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Lenleg(at)aol.com
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Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 5:22 pm Post subject: Trip to Lakeland (long)

Ron Schreck, Larry Bowen and I took off around 9:30am Friday morning (as  soon as the fog lifted) and joined up over RUQ for the flight down.  Ron  discovered he had not fueled the plane and had to land at RUQ for fuel ... Larry  and I continued on knowing that Miss Izzy would have no problems catching  us. And of course he didn't.  You need to ask him about his join up on  our two ship ... spectacular !!!   Weather going down to our fuel stop  at Hazelburst, Ga. was scattered and broken clouds but fairly low.  We made  that part of the trip at aournd 2000'.  Ken Harrill (RV-6), James Clark  (RV-6), Danny Kight (RV-6) were already on the ground waiting for us.   Unfortunately .. Danny (Anderson, SC) and his passenger and new 6A owner  Ken .. had no fog delays and had to spend two hours on the ground waiting for  us.

  

 We all got fuel at 2.80 per gallon !!  Took off as a flight of 6  with Ron in the lead heading to Cedar Key for lunch.  Ron led us on  a beautiful flight over the water and landing into Cedar  Key.  Taxi into the village for lunch and a walk back to the airport  with clear blue skies and "almost" tee shirt weather.  Groups of RVs  seem to always bring out crowds and they did this time too.  

  

 James led us from Cedar Key into Brooksville to pick up a passenger.   Then Danny led us on into LAL as a 6 ship.  It was neat when the controller  ask us if we would like to do a fly by and then set up for initial ... well yes  we would !!    That went well and we were soon on the Sun N Fun  grounds pitching tents and tiedowns.  They provided dinner and we visited  the museum for a presentation by a photographer who flew the Lewis and Clark  Trail to the Pacific in an open cockpit taking wonderful pics.  Rad ... you  would have loved it !!

  

 Cold night in the tent especially for Larry as he forgot his sleeping  bag.  Everyone donated sheets and blankets which according to Larry only  partially worked.  We awoke Saturday morning to beautiful weather and a  pancake breakfast.  102 planes flew in on Saturday ... most from  Florida.  Several seminars were presented and lots of walking around  looking at pretty RVs.  The temp on Saturday was great ... somewhere in the  low 70s and blue skies.  Around 4:30 we took off as a flight of 4 and went  to Zephyrhills for cheap fuel and a chance to come back over the SNF grounds in  a diamond formation with smoke on !!  By the time we returned ... lots of  people had headed home.  We checked wx all day making sure we could get  back in today.  Everything said the bad wx would reach our area around 4pm  .. wrong !!  Ron was called into spot whales in Wilmington and departed  LAL around 3pm for home.  The rest of us camped again.  Bon fire and  all you could eat chicken ... life is good !!

  

 This morning we were up early .. packing tents and belongings.  Our  group split up for the flight home ... Ken and Danny flew the coast line  home.  Larry, James, and I made a stop in Brooksville to drop off a  passenger, take on a little fuel and departed for the trip home with no planned  stops as all the Garmin 396s and 496s were saying get home now !!!  We had  a nice tail wind down low and flew home at 2500' showing ground speeds in the  170s.  James headed off for Columbia soon and Larry and I continued on ..  with wx continuing to delcine.  We finally hit a wall of showers around  Concord and decided to land as ice was beginning to form on our  windshields.  

  

 Got a little fuel, pit stops, calls to home and we were airborne again for  a try to make it home.  All was going fine as we hopped our way from  airport to airport toward Winston.  We deviated a little west of the direct  route to avoid some showers and that put us close to Twin Lakes for Larry to  head to.  I passed by as Larry was turning final.  From Twin Lakes to  INT (only 17 miles) ... my windshield completely iced over.  I had zero  forward visibility ... you should have seen me checking those wings for  ice.  I got the straight in for Rnwy 4 ... slipped left and right to set up  for landing ... then landed looking out the side.  All went well ...  discovered ice was beginning to build on the wings.  I had about a 6" line  of ice on the wings .. very thin.  Glad I had no further to fly.  My  first encounter with ice and I can't believe how fast it happened.  Guess  it took an experience for me to gain true appreciation ... but I have it  now.

  

 We all made it back home safe and sound.  It was a great weekend with  friends and fun planes !!!

  

 Len Leggette, RV-8A

 Greensboro, NC  N910LL

 570 hrs

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jclarkmail(at)gmail.com
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Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 5:36 pm Post subject: Trip to Lakeland (long)

Nice write-up Len.



You forgot two things though ...



Returning to Lakeland, the controller asks... "Flight of RV's, is there any chance you could SLOW DOWN?" No wingmen said anything but you could HEAR their smiles.   



Returning home, at one point we saw 191knots groundspeed (with a very slight descent)!!



Great time had by all. And folks it is especially fun when you are flying with a great bunch of buddies!



James

 



On 1/21/07, Lenleg(at)aol.com (Lenleg(at)aol.com) <Lenleg(at)aol.com (Lenleg(at)aol.com)> wrote:[quote]      Ron Schreck, Larry Bowen and I took off around 9:30am Friday morning (as  soon as the fog lifted) and joined up over RUQ for the flight down.  Ron  discovered he had not fueled the plane and had to land at RUQ for fuel ... Larry  and I continued on knowing that Miss Izzy would have no problems catching  us. And of course he didn't.  You need to ask him about his join up on  our two ship ... spectacular !!!   Weather going down to our fuel stop  at Hazelburst, Ga. was scattered and broken clouds but fairly low.  We made  that part of the trip at aournd 2000'.  Ken Harrill (RV-6), James Clark  (RV-6), Danny Kight (RV-6) were already on the ground waiting for us.   Unfortunately .. Danny (Anderson, SC) and his passenger and new 6A owner  Ken .. had no fog delays and had to spend two hours on the ground waiting for  us.

  

 We all got fuel at 2.80 per gallon !!  Took off as a flight of 6  with Ron in the lead heading to Cedar Key for lunch.  Ron led us on  a beautiful flight over the water and landing into Cedar  Key.  Taxi into the village for lunch and a walk back to the airport  with clear blue skies and "almost" tee shirt weather.  Groups of RVs  seem to always bring out crowds and they did this time too.  

  

 James led us from Cedar Key into Brooksville to pick up a passenger.   Then Danny led us on into LAL as a 6 ship.  It was neat when the controller  ask us if we would like to do a fly by and then set up for initial ... well yes  we would !!    That went well and we were soon on the Sun N Fun  grounds pitching tents and tiedowns.  They provided dinner and we visited  the museum for a presentation by a photographer who flew the Lewis and Clark  Trail to the Pacific in an open cockpit taking wonderful pics.  Rad ... you  would have loved it !!

  

 Cold night in the tent especially for Larry as he forgot his sleeping  bag.  Everyone donated sheets and blankets which according to Larry only  partially worked.  We awoke Saturday morning to beautiful weather and a  pancake breakfast.  102 planes flew in on Saturday ... most from  Florida.  Several seminars were presented and lots of walking around  looking at pretty RVs.  The temp on Saturday was great ... somewhere in the  low 70s and blue skies.  Around 4:30 we took off as a flight of 4 and went  to Zephyrhills for cheap fuel and a chance to come back over the SNF grounds in  a diamond formation with smoke on !!  By the time we returned ... lots of  people had headed home.  We checked wx all day making sure we could get  back in today.  Everything said the bad wx would reach our area around 4pm  .. wrong !!  Ron was called into spot whales in Wilmington and departed  LAL around 3pm for home.  The rest of us camped again.  Bon fire and  all you could eat chicken ... life is good !!

