Trip to Bloomsburg PA

[Vlad]

Vicinity of N51 our destination. Squawk 1200 thank you.



The same blue blimpy looking windsock indicates the same light x-wind. We are home.





It was nice to meet you AIRPLANES. I am familiar with many of you but I do not know many of your owners. We talk in cyberspace a lot but rare reveal our identities. Some of you are real celebrities and I am glad I met you. Next time I'll bring my brand new plane to join you. Fly safe!


PS There is a modified version of the trip adapted for different audience. In case if somebody is learning one of critical languages there is a story in Russian http://www.reaa.ru/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB...m=1243979037/0

[Jim Lewellyn]

Vlad,

Thank you for the trip report! Sorry they parked you out in left field. Next year you will have front row parking in your RV .

Thanks for attending.

[Vlad]

Originally Posted by Vladyspassky

Goodbye town Bloomsburg. We will be back!

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.... and we came back exactly in one year as promised. I think it's cool to quote myself will do it in this thread for years to come...


This time we drove. I harnessed my little yellow pony Mini and we headed to Stroudsburg, PA to pick up fellow RV-8 builder Ben. Ben is quick in making right decision, tracked me on APRS, jumped on the vagon and in couple hours we were in Bloomsburg. It feels like couple minutes driving two hundred miles of Pennsylvania twisties when two builders talk RV language



Weather was interesting. Mother Nature painted the radar maps in green here and there but RVs were on the way.

[Vlad]

Weather, weather. It was like that here since 1932.



Good weather for fishing though. Mighty Susquehanna river flows just yards from the airport.



We started from here. Western omelets, hashbrowns and other stuff. Tasty.



Several airplanes made it to N13.

[Vlad]

Dick Hammond's RV-9. One of the few with conventional gear. 100% made by one man in two years at a farm. Impressive. I won't longer complain about those rivets impossible to buck.



This year Jim rode a "FOLLOW ME" bicycle. Budget is tight, it's understandable and they are building new runway See that pile of dirt behind?



It looked like he was FOLLOWING the RV-7A instead The other old and bald guy wearing VAF hat was in command. He also knows where Zaporozhya is.

[Vlad]

Jim gave me a ride in his legendary orange six. What can I say - Wow and wow one more time. Thank you Jim. Picture taken by Gregg Swartley a fellow RV-9 builder.



Photographer taking ride himself. Those RVs are roomy.




My new friends.




It's about time to say Good Bye and see you next year! The same town, the same airport, the same thread on VAF!

[Jim Lewellyn]

Great Pics! Thanks for sharing them Vlady.

[Jim Lewellyn]

Thanks to Dave Ruckle for taking thes pictures http://img227.imageshack.us/g/rvflyin2010001.jpg/

[Bill Dicus]

Vlad: Thanks for pics and recollections. Hope to see you next year somewhere!