AFTER ACTION REPORT: August 18, 2018 It must have been too hot and windy, so not too many aircraft flew in for Plane Crazy this month. JB Brown brought his beautiful 1953 Cessna 190 Business-Liner. Always a treat to hear him taxi in! Love the sound of that round engine! A 225 horsepower, seven cylinder, air cooled, Continental R-670 powers JB’s Cessna. Later models of the Cessna 195 featured a crosswind gear that allowed the wheels to...
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AFTER ACTION REPORT: June 16, 2018 Beautiful weather greeted us for June Plane Crazy Saturday. Winds out of the southwest were manageable for pilots flying in, many of whom used runway 22 at Mojave Air & Spaceport. Wonderful presentation by Barbara Schultz about her new book and biography of visionary leader, Cliff Henderson! Although we had extreme technical difficulties with getting the com! Although we had extreme technical...
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AFTER ACTION REPORT: May 19, 2018 Windy, windy, windy, but we had a good time anyway! Lots of wonderful folks came to visit Plane Crazy Saturday and our good friend Susan Mallet and her lovely grand-daughter, Ryan, came all the way from Alabama! Susan Mallett, is with the National Civil Air Patrol Youth Development Program – CAP Aerospace Education. Thank you Mike Massee for the great educational presentation about the Garrett steam...
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The Mojave Experimental Fly-In was held April 20-21, 2018!! Beautiful weather greeted pilots and visitors. Flour Bombing Contest Friday was on April 20th, the Indoor Fly-In Friday night and the Awards Banquet was held on Saturday evening with Zach Reeder speaking. Thank you to the many volunteers who made this event a success! Scott Glaser, Rich Aldrich, Bob Waldmiller, Zach Reeder, Brian Bin, Steve Rushford, Sally Kendall, Rebecca...
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AFTER ACTION REPORT: February 17, 2018 Another cold and windy day for Plane Crazy Saturday! Only one airplane flew in to MHV! Barb and Phil Schultz brought their gorgeous 1958 Beech 18 in, but no one else wanted to venture out in the skies with the nasty weather! On January 15, 1937, the Beechcraft Model 18 made its first demonstration flight at the factory in Wichita, Kansas, and it continued in production for thirty-two years. The...
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We were excited to host our yearly banquet for the second annual Grit & STEAM Challenge Scholarship offered to Mojave High School Students. Thanks to our sponsors this year, we were able to offer FOUR $500 scholarships from the Mojave Transportation Museum and Mojave Chamber of Commerce. Thank you to Shirlee Wilson for capturing the evening – See all the photos from the evening here. Students were asked to interview a local...
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