  

 This morning we were up early .. packing tents and belongings.  Our  group split up for the flight home ... Ken and Danny flew the coast line  home.  Larry, James, and I made a stop in Brooksville to drop off a  passenger, take on a little fuel and departed for the trip home with no planned  stops as all the Garmin 396s and 496s were saying get home now !!!  We had  a nice tail wind down low and flew home at 2500' showing ground speeds in the  170s.  James headed off for Columbia soon and Larry and I continued on ...  with wx continuing to delcine.  We finally hit a wall of showers around  Concord and decided to land as ice was beginning to form on our  windshields.  

  

 Got a little fuel, pit stops, calls to home and we were airborne again for  a try to make it home.  All was going fine as we hopped our way from  airport to airport toward Winston.  We deviated a little west of the direct  route to avoid some showers and that put us close to Twin Lakes for Larry to  head to.  I passed by as Larry was turning final.  From Twin Lakes to  INT (only 17 miles) ... my windshield completely iced over.  I had zero  forward visibility ... you should have seen me checking those wings for  ice.  I got the straight in for Rnwy 4 ... slipped left and right to set up  for landing ... then landed looking out the side.  All went well ...  discovered ice was beginning to build on the wings.  I had about a 6" line  of ice on the wings .. very thin.  Glad I had no further to fly.  My  first encounter with ice and I can't believe how fast it happened.  Guess  it took an experience for me to gain true appreciation ... but I have it  now.

  

 We all made it back home safe and sound.  It was a great weekend with  friends and fun planes !!!

  

 Len Leggette, RV-8A

 Greensboro, NC  N910LL

 570 hrs

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flyguy

Joined: 04 Mar 2006
Posts: 325

Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 5:48 pm Post subject: Trip to Lakeland (long)

Thx for the report.  Sorry I missed it, but glad to

avoid icing, had enough of that over the yrs.  Much

better turn-out than last yr...we maybe saw 20-30

total.  this sat. is looking promising.

--- Lenleg(at)aol.com wrote:



 	  Quote: 	
		   Ron Schreck, Larry Bowen and I took off around

 9:30am Friday morning (as  

 soon as the fog lifted) and joined up over RUQ for

 the flight down.  Ron  

 discovered he had not fueled the plane and had to

 land at RUQ for fuel ... Larry  and 

 I continued on knowing that Miss Izzy would have no

 problems catching  us. 

 And of course he didn't.  You need to ask him about

 his join up on  our two ship 

 ... spectacular !!!   Weather going down to our fuel

 stop  at Hazelburst, Ga. 

 was scattered and broken clouds but fairly low.  We

 made  that part of the 

 trip at aournd 2000'.  Ken Harrill (RV-6), James

 Clark  (RV-6), Danny Kight 

 (RV-6) were already on the ground waiting for us.  

 Unfortunately .. Danny 

 (Anderson, SC) and his passenger and new 6A owner 

 Ken .. had no fog delays and had 

 to spend two hours on the ground waiting for  us.

  

 We all got fuel at 2.80 per gallon !!  Took off as a

 flight of 6  with Ron in 

 the lead heading to Cedar Key for lunch.  Ron led us

 on  a beautiful flight 

 over the water and landing into Cedar  Key.  Taxi

 into the village for lunch 

 and a walk back to the airport  with clear blue

 skies and "almost" tee shirt 

 weather.  Groups of RVs  seem to always bring out

 crowds and they did this time 

 too.  

  

 James led us from Cedar Key into Brooksville to pick

 up a passenger.   Then 

 Danny led us on into LAL as a 6 ship.  It was neat

 when the controller  ask us 

 if we would like to do a fly by and then set up for

 initial ... well yes  we 

 would !!    That went well and we were soon on the

 Sun N Fun  grounds pitching 

 tents and tiedowns.  They provided dinner and we

 visited  the museum for a 

 presentation by a photographer who flew the Lewis

 and Clark  Trail to the Pacific 

 in an open cockpit taking wonderful pics.  Rad ...

 you  would have loved it !!

  

 Cold night in the tent especially for Larry as he

 forgot his sleeping  bag.  

 Everyone donated sheets and blankets which according

 to Larry only  partially 

 worked.  We awoke Saturday morning to beautiful

 weather and a  pancake 

 breakfast.  102 planes flew in on Saturday ... most

 from  Florida.  Several seminars 

 were presented and lots of walking around  looking

 at pretty RVs.  The temp on 

 Saturday was great ... somewhere in the  low 70s and

 blue skies.  Around 4:30 

 we took off as a flight of 4 and went  to

 Zephyrhills for cheap fuel and a 

 chance to come back over the SNF grounds in  a

 diamond formation with smoke on 

 !!  By the time we returned ... lots of  people had

 headed home.  We checked wx 

 all day making sure we could get  back in today. 

 Everything said the bad wx 

 would reach our area around 4pm  ... wrong !!  Ron

 was called into spot whales 

 in Wilmington and departed  LAL around 3pm for home.

  The rest of us camped 

 again.  Bon fire and  all you could eat chicken ...

 life is good !!

  

 This morning we were up early .. packing tents and

 belongings.  Our  group 

 split up for the flight home ... Ken and Danny flew

 the coast line  home.  

 Larry, James, and I made a stop in Brooksville to

 drop off a  passenger, take on a 

 little fuel and departed for the trip home with no

 planned  stops as all the 

 Garmin 396s and 496s were saying get home now !!! 

 We had  a nice tail wind 

 down low and flew home at 2500' showing ground

 speeds in the  170s.  James headed 

 off for Columbia soon and Larry and I continued on

 ...  with wx continuing to 

 delcine.  We finally hit a wall of showers around 

 Concord and decided to 

 land as ice was beginning to form on our 

 windshields.  

  

 Got a little fuel, pit stops, calls to home and we

 were airborne again for  a 

 try to make it home.  All was going fine as we

 hopped our way from  airport 

 to airport toward Winston.  We deviated a little

 west of the direct  route to 

 avoid some showers and that put us close to Twin

 Lakes for Larry to  head to.  

 I passed by as Larry was turning final.  From Twin

 Lakes to  INT (only 17 

 miles) ... my windshield completely iced over.  I

 had zero  forward visibility ... 

 you should have seen me checking those wings for 

 ice.  I got the straight in 

 for Rnwy 4 ... slipped left and right to set up  for

 landing ... then landed 

 looking out the side.  All went well ...  discovered

 ice was beginning to 

 build on the wings.  I had about a 6" line  of ice

 on the wings .. very thin.  

 Glad I had no further to fly.  My  first encounter

 with ice and I can't believe 

 how fast it happened.  Guess  it took an experience

 for me to gain true 

 appreciation ... but I have it  now.

  

 We all made it back home safe and sound.  It was a

 great weekend with  

 friends and fun planes !!!

  

 Len Leggette, RV-8A

 Greensboro, NC  N910LL

 570 hrs

 


	


 

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Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 6:30 pm Post subject: Trip to Lakeland (long)

Yes, yet another  excellent adventure.

