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Hey Al and Bob did you not pay the heating bill out there. Us prairie boys will have to bring our coats and sweaters. See you in two days, starting out tomorrow morning.

Alan

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2,300 miles from my house to Jeremy's shop in a little over 3 days on my motorcycle. But it was worth it for the Avalanche (gooey, huge, messy, outstanding hamburger) at Mike's in Abbotsford with Jeremy and Paul...especially since Paul bought! For that I'll ride down every week!

Next stop...Jets Over Whidbey!!!

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Good time, working on photos after work today, here is a short sample vid from Roberto's jet, waiting on Sam to do the full version...

I had to dumb the vid down a little for the internet, and the cockpit canopy distorted the view a little, but still worked pretty well.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGJEWIt8OAU[/youtube]

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Dang, its a shame 3 days can go by so quickly...

Just wanted to say thanks to Al Watson, Bob Brusa, Tom Berry, and the other WIRCS volunteers for putting on a fantastic event once again. The venue was great as always, all be it a bit cold at times. The banquet is a really nice touch, and I appreciated the chance to address everyone as an invited speaker. It was a pretty unique opportunity, having so many AMA, JPO, and MAAC Jet committee members in one place. I was also quite humbled by fact that the other speaker was a retired rear admiral and ex-Blue angels #1 pilot! :eek: Great guy, sharing some very profound stories and lessons that I won't soon forget.

I have a totally new appreciation for the word 'trust' now.

Kelly

PS, Cool video John!

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I think Bob is changing his name from Alaska Bob to "Avalanche Bob"

Bob - it was great hangin' with you.

PaulD

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Great photos John. Thanks for posting.


I had a great time. It was good to see and fly with guys from all over the Pasific Northwest and California.

Kirk

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Anytime you're willing to buy me an Avalanche Burger at Mr. Mike's I'll be willing to make it disappear, Paul.

It was really great to see you and everyone else at Whidbey this year...GREAT EVENT!

After Whidbey, I rode down to Aurora Oregon and took a tour of the Van's Aircraft facility. I then rode to Seflyer's house to see how my Skymaster F-18 is coming along.

My motorcycle is safely tucked away in Reno now so I can visit the thing in the winter months when it isn't possible to ride in Alaska.

I'm hoping to attend a couple of jet events on the West Coast this year on the bike.

Outstanding job at Whidbey, Al & Bob!!!!

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Hi all,

I just wanted to thank all of you whom Imet on Saturday afternoon for making a girl feel welcome at your jet event. Special thanks go to Bob and Al, and especially Dean for making my jet dreams come true on the buddy box with your Elan! Many other participants (such as Kirk) made the effort to be friendly and welcoming. It was a memorable and special day I'll never forget.

I fly smaller scale warbirds (up to 7 lbs) at Marymoor in Redmond, WA, and the banquet guest speaker (Adm. Bill Newman)is a flying friend of mine from the club, so when I made my presence known I was ushered in behind the rope and eventually offered a chance to fly. It's good to have friends in high places! Bill is a terrific person and an excellent RC flyer who also got to buddy box on the Elan. He's also extremely modest and didn't tell anyone at our club he was the guest speaker. Ionly found out from looking at this thread when Iwas researching the event beforehand!

Dean was extremely generous (and trusting!) with my flight. Aside from the takeoff and landing he let me fly the entire rest of the flight. The speed and sound are incredible, and this is one smooth and stable plane! Once I got used to the flight envelope I tried a few rolls and WOTclimbouts. Chickened out in a loop though, and pulled an ugly Immelman instead.

Here are some pics of me and Dean and the Elan:

Preflight with Dean:
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Adm. Bill Newman is to the left. Dave to the right is also a Marymoor RC fellow flyer and a good friend of Bill's.
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Dean takes the Elan up.
http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/f.../P1020947b.jpg

"Low" pass at show center. I was too nervous to dare go any lower!
http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/f.../P1020954b.jpg
http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/f.../P1020957b.jpg

Dean makes an expert smooth landing. You can see the Elan touching down through the orange fencing on the left. That's Bob to my right.
http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/f.../P1020959b.jpg
http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/f.../P1020961b.jpg
http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/f.../P1020964b.jpg


All smiles after an awesome first turbine flight!
http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/f.../P1020965b.jpg
http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/f.../P1020967b.jpg

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LuciAnn - it was a pleasure having you at JOW and hope you will come back next year (last weekend in Aug). The smile on your
face after your flight tells it all!!! You'll have to tell all your friends what it's like to fly turbine powered planes!

Again - thanks for coming and we look forward to seeing you next year.

Bob

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Now that's what Jets over Whidbey is all about! Loads of fun, good people and memorable moments.

Till next year

d.w.

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Thanks Al & Bob !
The Oregon bunch had a great time so we wanted to say a hearty thank you to everyone up there that makes this possible.
Not sure about Priceton yet but hope we see you all very soon.
Christopher R.