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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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 Beautiful day for flying! Was hard to believe it was February! No wind and 70-degrees with sunny skies! Over 30 airplanes flew in to enjoy Plane Crazy Saturday, including a 5 ship compliment of Ercoupes! The Ercoupe was designed between 1936 and 1940, with the first flight of the prototype in 1937. Before WW2, 112 were built and approximately 5,000 were made immediately after the war. About 400...
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