  

 -

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 [quote]         From: Lenleg(at)aol.com [mailto:Lenleg(at)aol.com]    

Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2007 8:22 PM

To:    rvsoutheast-list(at)matronics.com

Subject: Trip to    Lakeland (long)

   

   Ron Schreck, Larry Bowen and I took off around 9:30am Friday morning (as    soon as the fog lifted) and joined up over RUQ for the flight down.  Ron    discovered he had not fueled the plane and had to land at RUQ for fuel ..    Larry and I continued on knowing that Miss Izzy would have no problems    catching us. And of course he didn't.  You need to ask him about his    join up on our two ship ... spectacular !!!   Weather going down to    our fuel stop at Hazelburst, Ga. was scattered and broken clouds but fairly    low.  We made that part of the trip at aournd 2000'.  Ken Harrill    (RV-6), James Clark (RV-6), Danny Kight (RV-6) were already on the ground    waiting for us.  Unfortunately .. Danny (Anderson, SC) and his    passenger and new 6A owner Ken .. had no fog delays and had to spend two    hours on the ground waiting for us.

    

   We all got fuel at 2.80 per gallon !!  Took off as a flight of 6    with Ron in the lead heading to Cedar Key for lunch.  Ron led us on    a beautiful flight over the water and landing into Cedar    Key.  Taxi into the village for lunch and a walk back to the airport    with clear blue skies and "almost" tee shirt weather.  Groups of RVs    seem to always bring out crowds and they did this time too.  

    

   James led us from Cedar Key into Brooksville to pick up a    passenger.  Then Danny led us on into LAL as a 6 ship.  It was neat    when the controller ask us if we would like to do a fly by and then set up for    initial ... well yes we would !!    That went well and we were    soon on the Sun N Fun grounds pitching tents and tiedowns.  They provided    dinner and we visited the museum for a presentation by a photographer who flew    the Lewis and Clark Trail to the Pacific in an open cockpit taking wonderful    pics.  Rad ... you would have loved it !!

    

   Cold night in the tent especially for Larry as he forgot his sleeping    bag.  Everyone donated sheets and blankets which according to Larry only    partially worked.  We awoke Saturday morning to beautiful weather and a    pancake breakfast.  102 planes flew in on Saturday ... most from    Florida.  Several seminars were presented and lots of walking around    looking at pretty RVs.  The temp on Saturday was great ... somewhere in    the low 70s and blue skies.  Around 4:30 we took off as a flight of 4 and    went to Zephyrhills for cheap fuel and a chance to come back over the SNF    grounds in a diamond formation with smoke on !!  By the time we returned    ... lots of people had headed home.  We checked wx all day making sure we    could get back in today.  Everything said the bad wx would reach our area    around 4pm ... wrong !!  Ron was called into spot whales in Wilmington    and departed LAL around 3pm for home.  The rest of us camped again.     Bon fire and all you could eat chicken ... life is good !!

    

   This morning we were up early .. packing tents and belongings.  Our    group split up for the flight home ... Ken and Danny flew the coast line    home.  Larry, James, and I made a stop in Brooksville to drop off a    passenger, take on a little fuel and departed for the trip home with no    planned stops as all the Garmin 396s and 496s were saying get home now    !!!  We had a nice tail wind down low and flew home at 2500' showing    ground speeds in the 170s.  James headed off for Columbia soon and Larry    and I continued on ... with wx continuing to delcine.  We finally hit a    wall of showers around Concord and decided to land as ice was beginning to    form on our windshields.  

    

   Got a little fuel, pit stops, calls to home and we were airborne again    for a try to make it home.  All was going fine as we hopped our way from    airport to airport toward Winston.  We deviated a little west of the    direct route to avoid some showers and that put us close to Twin Lakes for    Larry to head to.  I passed by as Larry was turning final.  >From    Twin Lakes to INT (only 17 miles) ... my windshield completely iced    over.  I had zero forward visibility ... you should have seen me checking    those wings for ice.  I got the straight in for Rnwy 4 ... slipped left    and right to set up for landing ... then landed looking out the side.     All went well ... discovered ice was beginning to build on the wings.  I    had about a 6" line of ice on the wings .. very thin.  Glad I had no    further to fly.  My first encounter with ice and I can't believe how fast    it happened.  Guess it took an experience for me to gain true    appreciation ... but I have it now.

    

   We all made it back home safe and sound.  It was a great weekend    with friends and fun planes !!!

    

   Len Leggette, RV-8A

   Greensboro, NC  N910LL

   570 hrs

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Tim B

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Posts: 32
Location: Denver, NC

Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 8:27 pm Post subject: Trip to Lakeland (long)

We want pictures!

  

 

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Charlotte, NC

www.TheRV7.com

  

  

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billsettle(at)bellsouth.n
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Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 2:36 am Post subject: Trip to Lakeland (long)

Great write-up.  Thanks for sharing...  Larry, do you have any video?



Thanks,

Bill Settle.

 	  Quote: 	
		   

 From: Lenleg(at)aol.com

 Date: 2007/01/21 Sun PM 08:21:55 EST

 To: rvsoutheast-list(at)matronics.com

 Subject: Trip to Lakeland (long)

 

 Ron Schreck, Larry Bowen and I took off around 9:30am Friday morning (as  

 soon as the fog lifted) and joined up over RUQ for the flight down.  Ron  

 discovered he had not fueled the plane and had to land at RUQ for fuel ... Larry  and 

 I continued on knowing that Miss Izzy would have no problems catching  us. 

 And of course he didn't.  You need to ask him about his join up on  our two ship 

 ... spectacular !!!   Weather going down to our fuel stop  at Hazelburst, Ga. 

 was scattered and broken clouds but fairly low.  We made  that part of the 

 trip at aournd 2000'.  Ken Harrill (RV-6), James Clark  (RV-6), Danny Kight 

 (RV-6) were already on the ground waiting for us.   Unfortunately .. Danny 

 (Anderson, SC) and his passenger and new 6A owner  Ken .. had no fog delays and had 

 to spend two hours on the ground waiting for  us.

  

 We all got fuel at 2.80 per gallon !!  Took off as a flight of 6  with Ron in 

 the lead heading to Cedar Key for lunch.  Ron led us on  a beautiful flight 

 over the water and landing into Cedar  Key.  Taxi into the village for lunch 

 and a walk back to the airport  with clear blue skies and "almost" tee shirt 

 weather.  Groups of RVs  seem to always bring out crowds and they did this time 

 too.  

  

 James led us from Cedar Key into Brooksville to pick up a passenger.   Then 

 Danny led us on into LAL as a 6 ship.  It was neat when the controller  ask us 

 if we would like to do a fly by and then set up for initial ... well yes  we 

 would !!    That went well and we were soon on the Sun N Fun  grounds pitching 

 tents and tiedowns.  They provided dinner and we visited  the museum for a 

 presentation by a photographer who flew the Lewis and Clark  Trail to the Pacific 

 in an open cockpit taking wonderful pics.  Rad ... you  would have loved it !!

  

 Cold night in the tent especially for Larry as he forgot his sleeping  bag.  

 Everyone donated sheets and blankets which according to Larry only  partially 

 worked.  We awoke Saturday morning to beautiful weather and a  pancake 

 breakfast.  102 planes flew in on Saturday ... most from  Florida.  Several seminars 

 were presented and lots of walking around  looking at pretty RVs.  The temp on 

 Saturday was great ... somewhere in the  low 70s and blue skies.  Around 4:30 

 we took off as a flight of 4 and went  to Zephyrhills for cheap fuel and a 

 chance to come back over the SNF grounds in  a diamond formation with smoke on 

 !!  By the time we returned ... lots of  people had headed home.  We checked wx 

 all day making sure we could get  back in today.  Everything said the bad wx 

 would reach our area around 4pm  ... wrong !!  Ron was called into spot whales 

 in Wilmington and departed  LAL around 3pm for home.  The rest of us camped 

 again.  Bon fire and  all you could eat chicken ... life is good !!

