Pinckneyville 2006

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TriPacer at fuel stop - Pine Bluff, AR
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United States Beech 1900 at PBF
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US Beech 1900 at PBF
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Army helo at PBF
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Getting motorcycle dual
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The Wildfire is road legal but rather small
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Marshall on the small Chopper
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John Ousterhout on the Wildfire
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The smaller Marshall on the chopper
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Mike on the chopper
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Mike on the chopper
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Mike on an even smaller dirt bike
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Tina ready for trials riding
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Now does this thing pull wheelies?
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The "Red Lady"
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The Red Lady and the remnants of the day's weather
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The Friday Night Astronomy club is open for business
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The Friday Night astronomy club starts up
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Vans RV-7A
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Strange not-quite-ultralight arrives
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Strange not-quite-ultralight
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Marshall the Younger on the chopper
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This Cessna 140 was rather nice
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Finally, I got some motorcycle dual in myself and was quickly soloed.
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Skirting the abandoned C182
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John Ousterhout practises wheelchair aerobatics, while Michael reminds him that it doesn't have an inverted fuel system. Paul wonders whether you can ground loop a wheel chair.
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The rather nice Cessna 140 only stayed for lunch
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It's not a Pinckneyville flyin without some aircraft maintenance.
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Paul, Mike, Tina, Marshall and Carl debate the very serious issue of safety wiring.
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And on goes the first of many pieces of safety wire
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A rather nice Navion arrives
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A local RV6 departs
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There's no mistaking who made the engine that's on the Reliant
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Taylorcraft
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Swift
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Swift
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John gets the plane ready for a test run of the engine
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Carl has the fire extinguisher.
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A puff of smoke from the exhaust as the engine starts to fire up
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And she's running
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Quickie
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We got a display from this Super Decathalon
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Soo you're at the PJY fly in and your tent requires structural maintenance. Needle and thread? Naah! Safety wire!
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Morris and Lonnie arrive after an awful weather-bound journey. John Ousterhout gives them the official greeting.
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The most heroic arrival of the day gets a warm welcome
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There needs to be aircraft construction too
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Now is it 12 inch pounds for the main spar attach points?
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Landing gear is an option
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A successful test flight
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Making some trim adjustments
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Attending to the proper inflation of a Piper oleo strut.
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Morris gets some motorcycle dual off Marshall
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There's still plenty of bullshit going around on Sunday morning.
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Morris gets the hang of it
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