Kerry Mason's Fairchild 24 in Australia
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June 07, 2010
Kerry Mason from Mt. Mellum, Queensland, Australia sent us a very nice air to air shot of his Argus, aka Fairchild 24. Kerry says: I have been a Lifetime member of the AAA for the past 10+ years. I still own, in partnership with my wife, a Fairchild F.24A c/n #856, registration VH-BLB, that is in flyable condition. I've attached a photo shown with her in company with another local Argus.
Horn Point Fly-In Photos and Award Winners
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June 07, 2010
These are the photos and list of award winners for the 2010 Potomac Antique Aero Squadron (PAAS) Horn Point (near Cambridge MD) annual Fly-In that was held on Friday May 21st and Saturday May 22nd this year. We were fortunate to have decent weather for the entire weekend this year and had nearly 100 hundred aircraft show up on Saturday.
We had a towed glider and a couple of helicopters and even had a few antique trucks and a white antique covered open touring buggy with a team of horses to brighten up the environment. Most classifications were well represented by a very competitive group of airplanes to be judged. Our entire team was very pleased after several consecutive years of weather impacted near and/or total washouts.
Photo credits: Pete Dana, Brian Nickles, Richard Westlake
National Biplane Fly-In Promo Video
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June 07, 2010
The 2010 National Biplane Fly-In was held at Junction City KS this past weekend, June 4 and 5. We're trying to get a report, but here's a fun promo video that was produced prior to the event:
Skagit Aero's Blog: So Close, But No 100% Correct Answer
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June 05, 2010
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Skagit Aero's Blog
Skagit Aero Museum, who has kindly granted
permission to re-publish on AntiqueAirfield.com.
Ugh! We’re not sure how to handle this one, so we figured it is best to channel our inner Alex Trebek and be a stickler for the rules since nobody was 100% correct. We were impressed with how quickly people got close to having both correct answers to the mystery plane and engine, and some even threw in some extra details, but no single person correctly identified both.
So the competition is still open to the first person who can correctly identify both the airframe and engine. Your hint is both have been identified, just not together from a single person. We will have the history of the airplane up on Monday, in the meantime, here are a few more pictures from different angles. Not that it seems anybody needs more help… Don Parsons' Blog: Trying to start the Standard.
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June 02, 2010
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Flying Antique Airplanes, who has kindly granted
permission to re-publish on AntiqueAirfield.com.
We rolled the Standard out and tried again to start her today, but had no luck. We did get about 5 blades on one attempt, but that was it. We'll try again tomorrow. Skagit Aero's Blog: New Mystery Plane in the Restoration Hangar
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June 02, 2010
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Skagit Aero Museum, who has kindly granted
permission to re-publish on AntiqueAirfield.com.
The museum recently acquired a new project and has started work on the little airplane. So far the fuselage has been stripped down and some repair and finishing work is being done on it while the engine sits in the corner of the hangar.
We’ve been enjoying the interesting looks the plane and especially its engine have been getting from visitors. Only a few have guessed successfully to what either the airplane is or what kind of engine it came with. Admittedly it’s even a bit harder from just a picture, but we’ll send out a Skagit Aero t-shirt to the first person who can successfully identify both (we’re counting on your honesty that you haven’t been to the hangar lately or have been told what it is). Leave a comment below with your guess… Click on the link for more pictures.
MAAG's Blog: Rucker Field Fly-In
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June 01, 2010
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Today was the fly-in at Rucker Field. While not actually a MAAG event, there were a lot of cool airplanes, so I thought I would share some of my pictures. Steve Quick, MAAG President, gets grandson Owen thinking about airplanes at an early age. Great idea! MAAG's Blog: More of Rucker Fly-In
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June 01, 2010
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Dan Linn's Blog: Chino Wrap Up
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June 01, 2010
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 To wrap up the posts on Chino here are the links to the pictures from that long weekend. As noted were spent some time at the Yanks Air Museum shooting pictures of their outstanding Curtiss Robin. Detailed Robin pictures are here. This is one of three Curtiss Robins they have. This one being powered by a Challenger radial. The welcome shade from the California sun was provided by my friend Les Whittlesey at his hangar. The hangar that he calls the Cal-Aero Aviation Country Club. If you want to develop a serious case of hangar envy take a look at these pictures! Thanks again Les for the place to hang out! (The picture above is my wife and I standing with Les's award winning Lockheed 12.) The complete gallery of edited airshow pictures is here. A great Warbird Airshow and an amazing long weekend with my lovely bride. 
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