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Old 07-17-2015, 08:09 PM
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Felt REALLY strange when told to monitor tower and NOTHING was being said! :-) Winds were 270 gusting to something that made most other pilots feel it was best to take RWY 27. I was set (mentally) for 36 so I took it and got right in with NO OTHER PLANE anywhere nearby. Wow! :-)
What time was that CB? I hit Ripon just a few mintues after 1600 local and had been listening for 60 miles as Approach was asking everyone where they were from, and advising that they could have either runway, but the wind was 270 @ 10G15. I Had been flying for eight hours, and decided that there was just no point in trying to show off in front of a crowd, so took the 27 option and made a nice curving toughdown on the orange dot and had to add power to get to the turnoff on the closed diagonal runway. Sometimes, it works out.

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Old 07-17-2015, 08:29 PM
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What time was that CB? I hit Ripon just a few mintues after 1600 local and had been listening for 60 miles as Approach was asking everyone where they were from, and advising that they could have either runway, but the wind was 270 @ 10G15. I Had been flying for eight hours, and decided that there was just no point in trying to show off in front of a crowd, so took the 27 option and made a nice curving toughdown on the orange dot and had to add power to get to the turnoff on the closed diagonal runway. Sometimes, it works out.

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It was somewhere around that time.
I recall hearing someone being asked where they were from. There were two high wings ahead of me but I only saw one. They went to 27. I remember hearing the winds but didn't think it was that high at the time and since the two high wings that were going really slow were going to 27, and NOBODY was headed to 36, I decided to take it.

Was able to land near "the numbers" so nobody so my "great" :-) landing.

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Old 07-18-2015, 04:21 AM
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Sorry Dan, you have your own bag of reserved cookies straight out of the oven, but sadly there is only one left.
That's OK, I know you have special access. Divert Vic's cookies to me and I'll trade you some Laphroaig.

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Old 07-18-2015, 05:10 AM
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I arrived yesterday and promptly got heat exhaustion while helping one of the performers set up. I crashed in my tent and tried to recover a little before walking around the campground. I stopped and met Carol and Vic. This morning, I'm just trying to keep my tent from blowing away in the storm. I shouldn't have worn my "I Survived Sun N Fun 2011" shirt today!
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Sitting in Danville, Illinois waiting on that storm to move on
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Old 07-18-2015, 07:50 AM
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Hey Vic I still have several of your folding chairs from a couple of years ago. Brought them along if you need or want them

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Old 07-18-2015, 08:31 AM
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What a very interesting morning. We woke to the sound of thunder, how far off I sat and wondered, to quote a song. It certainly wasn't in the forecast when we went to bed. A very scary storm to say the least. There times I thought the camper was going to blow over from the winds. About 2 hours of heavy rain and winds. Hopefully everyone is ok!

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Old 07-18-2015, 12:39 PM
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What a very interesting morning. We woke to the sound of thunder, how far off I sat and wondered, to quote a song. It certainly wasn't in the forecast when we went to bed. A very scary storm to say the least. There times I thought the camper was going to blow over from the winds. About 2 hours of heavy rain and winds. Hopefully everyone is ok!

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Hey - you have a CAMPER!! We were in TENTS over in HBC!!!
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Reading this thread made me think of the 9 porta-potty blow down in HBC. I'm not going to make it this year but I will never forget hiding behind that wooden building watching a light plane blow over on it's neighbor and praying my tie downs would hold. They did, but just barely. Now that was a storm.
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Some of the porta-pots blew over but they were quickly cleaned up. A few planes damaged. I talked to one individual who arrived a few minutes late last night and was told to leave his plane on the taxiway. He rushed back with a friend this morning and held onto it for dear life as it tried to fly away. He was fortunate not to to suffer any damage. The plane just across from him is pretty banged up.
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