John,
Thanks for the update. Sounds like a good idea to hook up with EAA 110,
next year. Maybe we can encourage a few more Europa builds...
Jeff - Baby Blue
John & Paddy Wigney wrote:
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> This was going to be our second trip to Rough River. Last year we had to
> drive because of the tail-end bad weather from a hurricane and I was
> determined to fly this time. A nice Garmin 396 in the cockpit with XM
> weather now makes it easier to avoid poor weather. However, it was not
> to be. A stalled front was hanging around Georgia, Tennessee and much of
> the south east US. Heavy rain in North Carolina on Friday morning meant
> that it was that long drive again, 9 hours.
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> The weather at Rough River turned out to be quite good on Friday and
> Saturday and the Louisville EAA Chapter 110 held their 35^th annual
> fly-in at the airport that weekend. There were about 40 planes there and
> a good turnout. However - not one Europa aircraft. Who was there?
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> * Creighton Smith and Jim Woolnought (A036 Classic kit in progress -
> has needed a lot of rework) from Brattleboro, Vermont - a really
> long drive. They did bring some excellent New England Harpoon ale.
> * Peter and Susan Jeffers from High Wycombe, UK (Europa G-BVIS)
> stopping on the way to their place in Florida.
> * Jim and Lynne Puglise (building) from Punta Gorda , Florida
> * Chuck Rhoads (Europa N246CR) drove down from Louisville, Kentucky
> * John and Paddy Wigney (Europa N262WF) from Mooresville, North
> Carolina.
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> Paddy and I tried some golf on Saturday afternoon and the best I could
> do on the par 3, 9 hole course was a 5! Paddy did better with a 4.
> Despite the thin turnout of Europaphiles, we really enjoyed the
> fellowship and meeting with the EAA 110 group and were welcomed to their
> banquet at the lodge on Saturday night. Thanks to chapter President Don
> Jeffries for their hospitality. Open bar, good food and we had an
> interesting presentation from Mike Loehle talking about his company's
> aircraft and coatings. http://www.loehle.com/index.htm . Also a lot of
> nice door prizes. The drive home on Sunday had a lot more heavy rain.
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> Next year, EAA 110's fly-in weekend will be on 9.11.10 and 9.12.10 and
> they welcome the Europas to join them. I heard that there will be a big
> wedding at the lodge on the following weekend. So the suggestion is that
> we have our gathering on the same weekend as EAA 110. Any comments? If
> we settle on those days, it would be a good idea to make our
> reservations accordingly. See http://parks.ky.gov/findparks/resortparks/rr/
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> Cheers, John
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