  

 This morning we were up early .. packing tents and belongings.  Our  group 

 split up for the flight home ... Ken and Danny flew the coast line  home.  

 Larry, James, and I made a stop in Brooksville to drop off a  passenger, take on a 

 little fuel and departed for the trip home with no planned  stops as all the 

 Garmin 396s and 496s were saying get home now !!!  We had  a nice tail wind 

 down low and flew home at 2500' showing ground speeds in the  170s.  James headed 

 off for Columbia soon and Larry and I continued on ...  with wx continuing to 

 delcine.  We finally hit a wall of showers around  Concord and decided to 

 land as ice was beginning to form on our  windshields.  

  

 Got a little fuel, pit stops, calls to home and we were airborne again for  a 

 try to make it home.  All was going fine as we hopped our way from  airport 

 to airport toward Winston.  We deviated a little west of the direct  route to 

 avoid some showers and that put us close to Twin Lakes for Larry to  head to.  

 I passed by as Larry was turning final.  From Twin Lakes to  INT (only 17 

 miles) ... my windshield completely iced over.  I had zero  forward visibility ... 

 you should have seen me checking those wings for  ice.  I got the straight in 

 for Rnwy 4 ... slipped left and right to set up  for landing ... then landed 

 looking out the side.  All went well ...  discovered ice was beginning to 

 build on the wings.  I had about a 6" line  of ice on the wings .. very thin.  

 Glad I had no further to fly.  My  first encounter with ice and I can't believe 

 how fast it happened.  Guess  it took an experience for me to gain true 

 appreciation ... but I have it  now.

  

 We all made it back home safe and sound.  It was a great weekend with  

 friends and fun planes !!!

  

 Len Leggette, RV-8A

 Greensboro, NC  N910LL

 570 hrs

Larry Bowen

Joined: 09 Jan 2006
Posts: 802
Location: NC, USA

Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 5:04 am Post subject: Trip to Lakeland (long)

I took some video on the way back via the tail cam, but it was after 150

miles of flight already, so the lens was pretty dirty.  It didn't turn out

very well.  I have a dozen pictures I could share tonight though.



-- 

Larry Bowen

Larry(at)BowenAero.com

http://BowenAero.com



Bill Settle wrote:

 	  Quote: 	
		   

 <billsettle(at)bellsouth.net>



 Great write-up.  Thanks for sharing...  Larry, do you have any video?



 Thanks,

 Bill Settle.

>

> From: Lenleg(at)aol.com

> Date: 2007/01/21 Sun PM 08:21:55 EST

> To: rvsoutheast-list(at)matronics.com

> Subject: Trip to Lakeland (long)

>

> Ron Schreck, Larry Bowen and I took off around 9:30am Friday morning (as

> soon as the fog lifted) and joined up over RUQ for the flight down.  Ron

> discovered he had not fueled the plane and had to land at RUQ for fuel

> ... Larry  and

> I continued on knowing that Miss Izzy would have no problems catching

> us.

> And of course he didn't.  You need to ask him about his join up on  our

> two ship

> ... spectacular !!!   Weather going down to our fuel stop  at

> Hazelburst, Ga.

> was scattered and broken clouds but fairly low.  We made  that part of

> the

> trip at aournd 2000'.  Ken Harrill (RV-6), James Clark  (RV-6), Danny

> Kight

> (RV-6) were already on the ground waiting for us.   Unfortunately ..

> Danny

> (Anderson, SC) and his passenger and new 6A owner  Ken .. had no fog

> delays and had

> to spend two hours on the ground waiting for  us.

>

> We all got fuel at 2.80 per gallon !!  Took off as a flight of 6  with

> Ron in

> the lead heading to Cedar Key for lunch.  Ron led us on  a beautiful

> flight

> over the water and landing into Cedar  Key.  Taxi into the village for

> lunch

> and a walk back to the airport  with clear blue skies and "almost" tee

> shirt

> weather.  Groups of RVs  seem to always bring out crowds and they did

> this time

> too.

>

> James led us from Cedar Key into Brooksville to pick up a passenger.

> Then

> Danny led us on into LAL as a 6 ship.  It was neat when the controller

> ask us

> if we would like to do a fly by and then set up for initial ... well yes

>  we

> would !!    That went well and we were soon on the Sun N Fun  grounds

> pitching

> tents and tiedowns.  They provided dinner and we visited  the museum for

> a

> presentation by a photographer who flew the Lewis and Clark  Trail to

> the Pacific

> in an open cockpit taking wonderful pics.  Rad ... you  would have loved

> it !!

>

> Cold night in the tent especially for Larry as he forgot his sleeping

> bag.

> Everyone donated sheets and blankets which according to Larry only

> partially

> worked.  We awoke Saturday morning to beautiful weather and a  pancake

> breakfast.  102 planes flew in on Saturday ... most from  Florida.

> Several seminars

> were presented and lots of walking around  looking at pretty RVs.  The

> temp on

> Saturday was great ... somewhere in the  low 70s and blue skies.  Around

> 4:30

> we took off as a flight of 4 and went  to Zephyrhills for cheap fuel and

> a

> chance to come back over the SNF grounds in  a diamond formation with

> smoke on

> !!  By the time we returned ... lots of  people had headed home.  We

> checked wx

> all day making sure we could get  back in today.  Everything said the

> bad wx

> would reach our area around 4pm  ... wrong !!  Ron was called into spot

> whales

> in Wilmington and departed  LAL around 3pm for home.  The rest of us

> camped

> again.  Bon fire and  all you could eat chicken ... life is good !!

>

> This morning we were up early .. packing tents and belongings.  Our

> group

> split up for the flight home ... Ken and Danny flew the coast line

> home.

> Larry, James, and I made a stop in Brooksville to drop off a  passenger,

> take on a

> little fuel and departed for the trip home with no planned  stops as all

> the

> Garmin 396s and 496s were saying get home now !!!  We had  a nice tail

> wind

> down low and flew home at 2500' showing ground speeds in the  170s.

> James headed

> off for Columbia soon and Larry and I continued on ...  with wx

> continuing to

> delcine.  We finally hit a wall of showers around  Concord and decided

> to

> land as ice was beginning to form on our  windshields.

>

> Got a little fuel, pit stops, calls to home and we were airborne again

> for  a

> try to make it home.  All was going fine as we hopped our way from

> airport

> to airport toward Winston.  We deviated a little west of the direct

> route to

> avoid some showers and that put us close to Twin Lakes for Larry to

> head to.

> I passed by as Larry was turning final.  From Twin Lakes to  INT (only

> 17

> miles) ... my windshield completely iced over.  I had zero  forward

> visibility ...

> you should have seen me checking those wings for  ice.  I got the

> straight in

> for Rnwy 4 ... slipped left and right to set up  for landing ... then

> landed

> looking out the side.  All went well ...  discovered ice was beginning

> to

> build on the wings.  I had about a 6" line  of ice on the wings .. very

> thin.

> Glad I had no further to fly.  My  first encounter with ice and I can't

> believe

> how fast it happened.  Guess  it took an experience for me to gain true

> appreciation ... but I have it  now.

>

> We all made it back home safe and sound.  It was a great weekend with

> friends and fun planes !!!

