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Old 05-20-2016, 03:52 AM
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Time to put up a thread about our West Texas Jets meet. It'll be the first weekend of October. (6, 7 and 8) As before, this will be a very low key, fly as much as you can type event. Wide open spaces, covered pit areas and lots of jet flying buddies to talk it up. Our Club is small but most members have a turbine waiver so we are very jet friendly. We'll have a dinner at my house on Saturday night that is FREE to all pilots and their families. Each year, we have grown this event and would really like to see some of our region's jet pilots come fly with us. We've had groups from OKC, Austin, Houston and DFW areas. I'll post our flier here and it'll be on the RC Flight Deck. You should be able to sign up on RC Flight Deck also within a few days too, if not already. This is a NON Football Texas Tech weekend so our hotels will be empty along with the restaurants. Our field has been resurfaced this last year and we are also lengthening it next week so it'll be 50x1100ft but over runs as far as you can see since it's a closed down full scale airport. This year, we've also added a 4 KW generator and multiple plug ins under the covered pit area and a high quality safety fence.

As before, we'll have three trophies, Pilot's Choice, Best Scale Flight and Top Gun. If you have anything from a small Elite electric Fury all the way up to an Ultra Bandit (or bigger), please consider us for one of your out of town jet rallies. We'd love to have you visit...
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The event flyer is attached in PDF format. Feel free to share it to spread the word.
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Old 08-04-2016, 01:59 PM
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We have our three trophies made up by Les and will hand them out at the dinner at our house on Saturday night. They're for "Best Scale Flight, Pilot's Choice and Top Gun". Hope you all will please mark us down on your calendar and give us a try!
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😎😎😎😎😎
Should make this one.
Thanks
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That's super Robert! Looking forward to the beautiful A-10 and F-18... I finally bought the BVM Cougar and its RTF for the meet. Deciding on what's for dinner at the party Saturday night. Any suggestions?
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Old 08-05-2016, 02:53 PM
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Steak & Lobster
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Ok gang, West Texas Warbirds meet is over and it's now time to push on to concentrating on our other meet, West Texas Jets, 2016. This weekend, we had almost perfect weather with light down the runway almost the entire meet. Temps in the 70's and 80's. Usually, that's what to expect through middle of October in our part of Texas. Would really like to get some kind of head count so I can start planning on the free Saturday night dinner that I sponsor.

I'll be bringing my, new to me, BVM Cougar and Kingcat. Let me know of anything you might need help with and we'll try to accommodate you.

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We will try to be there so Bob won't have the won't have the only A-10.

++1 On the Steak and Lobster!

Don
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Originally Posted by Don Perry
We will try to be there so Bob won't have the won't have the only A-10.

++1 On the Steak and Lobster!

Don
Come on down boys, enjoyed the company last year.
I need a wing man, LOL
can't wait,
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I just spent 4 days in Lubbock, had an aircraft issue. Had a blast hand with a rock star from the UK and the guy played the original Darth Vader.
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Keith. I saw them working on your bird out on the ramp. We drive by it on the way to the field. When they pulled out the crane, I figured it's going to be a long repair
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It took them a day to replace Auxiliary Power Unit, you should have stopped by the FBO and said hi!
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Hello, Guys!
John always does a great job leading this event! It seems everyone who comes has a great time and looks forward to next year. The runway is in excellent condition and the new power generator and power outlets are a welcome addition to the field since last year.

Move been working hard to get my PST Reaction ARF ready. Have a vacation trip and some daddy duties that might hinder my effort. Y'all probably know how that is!

If you've never been out to Lubbock and tried out our Abernathy field, you are quite simply missing out!!! Come and see what a really great place we have to fly!

Hope to see you all there!
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Old 09-20-2016, 02:12 PM
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I'm planning on being there Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
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Here's some pics from previous years events. Would love to hear from you if you're planning on coming!!! Please PM me or post here if you're planning so I can't get an idea for our dinner. So far, I've heard from Abilene, Norman, Dallas/Ft. Worth and Houston. Hope you can make it. Field is in really good shape too.
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Looking forward to this year's event. Here are a few more photos from last year.
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And here's a recent photo of our facility. Lots of elbow room. Thanks to Brian Henry for the photo.
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Looking forward to this event again this year its always a great time flying and seeing old friends and making new ones. The Abernathy field is a great place for jets, large runway and wide open spaces. John does a great job putting on this jet rally and I'm sure it will be great again.
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Weather is starting to really settle down as expected this time of year with a high pressure system moving in. Highs in the 70's and lows in the high 50's. Really glad it's moving in as we can use some great weather!
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I've set up the catering and decided to do our old standby, beef and chicken fajitas with all the fixins. This will be for the Saturday night get together at my house. Hope to see you there.
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The weather has been awesome! Pretty days right now. Hope they continue for your event, John!
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Looks Like work is going to get in the way for me, this year. Maybe next year.

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We had a huge workday today with many members helping out, we've completely blown the runway of any FOD and mowed/weed whacked about 10 acres. Looks like highs in the 70's and lows in the high 50's. Light winds finally predicted. We'll have people camping on site so you can leave trailers if desired on Friday and Saturday night. We've also installed an electrical system this year with an outlet at every station. As is our custom, guests will use our large covered pit area and members will post tents so you don't need to bring/setup tents if you don't want to. Hope to see you all there

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Had a great afternoon of flying with beautiful sky and light winds. They'll be blowing overnight and then settle back down by late afternoon tomorrow. Saturday's supposed to be perfect with SE winds of 5mph and hi of 72. Moisture out of picture until Sunday now
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West Texas Jets is over and everybody had a great time. Despite all the weathermen with their doom and gloom, we had beautiful flying weather and today was one of the best weather days I've ever seen in Lubbock. Light winds of 2-4kts down the runway and 75 degrees. Yesterday was nearly the same but winds were higher and still flyable. Only one mishap and tons of flying. My party flew so much we emptied two jugs of fuel and ran down the batteries twice. Very pleased with how it went and thanks for all the help from the club. Topped it off tonight with a giant fajita sinner for everyone.

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