I rarely post to the group so I thought I would take up some bandwidth. Last weekend I flew up to the fly-in at the Alton, IL airport and there were bunches of people there. On leaving I asked for a low pass and was granted one. I was planning on heading home after I was done but the tower asked if I would like to make a couple more. Ultimately they cleared their traffic and my final one was at 190 mph about 10 feet above the runway with about 500 people watching. It was pretty cool. Today, I went to our airport where I was planning on displaying my plane but several people asked about how it flew and then this military plane from WWII did a couple of passes. Well, I couldn't resist so I called Ground and told them that the fun shouldn't be reserved for the big boys toys so I wanted to do a couple of passes with my little toy. They said sure and then moved me from the left runway to the right one so the crowd could have a full view. Again, I figured about 190 mph and 10 feet seemed logical. The tower cleared me for anything I wanted to do so I did pull-up's right after I cleared the tower on the right side then went to pattern altitude pretty darn quick turning 60 degree turns because the FAA was there at our flyin and they were watching. Sorry, no real turns like at the KR Gathering. Anyway. I've been having fun flying and the VW still lives.
Don't forget about Oshkosh in 2007. 35 KR's for the 35th. Finish your airplanes. It is too much fun even in very controlled airspace. Jim Jim Faughn 35 KR's for the 35th Anniversary at Oshkosh 2007 St. Louis, MO (314)652-7659 Email - sub @ for "at" jfaughn "at" socket.net Web Site http://jfaughn.com