>

> Len Leggette, RV-8A

> Greensboro, NC  N910LL

> 570 hrs

_________________
Larry Bowen
RV-8 SOLD,
RV-7QB in progress...

sportav8r(at)gmail.com
Guest

Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 5:23 am Post subject: Trip to Lakeland (long)

So, let me see if I have this right: collectively, you forgot fuel,

sleeping gear, an IFR rating and to equip your RV for flight into

known icing conditions... as forgetful as you guys are becoming, it's

a wonder I still have you around to pick on.  Shall I send some

Aricept samples, if I can find some?  They claim it helps stop the

progression of... I forget the name of the condition it's for.



Really glad to hear you're back safe.  The "sound" part I'm still debating.



-Stormy



On 1/21/07, Larry Bowen <Larry(at)bowenaero.com> wrote:

 	  Quote: 	
		  



 Yes, yet another excellent adventure.



 -

 Larry Bowen

 Larry(at)BowenAero.com

 http://BowenAero.com





  ________________________________

  From: Lenleg(at)aol.com [mailto:Lenleg(at)aol.com]

 Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2007 8:22 PM

 To: rvsoutheast-list(at)matronics.com

 Subject: Trip to Lakeland (long)



 Ron Schreck, Larry Bowen and I took off around 9:30am Friday morning (as

 soon as the fog lifted) and joined up over RUQ for the flight down.  Ron

 discovered he had not fueled the plane and had to land at RUQ for fuel ...

 Larry and I continued on knowing that Miss Izzy would have no problems

 catching us. And of course he didn't.  You need to ask him about his join up

 on our two ship ... spectacular !!!   Weather going down to our fuel stop at

 Hazelburst, Ga. was scattered and broken clouds but fairly low.  We made

 that part of the trip at aournd 2000'.  Ken Harrill (RV-6), James Clark

 (RV-6), Danny Kight (RV-6) were already on the ground waiting for us.

 Unfortunately .. Danny (Anderson, SC) and his passenger and new 6A owner Ken

 .. had no fog delays and had to spend two hours on the ground waiting for

 us.



 We all got fuel at 2.80 per gallon !!  Took off as a flight of 6 with Ron in

 the lead heading to Cedar Key for lunch.  Ron led us on a beautiful flight

 over the water and landing into Cedar Key.  Taxi into the village for lunch

 and a walk back to the airport with clear blue skies and "almost" tee shirt

 weather.  Groups of RVs seem to always bring out crowds and they did this

 time too.



 James led us from Cedar Key into Brooksville to pick up a passenger.  Then

 Danny led us on into LAL as a 6 ship.  It was neat when the controller ask

 us if we would like to do a fly by and then set up for initial ... well yes

 we would !!    That went well and we were soon on the Sun N Fun grounds

 pitching tents and tiedowns.  They provided dinner and we visited the museum

 for a presentation by a photographer who flew the Lewis and Clark Trail to

 the Pacific in an open cockpit taking wonderful pics.  Rad ... you would

 have loved it !!



 Cold night in the tent especially for Larry as he forgot his sleeping bag.

 Everyone donated sheets and blankets which according to Larry only partially

 worked.  We awoke Saturday morning to beautiful weather and a pancake

 breakfast.  102 planes flew in on Saturday ... most from Florida.  Several

 seminars were presented and lots of walking around looking at pretty RVs.

 The temp on Saturday was great ... somewhere in the low 70s and blue skies.

 Around 4:30 we took off as a flight of 4 and went to Zephyrhills for cheap

 fuel and a chance to come back over the SNF grounds in a diamond formation

 with smoke on !!  By the time we returned ... lots of people had headed

 home.  We checked wx all day making sure we could get back in today.

 Everything said the bad wx would reach our area around 4pm ... wrong !!  Ron

 was called into spot whales in Wilmington and departed LAL around 3pm for

 home.  The rest of us camped again.  Bon fire and all you could eat chicken

 ... life is good !!



 This morning we were up early .. packing tents and belongings.  Our group

 split up for the flight home ... Ken and Danny flew the coast line home.

 Larry, James, and I made a stop in Brooksville to drop off a passenger, take

 on a little fuel and departed for the trip home with no planned stops as all

 the Garmin 396s and 496s were saying get home now !!!  We had a nice tail

 wind down low and flew home at 2500' showing ground speeds in the 170s.

 James headed off for Columbia soon and Larry and I continued on ... with wx

 continuing to delcine.  We finally hit a wall of showers around Concord and

 decided to land as ice was beginning to form on our windshields.



 Got a little fuel, pit stops, calls to home and we were airborne again for a

 try to make it home.  All was going fine as we hopped our way from airport

 to airport toward Winston.  We deviated a little west of the direct route to

 avoid some showers and that put us close to Twin Lakes for Larry to head to.

  I passed by as Larry was turning final.  From Twin Lakes to INT (only 17

 miles) ... my windshield completely iced over.  I had zero forward

 visibility ... you should have seen me checking those wings for ice.  I got

 the straight in for Rnwy 4 ... slipped left and right to set up for landing

 ... then landed looking out the side.  All went well ... discovered ice was

 beginning to build on the wings.  I had about a 6" line of ice on the wings

 .. very thin.  Glad I had no further to fly.  My first encounter with ice

 and I can't believe how fast it happened.  Guess it took an experience for

 me to gain true appreciation ... but I have it now.



 We all made it back home safe and sound.  It was a great weekend with

 friends and fun planes !!!



 Len Leggette, RV-8A

 Greensboro, NC  N910LL

 570 hrs



 href="http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?RVSouthEast-List">http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?RVSouthEast-List

 href="http://forums.matronics.com">http://forums.matronics.com

jclarkmail(at)gmail.com
Guest

Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 5:26 am Post subject: Trip to Lakeland (long)

Sorry to hear that the lens as dirty. I was looking forward to seeing that footage. 



And the ones I took about then didn't turn out well either, due to "technicalities".



James

 On 1/22/07, Larry Bowen <Larry(at)bowenaero.com (Larry(at)bowenaero.com)> wrote:[quote] --> RVSouthEast-List message posted by: "Larry Bowen" <Larry(at)BowenAero.com (Larry(at)BowenAero.com)>



I took some video on the way back via the tail cam, but it was after 150

miles of flight already, so the lens was pretty dirty.  It didn't turn out 

very well.  I have a dozen pictures I could share tonight though.



--

Larry Bowen

Larry(at)BowenAero.com (Larry(at)BowenAero.com)

http://BowenAero.com

 

Bill Settle wrote:

 	  Quote: 	
		   --> RVSouthEast-List message posted by: Bill Settle

 <billsettle(at)bellsouth.net (billsettle(at)bellsouth.net)>



 Great write-up.  Thanks for sharing...  Larry, do you have any video? 



 Thanks,

 Bill Settle.

>

> From: Lenleg(at)aol.com (Lenleg(at)aol.com)

> Date: 2007/01/21 Sun PM 08:21:55 EST

> To:  rvsoutheast-list(at)matronics.com (rvsoutheast-list(at)matronics.com)

> Subject: Trip to Lakeland (long)

>

> Ron Schreck, Larry Bowen and I took off around 9:30am Friday morning (as

> soon as the fog lifted) and joined up over RUQ for the flight down.  Ron 

> discovered he had not fueled the plane and had to land at RUQ for fuel

> ... Larry  and

> I continued on knowing that Miss Izzy would have no problems catching

> us.

> And of course he didn't.  You need to ask him about his join up on  our 

> two ship

> ... spectacular !!!   Weather going down to our fuel stop  at

> Hazelburst, Ga.

