Fredericksburg afternoon
Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 2:41 am
This afternoon turned into another one of those memorable C-170 experiences.
As we drove into the airport to go flying in the 170, Ina and I saw a couple of 170s on the ramp at Fredericksburg, Texas' Gillespie Co. Airport, T82. We stopped and looked for the owners thinking we might know them but could not find them in the usual spots where pilots hang out. So we drove on up to the hangar and rolled -15D out and took off.
As we flew past the 170s on the ramp we noticed the owners were standing beside their planes. We decided to land and go see who it was. But before we could turn around, an unmistakeable voice on the radio identified himself as none other than George Horn. We parked alongside the two other 170s and got out to find both George and Jamie Horn from Spicewood and Kevin and Marcie West from San Antonio.
We had just seen George and Jamie at the 2008 Flying M Ranch Fly-in yesterday at Reklaw, Texas, so it was a total shock to see them at Fredericksburg today, about 50 miles the wrong way from home for them. They and the Wests had tried to meet for lunch at the Airport Diner, http://www.hangarhotel.com/index.html, but missed the 2pm closing time by quite a bit.
We ended up talking for several hours about planes, trips, families, and no telling what else. Before we knew it, the sun was getting low on the horizon and the Horns and Wests took off for home. Ina and I still had not really gone flying yet so we made another memorable sunset flight ending with a couple of GPS approaches into T82 just as it got dark.
As we drove into the airport to go flying in the 170, Ina and I saw a couple of 170s on the ramp at Fredericksburg, Texas' Gillespie Co. Airport, T82. We stopped and looked for the owners thinking we might know them but could not find them in the usual spots where pilots hang out. So we drove on up to the hangar and rolled -15D out and took off.
As we flew past the 170s on the ramp we noticed the owners were standing beside their planes. We decided to land and go see who it was. But before we could turn around, an unmistakeable voice on the radio identified himself as none other than George Horn. We parked alongside the two other 170s and got out to find both George and Jamie Horn from Spicewood and Kevin and Marcie West from San Antonio.
We had just seen George and Jamie at the 2008 Flying M Ranch Fly-in yesterday at Reklaw, Texas, so it was a total shock to see them at Fredericksburg today, about 50 miles the wrong way from home for them. They and the Wests had tried to meet for lunch at the Airport Diner, http://www.hangarhotel.com/index.html, but missed the 2pm closing time by quite a bit.
We ended up talking for several hours about planes, trips, families, and no telling what else. Before we knew it, the sun was getting low on the horizon and the Horns and Wests took off for home. Ina and I still had not really gone flying yet so we made another memorable sunset flight ending with a couple of GPS approaches into T82 just as it got dark.
I like the additions to your plane 