2013 Arlington Air Show

[jkrane]

BAC was representing at Arlington this year. Supers, Musketeers, Skippers, Sierras, Sundowners all were adorning the flight line.

Here's Mark H. And his lovely wife Dawn. They flew in from Frontier Airpark in Washington. Mark's plane is dialed in and he has the drooping wing-tips which I understand can't be found anymore. Someone at BAC helped him get those, sorry I can't quite remember their name.

We also had John H. (Jhigenbo) visit us all the way from Vancouver, BC. His Sundowner is immaculate and he recently got the power adapter from Bill M. He has been to Arlington before, the last one he had to turn around because of thunderstorms.

Rich L. (Long) decided he couldn't do the 3 days at the quilting expo in Sisters, Or with his wife, so he came up to join us in Arlington. His 1971 Sundowner has a great paint job and he did his donuts himself last year.

Here's me, Mark, Rich and my dad, Joel.

Mark H. brought the BAC banner! This will be kept safely at it's new home base in Hillsboro at Twin Oaks.

After a long day we needed some dinner. Sitting at the far head of the table is BAC's CPAir, Clif. He is a CFI and aeronautical engineer for a very well known aircraft maker up in Everett, WA.

Sorry Rich, the server got you with your eyes closed, still a good picture and a great time! We will be back stronger next year.

 

[jkrane]

Good Morning All,

Just a wrap of the Arlington Airshow and what turned out to be a good showing of BAC aircraft. The general consensus of the actual airshow on Friday was that for the most part it left us time to mingle and look at some fantastic aircraft! Yes, I am hopeful they will get some more stuff happening in the sky next year. I will say that the father and son team, Bud and Ross Granley, was fantastic. The other's were good, but it seemed the coordination of the acts were sporadic, maybe that's the way it's always been at Arlington, but I find it hard to believe since it has been in the top 3 airshows in the U.S.

I also want to thank Clif (CPAir), Mark and Dawn for being great hosts while there, they are locals who attended and helped us out with transportation.

Also, we made a side trip to Orcas Island where Jack (jhbecker) showed us around the island. What a fantastic place! I want to consider a fly-in there, I saw camping at the airport, I wonder what the locals would think about a 100 mice descending upon there island? Thanks Jack for being our tour guide!

I uploaded all of the pictures I took to https://vbl.beechaeroclub.org/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=955, Home » Northwest Fly-Ins » Arlington Fly-in & BAC Tent. Take a peek.

Here's Jack giving us some sage local flight planning advice, thanks Jack!