> was scattered and broken clouds but fairly low.  We made  that part of

> the 

> trip at aournd 2000'.  Ken Harrill (RV-6), James Clark  (RV-6), Danny

> Kight

> (RV-6) were already on the ground waiting for us.   Unfortunately ..

> Danny

> (Anderson, SC) and his passenger and new 6A owner  Ken .. had no fog 

> delays and had

> to spend two hours on the ground waiting for  us.

>

> We all got fuel at 2.80 per gallon !!  Took off as a flight of 6  with

> Ron in

> the lead heading to Cedar Key for lunch.  Ron led us on  a beautiful 

> flight

> over the water and landing into Cedar  Key.  Taxi into the village for

> lunch

> and a walk back to the airport  with clear blue skies and "almost" tee

> shirt 

> weather.  Groups of RVs  seem to always bring out crowds and they did

> this time

> too.

>

> James led us from Cedar Key into Brooksville to pick up a passenger.

> Then 

> Danny led us on into LAL as a 6 ship.  It was neat when the controller

> ask us

> if we would like to do a fly by and then set up for initial ... well yes

>  we

> would !!    That went well and we were soon on the Sun N Fun  grounds 

> pitching

> tents and tiedowns.  They provided dinner and we visited  the museum for

> a

> presentation by a photographer who flew the Lewis and Clark  Trail to

> the Pacific 

> in an open cockpit taking wonderful pics.  Rad ... you  would have loved

> it !!

>

> Cold night in the tent especially for Larry as he forgot his sleeping

> bag.

> Everyone donated sheets and blankets which according to Larry only 

> partially

> worked.  We awoke Saturday morning to beautiful weather and a  pancake

> breakfast.  102 planes flew in on Saturday ... most from  Florida.

> Several seminars

> were presented and lots of walking around  looking at pretty RVs.  The 

> temp on

> Saturday was great ... somewhere in the  low 70s and blue skies.  Around

> 4:30

> we took off as a flight of 4 and went  to Zephyrhills for cheap fuel and

> a 

> chance to come back over the SNF grounds in  a diamond formation with

> smoke on

> !!  By the time we returned ... lots of  people had headed home.  We

> checked wx

> all day making sure we could get  back in today.  Everything said the 

> bad wx

> would reach our area around 4pm  ... wrong !!  Ron was called into spot

> whales

> in Wilmington and departed  LAL around 3pm for home.  The rest of us

> camped 

> again.  Bon fire and  all you could eat chicken ... life is good !!

>

> This morning we were up early .. packing tents and belongings.  Our

> group

> split up for the flight home ... Ken and Danny flew the coast line 

> home.

> Larry, James, and I made a stop in Brooksville to drop off a  passenger,

> take on a

> little fuel and departed for the trip home with no planned  stops as all

> the 

> Garmin 396s and 496s were saying get home now !!!  We had  a nice tail

> wind

> down low and flew home at 2500' showing ground speeds in the  170s.

> James headed

> off for Columbia soon and Larry and I continued on ...  with wx 

> continuing to

> delcine.  We finally hit a wall of showers around  Concord and decided

> to

> land as ice was beginning to form on our  windshields.

>

> Got a little fuel, pit stops, calls to home and we were airborne again 

> for  a

> try to make it home.  All was going fine as we hopped our way from

> airport

> to airport toward Winston.  We deviated a little west of the direct

> route to

 >> avoid some showers and that put us close to Twin Lakes for Larry to
	


 	  Quote: 	
		  > head to.

> I passed by as Larry was turning final.  From Twin Lakes to  INT (only

> 17

> miles) ... my windshield completely iced over.  I had zero  forward 

> visibility ...

> you should have seen me checking those wings for  ice.  I got the

> straight in

> for Rnwy 4 ... slipped left and right to set up  for landing ... then

> landed 

> looking out the side.  All went well ...  discovered ice was beginning

> to

> build on the wings.  I had about a 6" line  of ice on the wings .. very

> thin.

> Glad I had no further to fly.  My  first encounter with ice and I can't 

> believe

> how fast it happened.  Guess  it took an experience for me to gain true

> appreciation ... but I have it  now.

>

> We all made it back home safe and sound.  It was a great weekend with 

> friends and fun planes !!!

>

> Len Leggette, RV-8A

> Greensboro, NC  N910LL

> 570 hrs






	




 james(at)nextupventures.com (james(at)nextupventures.com) .

  [quote][b]

jclarkmail(at)gmail.com
Guest

Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 5:50 am Post subject: Trip to Lakeland (long)

Minor "corrections" so the perceptions about my "wingmen" below.  

James

On 1/22/07, Bill Boyd < sportav8r(at)gmail.com (sportav8r(at)gmail.com)> wrote: 	  Quote: 	
		  --> RVSouthEast-List message posted by: "Bill Boyd" < sportav8r(at)gmail.com (sportav8r(at)gmail.com)>

So, let me see if I have this right: collectively, you forgot fuel, 	

No, he decided that it would be prudent to stop early and take on more fuel once he got additional data from the other members of the flight. And given the relative speed of his plane and his wingmen's willingness to adjust accordingly, the determined they could be "on station" in time and thus he made the stop.   

 	  Quote: 	
		  sleeping gear, an IFR rating and to equip your RV for flight into 	

No. This wingman was introduced to a totally different set of plans by changes that occurred in the team makeup. BUT, realizing that he was "covered" by his other wingmen, who had all the necessary backup', he decided that it would be fine to proceed so that the team could arrive as a team.   

No. What IFR? Horizontal visibility remained 10 miles plus outside the plane.  

 	  Quote: 	
		   known icing conditions... as forgetful as you guys are becoming, it's 	

 No. What known icing? Only a few "see-through" showers. See above.  

 	  Quote: 	
		  a wonder I still have you around to pick on.  Shall I send some

Aricept samples, if I can find some?  They claim it helps stop the 

progression of... I forget the name of the condition it's for. 	

Ah, now what were we talking about??     

 	  Quote: 	
		   Really glad to hear you're back safe.  The "sound" part I'm still debating. 	

Yes, it is good for the team to all be back safely.

On a serious note, I was about 25-30 miles out from Columbia and could see the skyline clearly but ran into some light showers that I could **NOT** see. I had this happen once a year or two back while going to Florida in the winter and in a matter of a few **SECONDS** my canopy had iced up. NOTHING of the sort forecast and the OAT was above freezing where I was. Did a 180 and descended. Cleared up. I decide to go back to Columbia and land. 

James

[quote]-Stormy

On 1/21/07, Larry Bowen < Larry(at)bowenaero.com (Larry(at)bowenaero.com)> wrote:

 	  Quote: 	

 Yes, yet another excellent adventure.

 -

 Larry Bowen

 Larry(at)BowenAero.com (Larry(at)BowenAero.com)

  http://BowenAero.com

  ________________________________

  From: Lenleg(at)aol.com (Lenleg(at)aol.com) [mailto:Lenleg(at)aol.com (Lenleg(at)aol.com) ]

 Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2007 8:22 PM

 To: rvsoutheast-list(at)matronics.com (rvsoutheast-list(at)matronics.com)

 Subject: Trip to Lakeland (long)

 >

 	  Quote: 	
		   Ron Schreck, Larry Bowen and I took off around 9:30am Friday morning (as

 soon as the fog lifted) and joined up over RUQ for the flight down.  Ron

 discovered he had not fueled the plane and had to land at RUQ for fuel ... 

