Flying High!

Park Place RV Park

Saturday, Feb. 15^th started on a good note. I didn’t have to get up at 6:30 to take Bill to the flying field. That was the original plan so I could have the truck to go around 9. Tommy stepped in and offered to pick him up….bonus! I got up at 6:15 to get my goodbye kiss and crawled back into bed with Gibbs. I was feeling quite good this morning.

Good morning!
A nice calm day for a flying event. 💘

I had my tea with Gibbs by my side, and played my Wordle games. After getting changed into appropriate summer-y attire, Gibbs and I went for our walk. Even that turned out very well with only minor discomfort. 

The club's president announces the day's
events.

When we returned, it was 8:45 so I finished getting ready, made a coffee, loaded my chair in the truck and gave Gibbs his ‘look after the house’ milkbone. He loves those things so is always quite happy to step up to the plate. ♥ First, I stopped at the post office around the corner and dropped a couple of cards in the mailbox. Then I carried on down Plymouth Rd. to the field.

Because I took a lot of pictures,
I'm just popping them in anywhere.
I hope you enjoy them.

There were a few greeters at the entrance and then Duncan was directing arrivals to parking spots. I was surprised when he told me Bill had reserved a spot at the club shack for Black Beauty. 😊 I wasn’t expecting that so it was much appreciated. There were a lot of spectators and pilot vehicles already at 9:15!

The spectators were seated at the east end
Pilot stations at the west end
N'ere the two shall mix.
Well, that's not true except for parking.

It was a great morning, Bill was ‘mc’ing’ the event and he is darn good at it. He wears a headset and announces each plane as it takes off and details if he has them. There were not as many pilots this year, as last, but the spectators set a record. It was great to see! Only one crash landing, near the beginning, and the winds couldn’t be blamed for that one. Sometimes these planes have minds of their own! ☹

I know Bill was drooling over this
40% scale model of a Carbon Cub.
This fellow is from Puerto Rico and flew
it very well. The wing span for you plane enthusiasts is 164".

They were worried about wind speed ruining the flying but it was quite calm, 6 - 8 mph, until about 10:30 when gusts periodically tested the pilots nerves a bit. The day was perfect with just a few light clouds hovering. 

I love the sound of the gas engine planes over the electrics so captured a few on camera. I can’t seem to get my videos to play on my blog but I keep trying!

Bill began cleaning things up at 12:00 when I placed our order at the food truck. He was busy wrapping up cords, disconnecting speakers and putting generators away. 

I chatted with the club's instructor, Wayne.
Like most pilots, he has a great set up in the back of his
pick up truck. I see 3 planes here, perfectly placed
and he had one out on the table for sale. 

We had lunch from El Chap Arro’s food truck and wow it was delicious! He had the Impossible Cheeseburger combo and I had the chicken quesadilla. There were too many fries for him to eat and I couldn’t eat all of my quesadilla so I brought them home. The fries were too good to throw out. 😊

There were gas, electric, jets and sail planes flying today.
It was a great display of what the pilots do.

I helped wrap up the caution tape that was draped around the area to cordon off viewers from the danger zone and tipped the club’s chairs against the table.
We said our goodbyes and a few members, Bill included, agreed on the great day. We were on our way home by 1:15. The 50/50 draw brought in a nice profit for the club; winner taking away $448 and the club pocketing $447. Excellent! Sadly, it wasn’t us. LOL

The food truck made out great and will
be back next February.

Yummy!

This '34 Chrysler drove in and caught everyone's attention
after the morning flights were done.
Yes, he has planes in the trailer. Sweet!

We put stuff away at home and my boys went up for a much-needed snooze. Well, Gibbs probably slept the whole time we were away but cuddling with Daddy, he can never get enough of. ♥ I went to the puzzle around 2 and plopped pieces in until I got to the last one at 3:45. 😊 Yay! I can’t take full credit, I had occasional help.

A side angle of the clubs new flags and banner.
Don't be shy, Dennis. 😁

While in the clubhouse, I heard Walter, our traveling neighbour leave again. Bill says he’ll be back on Mar. 5^th so we have clear view of the mountains and sunrises for a couple of weeks. He is a great neighbour, whether absent or present. Bill and Gibbs were outside when I walked back so I took Gibbs for his walk. The winds really behaved this morning but they sure were gusting this afternoon.

Done!

Thank heavens for the beautiful sun and its warmth. I had my tea and read a couple of chapters of my next book. Two for the Dough is just a continuation of the fun from Bounty Hunter Stephanie Plum. 😊 For supper, Bill wasn’t too hungry so decided to have his usual lunch, a sandwich, for his meal. I had the leftovers from lunch so heated them up in Rosy, my air fryer and pigged out, twice in one day!

The east mountains basking in the last
taste of today's sunshine.
Bottom picture: Walter has left again.

We’ve had a perfect day. Bill is pleased with how things turned out at the field and I’m proud of how he took charge and with the help of the club members made this a wonderful Fun Fly. We reached a beautiful 71F/22C today with warmer days on the horizon.

The sun sets on a great day.
Good night!

Thank you your visit.