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This past Saturday(Aug 20) the anual flyin was held at the Forest Lake Airport(25D). There weren't as many vintage aircraft as last year, but still a respectible turn out, with the Highlights being the Stinson SR-6A and the Travel Air E-4000. After many years of watching him fly, I finally decided to go on one of the rides Clay Adams offers. I'm very sorry I waited this long, flying in an open cockpit biplane from a grass strip is an absolutely incredible experience. A few warbirds did show up too, I'll try and get some of those shots posted tomorrow.

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Pilot Clay Adams and myself

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A few more.

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Nice pics! Guess I need to polish on my 170 alittle more to get my shine up like that one!

Bet that Travel Air ride was fun! I gotta get me a open cockpit biplane at somepoint!

Thanks for posting!

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Thanks Dan. The ride was amazing and the smile has yet to fade from my face. It helps that Clay Adams is an amazing pilot, I have seen him make perfect landings in the Travel Air in crosswinds that gave much heavier aircraft trouble. There wasn't as much vintage action as last year, when we had a bunch of vintage Cessnas, a Waco, and 2 Howard DGA's. A DGA passed over the field at about 1500' twice this year but didn't stop in.

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Nice photo's. I always like seeing a nicely polished 170; NMF finishes seem to suit the lines of the 170--wouldn't look the same on a 180/185 or even a 190/195. Only thing prettier in my mind is a polished NMF Ryan ST-A. Not sure what that white aircraft is (Luscombe? Taylorcraft? Porterfield?). Also liked seeing the Stinson. There's an SR-9E up for sale in Australia and this site, http://www.rangemedia.com.au/stinsonsr9e , has some nice video of it.

Your right about flying from grass strips. I took a hop in a Stearman some years ago from a grass strip; no nicer way to spend a perfect October afternoon!

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Thanks Neil, I've been getting lazy about captions lately. The white aircraft is a Luscombe 8A.

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The white aircraft is a Luscombe 8A.
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Sorry, 8B.

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I've got to agree on the polished 170's. Here's one I snagged in June. Click on the picture for the full size with text.
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No wood, no nails, no glue...


Sorry, 8B.


Ok I can be incredibly dense sometimes... The aircraft Neil was refering to is a Luscombe 8B, the white and red aircraft is a Stinson SR-6.

The polished 170s look great, but I wouldn't want to have to maintain that finish!

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Wow, Roger! :shock: Great picture! I had seen other pictures of that one before but didnt realize it was a '52 model.... with a '56 paint scheme.

The one at the top of this thread looks to be a '53 and is painted like a '53 :D

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Oh yes... alot of work... look good... but alot of work! I am slowly painting the undersides of the airplane... that is the hard part to keep up!! Top sides are actually not that hard to keep up.

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Great shots Dan! I ;ove them! The Luscombe 8A is painted up like Benny Howards air racer Mr. Mulligan. Looks pretty racy! And you are so right about a bi-plane on grass.....doesn't get much better than that! :P Tailwinds, Steve.

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