 Larry and I continued on knowing that Miss Izzy would have no problems

 catching us. And of course he didn't.  You need to ask him about his join up

 on our two ship ... spectacular !!!   Weather going down to our fuel stop at 

 Hazelburst, Ga. was scattered and broken clouds but fairly low.  We made

 that part of the trip at aournd 2000'.  Ken Harrill (RV-6), James Clark

 (RV-6), Danny Kight (RV-6) were already on the ground waiting for us. 

 Unfortunately .. Danny (Anderson, SC) and his passenger and new 6A owner Ken

 .. had no fog delays and had to spend two hours on the ground waiting for

 us.

 We all got fuel at 2.80 per gallon !!  Took off as a flight of 6 with Ron in 

 the lead heading to Cedar Key for lunch.  Ron led us on a beautiful flight

 over the water and landing into Cedar Key.  Taxi into the village for lunch

 and a walk back to the airport with clear blue skies and "almost" tee shirt 

 weather.  Groups of RVs seem to always bring out crowds and they did this

 time too.

 James led us from Cedar Key into Brooksville to pick up a passenger.  Then

 Danny led us on into LAL as a 6 ship.  It was neat when the controller ask 

 us if we would like to do a fly by and then set up for initial ... well yes

 we would !!    That went well and we were soon on the Sun N Fun grounds

 pitching tents and tiedowns.  They provided dinner and we visited the museum 

 for a presentation by a photographer who flew the Lewis and Clark Trail to

 the Pacific in an open cockpit taking wonderful pics.  Rad ... you would

 have loved it !!

 Cold night in the tent especially for Larry as he forgot his sleeping bag. 

 Everyone donated sheets and blankets which according to Larry only partially

 worked.  We awoke Saturday morning to beautiful weather and a pancake

 breakfast.  102 planes flew in on Saturday ... most from Florida.  Several 

 seminars were presented and lots of walking around looking at pretty RVs.

 The temp on Saturday was great ... somewhere in the low 70s and blue skies.

 Around 4:30 we took off as a flight of 4 and went to Zephyrhills for cheap 

 fuel and a chance to come back over the SNF grounds in a diamond formation

 with smoke on !!  By the time we returned ... lots of people had headed

 home.  We checked wx all day making sure we could get back in today. 

 Everything said the bad wx would reach our area around 4pm ... wrong !!  Ron

 was called into spot whales in Wilmington and departed LAL around 3pm for

 home.  The rest of us camped again.  Bon fire and all you could eat chicken 

 ... life is good !!

 This morning we were up early .. packing tents and belongings.  Our group

 split up for the flight home ... Ken and Danny flew the coast line home.

 Larry, James, and I made a stop in Brooksville to drop off a passenger, take 

 on a little fuel and departed for the trip home with no planned stops as all

 the Garmin 396s and 496s were saying get home now !!!  We had a nice tail

 wind down low and flew home at 2500' showing ground speeds in the 170s. 

 James headed off for Columbia soon and Larry and I continued on ... with wx

 continuing to delcine.  We finally hit a wall of showers around Concord and

 decided to land as ice was beginning to form on our windshields. 

 Got a little fuel, pit stops, calls to home and we were airborne again for a

 try to make it home.  All was going fine as we hopped our way from airport

 to airport toward Winston.  We deviated a little west of the direct route to 

 avoid some showers and that put us close to Twin Lakes for Larry to head to.

  I passed by as Larry was turning final.  From Twin Lakes to INT (only 17

 miles) ... my windshield completely iced over.  I had zero forward 

 visibility ... you should have seen me checking those wings for ice.  I got

 the straight in for Rnwy 4 ... slipped left and right to set up for landing

 ... then landed looking out the side.  All went well ... discovered ice was 

 beginning to build on the wings.  I had about a 6" line of ice on the wings

 .. very thin.  Glad I had no further to fly.  My first encounter with ice

 and I can't believe how fast it happened.  Guess it took an experience for 

 me to gain true appreciation ... but I have it now.

 We all made it back home safe and sound.  It was a great weekend with

 friends and fun planes !!!

 Len Leggette, RV-8A

 > Greensboro, NC  N910LL

[quote] 570 hrs

 href="http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?RVSouthEast-List"> http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?RVSouthEast-List

 href="james(at)nextupventures.com (james(at)nextupventures.com) .

   	  Quote: 	
		  [b]

Larry Bowen

Joined: 09 Jan 2006
Posts: 802
Location: NC, USA

Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 6:09 am Post subject: Trip to Lakeland (long)

Sounds like the "Phlying Photographers" better not quit their day job.  

-- 

Larry Bowen

Larry(at)BowenAero.com

http://BowenAero.com



James Clark wrote:

 	  Quote: 	
		   Sorry to hear that the lens as dirty. I was looking forward to seeing that

 footage. 



 And the ones I took about then didn't turn out well either, due to

 "technicalities".



 James

 On 1/22/07, Larry Bowen <Larry(at)bowenaero.com> wrote:

>

> 

> <Larry(at)BowenAero.com

> >

>

> I took some video on the way back via the tail cam, but it was after 150

> miles of flight already, so the lens was pretty dirty.  It didn't turn

> out

> very well.  I have a dozen pictures I could share tonight though.

>

> --

> Larry Bowen

> Larry(at)BowenAero.com

> http://BowenAero.com

>

> Bill Settle wrote:

> > 

> > <billsettle(at)bellsouth.net>

> >

> > Great write-up.  Thanks for sharing...  Larry, do you have any video?

> >

> > Thanks,

> > Bill Settle.

> >>

> >> From: Lenleg(at)aol.com

> >> Date: 2007/01/21 Sun PM 08:21:55 EST

> >> To: rvsoutheast-list(at)matronics.com

> >> Subject: Trip to Lakeland (long)

> >>

> >> Ron Schreck, Larry Bowen and I took off around 9:30am Friday morning

> (as

> >> soon as the fog lifted) and joined up over RUQ for the flight

> down.  Ron

> >> discovered he had not fueled the plane and had to land at RUQ for

> fuel

> >> ... Larry  and

> >> I continued on knowing that Miss Izzy would have no problems catching

> >> us.

> >> And of course he didn't.  You need to ask him about his join up on

> our

> >> two ship

> >> ... spectacular !!!   Weather going down to our fuel stop  at

> >> Hazelburst, Ga.

> >> was scattered and broken clouds but fairly low.  We made  that part

> of

> >> the

> >> trip at aournd 2000'.  Ken Harrill (RV-6), James Clark  (RV-6), Danny

> >> Kight

> >> (RV-6) were already on the ground waiting for us.   Unfortunately ..

> >> Danny

> >> (Anderson, SC) and his passenger and new 6A owner  Ken .. had no fog

> >> delays and had

> >> to spend two hours on the ground waiting for  us.

> >>

> >> We all got fuel at 2.80 per gallon !!  Took off as a flight of 6

> with

> >> Ron in

> >> the lead heading to Cedar Key for lunch.  Ron led us on  a beautiful

> >> flight

> >> over the water and landing into Cedar  Key.  Taxi into the village

> for

> >> lunch

> >> and a walk back to the airport  with clear blue skies and "almost"

> tee

> >> shirt

> >> weather.  Groups of RVs  seem to always bring out crowds and they did

> >> this time

> >> too.

> >>

> >> James led us from Cedar Key into Brooksville to pick up a passenger.

