S37
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Big thumbs up for Rushford
I agree Pete
I stopped at Rushford on my way to ND last summer, no one around but the lounge was great!!
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02-16-2009, 06:42 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 155
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Birthday
Pete,
Another year older, and wiser. Sure beats the alternative. Another positive is that you have accomplished a lot during this last year and now we are off to conquer more challenges this year. Kate is a great traveling companion. When I get my avionics straightened out, or at least muted I will take her up in my plane so she can take pictures of her hero, her dad.
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