1) Apple Valley .. near Victorville, CA.
Where I solo'd and had the most fun with my clothes on learning to fly.
2) Porterville ..Moonlight Fly In was da bomb.
Where I used Earl's techniques to place second in my first ever flour bombing contest.
Earl flew P-39's and P-47's in WW2, developed a technique to drop bombs that took out the cave-dwelling guns the Germans used in Italy
..it works so well I actually dropped my lil flour bomb right on the judge's chair
..he had set it up right on the bulls eye figuring no one would get close enough
.. ROFL
.. seein him scramble out of it just before the paper bag exploded all over him was *priceless*
Reason I placed second .. used my first bomb to 'calibrate' the grease pencil marks on my side window, didn't get anywhere near the bullseye
Had at least a dozen people come up after we landed askin how the heck I did it.
3) Stead, near Reno.
Air Racing. Hearin/feelin the air rumble as they pass over the grandstands goin to full throttle on the dive to the starting line ..
..just an awesome airplane day.
Good times.
-GE aka Frank
