ScottM
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I was set to be one of the late arrivals. Most of the people seemed to be heading up on Friday but I had to work and could not get out until such a time as I would be landing close to dark. Not wanting to land at an unlit field that I had only been to once before nor having to set up camp in the dark I opted for a Saturday flight.
The only thing that was really bothering me was my back. I twisted it a bit on Thursday moving some scuba gear around when I was teaching class and it was really bothering me. It hurt to try and stand up straight. Once standing I was fine, it was just getting erect that was the problem, I guess I had an erectile dysfunction
D). I took some ibuprofin and hoped for the best but Saturday morning it was not much better. When I arrived at the airport to load up everything I decided that sleeping on the ground was not going to help and I did not want to be in such bad pain that I could not fly home. So I left the camping gear and decided to make it just a day trip.
So off we went. The sky was clear and expected to be that way all weekend. Temps in the high 70's/low 80's light winds. Perfect flying WX. Picture 001 shows how pretty it was. This is a shot of a lake just to the west of Milwaukee. Good vis and smooth air was what we expected for most of the flight. That held true until about 40NM south of 6Y9. Then some puffy cumulus showed up and so did the bumps. But it was not too bad at all. Up where this bumping started I was well north of Green Bay and civilization had pretty much ended. This was the real back woods area. Lots of pine trees, little towns. Up here the trees are already starting to turn to their fall colors as seen in picture 006.
The approach and landing into 6Y9 were uneventful. Ed and his dad have improved the strip here making it even easier to get in and out. It is well marked and well maintained. This year I managed to land on the first try, no ultra-lites were cutting me off or anything else. As I suspected most everyone was already there. Jesse and Tristan were going to be later due to circumstances beyond their control. I took may parking position next to Barb's Colt and was greeted by Hayden (picture 007).
Soon the whole gang managed to gather under Tony's Citabria wing and start the hunt for a keyboard. But none was available so we were forced to talk using our voices, how quaint. Picture 008 is some of us in action.
From L-R is Chris, Pete, Tony, Rachel, Leah, Barb, and Kent.
I hung around until about 7pm and then heading up to Ontogogan (SP?) airport for fuel and then home. Headwinds were a little strong that night and I was only making 85-90knots of GS so I did not land until a little after 10pm. I heard the guys having fun flying in the evening as I flew home. It was a good day on conversation, flying, eating, and relaxing.
Picture 010 is Chris Jones treating us to a high speed fly-by in his RV.
Picture 014 is a meeting of the mile high club president (NICE T-Shirt)
Glad you got it back Tony!
Picture 015 is Jesse and Tristan's arrival from Minnesota (there is a good story there)
Picture 016 is Bob, the disabled fly
The Fred Family outdid themselves again this year. 6Y9 is a really fun place. The people are great and genuinely interested in the planes. I gave a couple of tours of my plane, Grant I think walked a family down flight line row and told them about each airplane. I did not get a picture of the 'Lady in Red' who was looking for her 'first flight' again. She was good for a few laughs. At least this year she seemed less drunk than last year.
The only thing that was really bothering me was my back. I twisted it a bit on Thursday moving some scuba gear around when I was teaching class and it was really bothering me. It hurt to try and stand up straight. Once standing I was fine, it was just getting erect that was the problem, I guess I had an erectile dysfunction
D). I took some ibuprofin and hoped for the best but Saturday morning it was not much better. When I arrived at the airport to load up everything I decided that sleeping on the ground was not going to help and I did not want to be in such bad pain that I could not fly home. So I left the camping gear and decided to make it just a day trip. So off we went. The sky was clear and expected to be that way all weekend. Temps in the high 70's/low 80's light winds. Perfect flying WX. Picture 001 shows how pretty it was. This is a shot of a lake just to the west of Milwaukee. Good vis and smooth air was what we expected for most of the flight. That held true until about 40NM south of 6Y9. Then some puffy cumulus showed up and so did the bumps. But it was not too bad at all. Up where this bumping started I was well north of Green Bay and civilization had pretty much ended. This was the real back woods area. Lots of pine trees, little towns. Up here the trees are already starting to turn to their fall colors as seen in picture 006.
The approach and landing into 6Y9 were uneventful. Ed and his dad have improved the strip here making it even easier to get in and out. It is well marked and well maintained. This year I managed to land on the first try, no ultra-lites were cutting me off or anything else. As I suspected most everyone was already there. Jesse and Tristan were going to be later due to circumstances beyond their control. I took may parking position next to Barb's Colt and was greeted by Hayden (picture 007).
Soon the whole gang managed to gather under Tony's Citabria wing and start the hunt for a keyboard. But none was available so we were forced to talk using our voices, how quaint. Picture 008 is some of us in action.
From L-R is Chris, Pete, Tony, Rachel, Leah, Barb, and Kent.
I hung around until about 7pm and then heading up to Ontogogan (SP?) airport for fuel and then home. Headwinds were a little strong that night and I was only making 85-90knots of GS so I did not land until a little after 10pm. I heard the guys having fun flying in the evening as I flew home. It was a good day on conversation, flying, eating, and relaxing.
Picture 010 is Chris Jones treating us to a high speed fly-by in his RV.
Picture 014 is a meeting of the mile high club president (NICE T-Shirt)
Glad you got it back Tony!
Picture 015 is Jesse and Tristan's arrival from Minnesota (there is a good story there)
Picture 016 is Bob, the disabled fly
The Fred Family outdid themselves again this year. 6Y9 is a really fun place. The people are great and genuinely interested in the planes. I gave a couple of tours of my plane, Grant I think walked a family down flight line row and told them about each airplane. I did not get a picture of the 'Lady in Red' who was looking for her 'first flight' again. She was good for a few laughs. At least this year she seemed less drunk than last year.