> >> Then

> >> Danny led us on into LAL as a 6 ship.  It was neat when the

> controller

> >> ask us

> >> if we would like to do a fly by and then set up for initial ... well

> yes

> >>  we

> >> would !!    That went well and we were soon on the Sun N Fun  grounds

> >> pitching

> >> tents and tiedowns.  They provided dinner and we visited  the museum

> for

> >> a

> >> presentation by a photographer who flew the Lewis and Clark  Trail to

> >> the Pacific

> >> in an open cockpit taking wonderful pics.  Rad ... you  would have

> loved

> >> it !!

> >>

> >> Cold night in the tent especially for Larry as he forgot his sleeping

> >> bag.

> >> Everyone donated sheets and blankets which according to Larry only

> >> partially

> >> worked.  We awoke Saturday morning to beautiful weather and a

> pancake

> >> breakfast.  102 planes flew in on Saturday ... most from  Florida.

> >> Several seminars

> >> were presented and lots of walking around  looking at pretty RVs.

> The

> >> temp on

> >> Saturday was great ... somewhere in the  low 70s and blue

> skies.  Around

> >> 4:30

> >> we took off as a flight of 4 and went  to Zephyrhills for cheap fuel

> and

> >> a

> >> chance to come back over the SNF grounds in  a diamond formation with

> >> smoke on

> >> !!  By the time we returned ... lots of  people had headed home.  We

> >> checked wx

> >> all day making sure we could get  back in today.  Everything said the

> >> bad wx

> >> would reach our area around 4pm  ... wrong !!  Ron was called into

> spot

> >> whales

> >> in Wilmington and departed  LAL around 3pm for home.  The rest of us

> >> camped

> >> again.  Bon fire and  all you could eat chicken ... life is good !!

> >>

> >> This morning we were up early .. packing tents and belongings.  Our

> >> group

> >> split up for the flight home ... Ken and Danny flew the coast line

> >> home.

> >> Larry, James, and I made a stop in Brooksville to drop off

> a  passenger,

> >> take on a

> >> little fuel and departed for the trip home with no planned  stops as

> all

> >> the

> >> Garmin 396s and 496s were saying get home now !!!  We had  a nice

> tail

> >> wind

> >> down low and flew home at 2500' showing ground speeds in the  170s.

> >> James headed

> >> off for Columbia soon and Larry and I continued on ...  with wx

> >> continuing to

> >> delcine.  We finally hit a wall of showers around  Concord and

> decided

> >> to

> >> land as ice was beginning to form on our  windshields.

> >>

> >> Got a little fuel, pit stops, calls to home and we were airborne

> again

> >> for  a

> >> try to make it home.  All was going fine as we hopped our way from

> >> airport

> >> to airport toward Winston.  We deviated a little west of the direct

> >> route to

> >> avoid some showers and that put us close to Twin Lakes for Larry to

> >> head to.

> >> I passed by as Larry was turning final.  From Twin Lakes to  INT

> (only

> >> 17

> >> miles) ... my windshield completely iced over.  I had zero  forward

> >> visibility ...

> >> you should have seen me checking those wings for  ice.  I got the

> >> straight in

> >> for Rnwy 4 ... slipped left and right to set up  for landing ... then

> >> landed

> >> looking out the side.  All went well ...  discovered ice was

> beginning

> >> to

> >> build on the wings.  I had about a 6" line  of ice on the wings ..

> very

> >> thin.

> >> Glad I had no further to fly.  My  first encounter with ice and I

> can't

> >> believe

> >> how fast it happened.  Guess  it took an experience for me to gain

> true

> >> appreciation ... but I have it  now.

> >>

> >> We all made it back home safe and sound.  It was a great weekend with

> >> friends and fun planes !!!

> >>

> >> Len Leggette, RV-8A

> >> Greensboro, NC  N910LL

> >> 570 hrs

> >>

> >>

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

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 This is an alternate email. Please continue to email me at

 james(at)nextupventures.com .

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Larry Bowen
RV-8 SOLD,
RV-7QB in progress...

Ollie Washburn

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 56
Location: Central Florida

Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 8:13 am Post subject: Trip to Lakeland (long)

Here are a few pictures I took at Lakeland. What a  great weekend.

  

 http://picasaweb.google.com/OllieS7S/SFRVs107

  

 Ollie  6A   Loves Landing Airpark,  FL

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Ollie RV6-A & Rans S7S
Central FL

luckymacy(at)comcast.net
Guest

Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 1:24 pm Post subject: Trip to Lakeland (long)

Looked like a lot of fun.  It was 23 degrees F in my hangar while doing my conditional inspection over the weekend.  Kept trying to remember why I moved from Florida up to PA in between the shivers.

  

  

  

 [quote]-------------- Original message -------------- 

From: "Oliver Washburn" <ollie6a(at)earthlink.net> 

    Here are a few pictures I took at Lakeland. What a great weekend.

  

 http://picasaweb.google.com/OllieS7S/SFRVs107

  

 Ollie  6A   Loves Landing Airpark, FL

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Larry Bowen

Joined: 09 Jan 2006
Posts: 802
Location: NC, USA

Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 2:56 pm Post subject: Trip to Lakeland (long)

Here's a couple:  

  

 http://picasaweb.google.com/BowenAero/LakelandFL

  

 -

Larry Bowen

Larry(at)BowenAero.com

http://BowenAero.com



  



 [quote]         From: Tim Bolton [mailto:timbolton(at)therv7.com]    

Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2007 11:29 PM

To:    rvsoutheast-list(at)matronics.com

Subject: Re: Trip    to Lakeland (long)

   

   We want pictures!

    

   

Tim Bolton

Charlotte, NC

www.TheRV7.com

    

    

   [quote]     ---

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Larry Bowen
RV-8 SOLD,
RV-7QB in progress...

billsettle(at)bellsouth.n
Guest

Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 3:19 pm Post subject: Trip to Lakeland (long)

Great pictures Larry.   Thanks!

[quote] 

 From: "Larry Bowen" <Larry(at)bowenaero.com>

 Date: 2007/01/22 Mon PM 05:54:57 EST

 To: <rvsoutheast-list(at)matronics.com>

 Subject: RE: Trip to Lakeland (long)

 

 Here's a couple: 

  

 http://picasaweb.google.com/BowenAero/LakelandFL

  

 -

 Larry Bowen

 Larry(at)BowenAero.com

 http://BowenAero.com <http://bowenaero.com/> 

 

  

 

 

   _____  

 

 From: Tim Bolton [mailto:timbolton(at)therv7.com] 

 Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2007 11:29 PM

 To: rvsoutheast-list(at)matronics.com

 Subject: Re: Trip to Lakeland (long)

 

 

 We want pictures!

  

 

 Tim Bolton

 Charlotte, NC

 www.TheRV7.com

  

  

 

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Tim B

Joined: 07 Sep 2006
Posts: 32
Location: Denver, NC

Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 4:36 pm Post subject: Trip to Lakeland (long)

Looks like there was nice turn out. I hope to make  it some day. Thanks for the photos.

  

 

Tim Bolton

Charlotte, NC

www.TheRV7.com

  

  

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Tim Bolton
Denver, NC

atbridge(at)peoplepc.com
Guest

Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 1:30 pm Post subject: Trip to Lakeland (long)

What part of PA?  I am in S Jersey.



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luckymacy(at)comcast.net
Guest

Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 1:37 pm Post subject: Trip to Lakeland (long)

The plane is at New Garden, N57.

  

  

 lucky

  

 [quote]-------------- Original message -------------- 

From: bob&verna <atbridge(at)peoplepc.com> 



[quote] --> RVSouthEast-List message posted by: bob&verna 

 

 What part of PA? I am in S Jersey. 

 

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