Had A One Plane Fly In Today

rkittine

rkittine

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Art from Connecticut popped in in his Bonanza today at East Hampton Airport. We met up at my hanger. Sorry that I could not take off time for lunch, but it was nice to meet another Beech Driver, even if not a Mouse or one of its derivatives. 

Bob
 
Looks incredible!

Last night my hangar neighbor grilled elk, antelope, and deer brats. That was all pretty excellent too.
 
rkittine said
Anyone currently at East Hampton Airport? I just had two people cancel for an early dinner.


 


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I must say that our local hangar fare is just not up to speed.  Toasting the hot dog buns is a big deal here.

I guess we have a ways to go yet but fortunately have BAC members to learn from.
 
What did fly in today was a bit of a surprise.  I figured it was one our our Canuck versions but was wrong.

I have always figured that every turbine helicopter in Alberta lands here at Josephburg for Jet A-1, and every light plane to and from Alaska as well, for 100LL.

Today was a bit different and I learned something.  Not only do we have Jet A-1, we also have the single point pressure refueling system as well.

I hesitate to call it high pressure as it took an hour to load on 3,000 litres (800 US gallons) but we do have that single point refueling setup.

The CH-47 came out of Fairbanks enroute to California so they have a bit of a distance to go yet.   Smoke, low ceilings and icing have been a fuss for them the last few days.   We do summer up here a bit different. There were hoping to overnight in Montana this evening. 

I must say that the crew, all young guys, were certainly a nice clean cut polite cheerful group. They are a real credit to your Army.

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