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RE: ROAD TRIPS 2011 - 8/20/2011 2:21 AM

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Hey Ron, Sam is in Wisconsin until the end of the week. He doesnt have computer access. Just FYI.

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RE: ROAD TRIPS 2011 - 8/23/2011 12:06 AM

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Northern alliance military fly in.
Aug 12-14
Owatonna, Minn.
750 miles (one way)

Well, it's hard to get any better than the last two weeks.
My buddy, Scott Prossen and his dad Ray, came up from Florida (1500 miles, one way) and we had a blast.
We set up our six tents (two deep) and put 9 planes in them.
Scott had his Meister P-47 with a moki 150, the 110" Wildcat with a moki 250 and a comparf 'blue angels' painted jet. I had my Ziroli's P-47, SBD, F6F, F9F, C-45 and P-61.
We got 'tons' of flights in.
Not sure on his 'count' but I had 13 at Owatonna and 27 at Fond du lac and went through nearly 8 gallons of fuel.
Perfect weather, the entire two weeks (rained one night from 2-6 am) and no storms.
Scott's brother, Greg, came up from Milwaukee and we had a good time flying, watching and eating.

About a 100 pilots at Owatonna.
The nice thing about the big events, besides all the variety of unusual planes, is just about all your pilot buddies show up from the entire mid-west and lots of 'war stories' are told.

Tim, Phil, Steve, Cal and the rest of the crew put out a lot of work getting the 'show on the road'.
Tim's wife, Kathy, was there from early morning until late at night, making breakfast, lunch and dinner for us: a truely monumental task for a bunch of hungry pilots.

Saturday night was concluded with a great pulled pork feast with all the 'fixins'.

Unlike the usual Sunday with just a handful of pilots left, there was about 25 of us still flying off of that 1200' runway.

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RE: ROAD TRIPS 2011 - 8/23/2011 12:08 AM

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RE: ROAD TRIPS 2011 - 8/23/2011 12:09 AM

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RE: ROAD TRIPS 2011 - 8/23/2011 12:10 AM

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RE: ROAD TRIPS 2011 - 8/23/2011 12:12 AM

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Chris and Phil working on Phil's F9F.

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RE: ROAD TRIPS 2011 - 8/23/2011 12:14 AM

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Mark's P-61.
Tim's 160" P-61 (no matter what you bring, someone else has a larger one!).

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RE: ROAD TRIPS 2011 - 8/23/2011 12:17 AM

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Brian and Ryans 262's (they both had one): about a 100" wing span with a single turbine in the fuse and the tanks in the pods.
Dennis's Euro fighter.
Brian's F-84.

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RE: ROAD TRIPS 2011 - 8/23/2011 12:19 AM

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Giant Scale Twins very large F-82.
Brian with his F-84.

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RE: ROAD TRIPS 2011 - 8/23/2011 12:21 AM

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Kirk's WW I plane after he crashed it (fatality of the 'dawn patrol').
Mark's B-17.
Cal's Fw-190.
Marty, Chris and I forgot the other pilots name (right to left).
Jeff and Dave's wifes researching manuals for their next project!
Dave, Jeff, Dave's wife (forgot her name too) and Dave.
My buddy, Scott's wildcat.
Noah's avenger with moki 215 and functional bomb doors.

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RE: ROAD TRIPS 2011 - 8/23/2011 12:46 AM

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Ron,
I'll be getting my planes ready for Warbirds over Indiana.
Who's hosting the Aug 28's flyin?: maybe I can get the SBD ready and bring that to Dayton.

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RE: ROAD TRIPS 2011 - 8/23/2011 1:44 AM

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Warbirds and classics over the midwest.
Fond Du Lac, Wis.
Aug 18-20.
only 250 miles from Owatonna to Fond Du Lac (then 550 miles to home).

About 113 pilots signed up.
Not all the planes were the same as at Owatonna as some unusual ones were present.
Also, Mac Hodges was there with his 20' B-29: besides being a great pilot, he is a very amiable person.

WW I was well represented as about 33 planes were at the meet.

Fox 11 came out and live taped some of the show and Scott Prossen was interviewed:
http://www.fox11online.com/dpp/good_day_wi/action-packed-air-show?ref=scroll

(the rest of us didn't mind since the Fox interviewer was...well...really Fox-y as you can see in the above video!)

A 'running' joke now with my own 'named' spot since I get there so early, I get that spot by default!
Full size stearman with smoke.
Cal working on his WW I plane.

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RE: ROAD TRIPS 2011 - 8/23/2011 1:47 AM

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Phil's taking 'it easy'.
Cal still working on his plane!
Scott with his planes.

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RE: ROAD TRIPS 2011 - 8/23/2011 1:51 AM

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Paul's B-25, skyraider and panther.
Dennis's C-45.
Carl's 'kate'(I think!).
BalsaUSA always comes with planes to fly.
Jim's 10' hellcat.

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RE: ROAD TRIPS 2011 - 8/23/2011 1:54 AM

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Carl's electra.
Jeff's Heinkle.

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RE: ROAD TRIPS 2011 - 8/23/2011 1:56 AM

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A view of the 300' wide by quarter mile, finely cut runway.

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RE: ROAD TRIPS 2011 - 8/23/2011 1:57 AM

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Scott starting his P-47 while his brother, Greg, assists.
Some pics of Mac's B-29.

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RE: ROAD TRIPS 2011 - 8/23/2011 1:59 AM

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Chuck and Rich ready to fly their P-40's.
A huge T-34 and a Russian plane not seen too often at the field (forgot the name).

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RE: ROAD TRIPS 2011 - 8/23/2011 2:00 AM

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Tom and Dave(president of the club).
Chris ready to fly his Zero.
Ron, his wife, Rose, Arman (MC) among the many that put in all the work to make this event happen.
Dave (red hat) came from Canada.

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RE: ROAD TRIPS 2011 - 8/23/2011 2:02 AM

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Mac Hodges on the right.
The show, like my truck and trailer is now just a shadow of 'what was'.

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RE: ROAD TRIPS 2011 - 8/23/2011 2:16 AM

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Hey Sam,
It was great seeing you and all of our other friends again in Fond du Lac. When I was first approached by Fox 11 TV to do four spots on TV starting at 6:30AM Saturday morning, I knew I would have a tough time getting pilots and planes that early. After I spoke to several potential pilots the day before, I wasn't getting much response. Then came Saturday morning and as Sam would put it, the "FOXY" reporter arrived on the scene! Suddenly things were different. It was 6:30 in the morning and there were pilots with planes asking to be on camera! By the way.... I have the reporter Emily's cell number. You know, for next year. We would be happy to see her here again. All kidding aside, we had a great time having all of you at the best grass field in the midwest. Thanks for making Warbirds & Classics over the Midwest 2011 a huge success!
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RE: ROAD TRIPS 2011 - 8/23/2011 2:20 AM

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Some 'Americana' pictures while going through some small towns.

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RE: ROAD TRIPS 2011 - 8/23/2011 4:11 AM

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Sam, Did you see the owner of this Stuka? It used to be mine. Nice to see its still around. Did it fly at the show?
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RE: ROAD TRIPS 2011 - 8/23/2011 11:51 AM

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Sam Looks like you had a great trip, love all the pics. Hobbies for Hospice on the 28th is being put on by the Dayton Wing Masters and two clubs (Boat and train). www.wingmasters.org See Ya. Ron

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RE: ROAD TRIPS 2011 - 8/23/2011 11:55 AM

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Yo Evo,
I don't remember it flying, but with 3-6 planes up all day for four days, I could easily have missed it.

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