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Collings tour Fort Worth -- arrival info???

Sun Mar 31, 2013 2:32 pm

The Collings aircraft will be at Meacham Field in Fort Worth April 1-2-3. When are they scheduled to arrive? It would be fun to be there to shoot photos of the arrival!

Re: Collings tour Fort Worth -- arrival info???

Sun Mar 31, 2013 2:49 pm

We are scheduled for a morning move...its about a 1:45 min flight for the bombers. See you there!

jim

Re: Collings tour Fort Worth -- arrival info???

Sun Mar 31, 2013 7:49 pm

Hey Jim! So what time is the 1:45 flight gonna end? I need to know what time to be there! :D

Oh, and I'm planning to volunteer for the day, so please dream up something interesting for me to do... :lol:

Re: Collings tour Fort Worth -- arrival info???

Mon Apr 01, 2013 9:43 am

k5dh wrote:Hey Jim! So what time is the 1:45 flight gonna end? I need to know what time to be there! :D

Oh, and I'm planning to volunteer for the day, so please dream up something interesting for me to do... :lol:


Around 11:30 AM

Re: Collings tour Fort Worth -- arrival info???

Mon Apr 01, 2013 10:17 am

It will be a three ship into Meacham this morning. The 262 is delayed in Austin waiting on a pilot to make the move. Probably be in this evening. No times on that yet.

Re: Collings tour Fort Worth -- arrival info???

Mon Apr 01, 2013 11:02 am

When this morning, Rick?????........not there yet as of 11

Re: Collings tour Fort Worth -- arrival info???

Mon Apr 01, 2013 12:00 pm

600 ft in Austin this morning. Haven't checked the weather in a while. That's the reason for the delayed arrival.

Re: Collings tour Fort Worth -- arrival info???

Mon Apr 01, 2013 3:22 pm

I had hopes of dropping by to see the 262 between 5:00 and 6:00 tonight.

Is there an ETA yet?

Re: Collings tour Fort Worth -- arrival info???

Mon Apr 01, 2013 4:53 pm

Most importantly,whenever you fly rides, circle over the courthouse in Decatur a few times! 27.29 NM north and a little west, according to Google Earth!

JMC

Re: Collings tour Fort Worth -- arrival info???

Mon Apr 01, 2013 4:56 pm

262 is still in Austin. No pilot available today, tomorrow questionable.

Re: Collings tour Fort Worth -- arrival info???

Tue Apr 02, 2013 8:15 am

eagle21 wrote:Most importantly,whenever you fly rides, circle over the courthouse in Decatur a few times! 27.29 NM north and a little west, according to Google Earth!

JMC



Exemption letter flights are limited to 25 NM unless we jump through a lot of extra hoops. Flight training in the P-51 does not have to conform to that, but the B-17 and B-24 are limited to 25 NM.

Re: Collings tour Fort Worth -- arrival info???

Tue Apr 02, 2013 10:34 am

kmiles wrote:
eagle21 wrote:Most importantly,whenever you fly rides, circle over the courthouse in Decatur a few times! 27.29 NM north and a little west, according to Google Earth!

JMC



Exemption letter flights are limited to 25 NM unless we jump through a lot of extra hoops. Flight training in the P-51 does not have to conform to that, but the B-17 and B-24 are limited to 25 NM.


Actually, I kind of knew that. I was just surprised that we are actually that close (by air miles) to Meacham. Seems like it takes forever to drive it.

JMC

Re: Collings tour Fort Worth -- arrival info???

Fri Apr 05, 2013 3:08 pm

Finally the ME262 has both a pilot and weather ! Looks like the arrival at Meacham's Sandpiper Aviation should be in about 1.5 to 2 hours ( 4:30-5:00 ) for a gas n go. Sorry I couldn't give more of a heads up.
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