April 28th- Kingsbury and San Marcos Events

SPANNERmkV · **Posted:** Wed Apr 25, 2012 4:31 pm

I didn't see either of these posted in the Events so allow me to post in the WRONG forum... :axe:

Pioneer Flight Museum is having their Spring Air Fair this Saturday (April 28th) at the Kingsbury Aerodrome. (85TE)
Lot's of cool WWI and earlier flying machines there.
Might be a Ryan PT-22 and who knows what else?

And just up the prairie is the San Marcos (HYI) Bi-plane fly-in.
Same day- Same State- why not go to both?

What the hay- I am flying Moosejaw Belle (Fairchild PT-26) to both.

I wonder if they will notice that I am short a wing at San Marcos ? ... :shock:

Any other WIXers going?

SPANNER the Intrepid Traveller

Obergrafeter · **Posted:** Wed Apr 25, 2012 6:46 pm

We are going to San Marcos to see if anyone there wants to attend the Hondo Fly-in May 19th also.

RyanShort1 · **Posted:** Wed Apr 25, 2012 7:07 pm

I'm gonna have to miss both... have fun guys!

Ryan

snj5 · **Posted:** Wed Apr 25, 2012 7:46 pm

Will miss both due to biz, but am shooting for Hondo...

Obergrafeter · **Posted:** Wed Apr 25, 2012 8:10 pm

Come on down Russ......................it's OK ...............I know a guy!

snj5 · **Posted:** Wed Apr 25, 2012 10:24 pm

Obergrafeter wrote:

Come on down Russ......................it's OK ...............I know a guy!

Sure want to come. Tell Mr. F. to take his lawnmower and get 400 yards of grass* into the wind...

* RNAS/RFC standard landing field.

SPANNERmkV · **Posted:** Sat Apr 28, 2012 8:33 am

Bombs are loaded... Briefing is done...
Waiting for the IFR to lift... geek

300 foot ceilings and mist reported at San Marcos
Supposed to improve from 1500-1800 Z

Sweatin' it out :wink:

SPANNER

Obergrafeter · **Posted:** Sat Apr 28, 2012 6:18 pm

Must of not improved down there as it was OK in San Marcos from about 9:30 on. Bunch of Stearmans ( the pretty biplanes) but not much else. They had a formation clinic there for bi-planes this week and they hung around to hawk rides. About 10 of the pretty bi planes one Waco and no Navy types.

snj5 · **Posted:** Sat Apr 28, 2012 9:40 pm

pm winds here out of limits for WW1 kites.

SPANNERmkV · **Posted:** Mon Apr 30, 2012 9:27 am

The weather at San Marcos was 300 ft Ceiling at 0930 when I called for a weather briefing. (Translation- kinda pooky!)

Then there were the usual delays and we stopped at Kingsbury first. Then I had a hot re-start problem with the PT-26. As in it WOULDN'T re-start until it took a breather between flights. I HAD to have petrol anyway, so off to San Marcos we flew.

So the (shorter) long version is- By the time we got to San Marcos a formation flight of Stearmanzes was just landing and I couldn't get my camera out in time.
But I did get these shots on the ramp.
AND my buddy Col. Haskins was flying back in the same direction and he allowed me to continue my previously started formation training. So I got about a solid hour of two-ship work- holding station, change-overs, leading and being #2.
That formation bidness isn't as easy as folks make it look.

Canso42 · **Posted:** Wed May 02, 2012 8:55 pm

Whose Waco, Obergrafeter?

Obergrafeter · **Posted:** Thu May 03, 2012 8:16 am

Canso42 wrote:

Whose Waco, Obergrafeter?

Huffstetler out of Uvalde.

Canso42 · **Posted:** Thu May 03, 2012 8:36 pm

I'm not familiar with him. Do you know what model or do you have a photo? I'm into Wacos.

Obergrafeter · **Posted:** Thu May 03, 2012 9:54 pm

Canso42 wrote:

I'm not familiar with him. Do you know what model or do you have a photo? I'm into Wacos.

Actually it is a Nuwaco, they rebuilt from a wreck I believe. They are busy on 3 Wildcats now. Will be in Hondo May 19 with something. Mustang hopefully. He was flying the T-28 when I saw you last in Fredricksburg.

N3Njeff · **Posted:** Thu May 03, 2012 10:27 pm

SPANNERmkV wrote:

The weather at San Marcos was 300 ft Ceiling at 0930 when I called for a weather briefing. (Translation- kinda pooky!)

Then there were the usual delays and we stopped at Kingsbury first. Then I had a hot re-start problem with the PT-26. As in it WOULDN'T re-start until it took a breather between flights. I HAD to have petrol anyway, so off to San Marcos we flew.

So the (shorter) long version is- By the time we got to San Marcos a formation flight of Stearmanzes was just landing and I couldn't get my camera out in time.
But I did get these shots on the ramp.
AND my buddy Col. Haskins was flying back in the same direction and he allowed me to continue my previously started formation training. So I got about a solid hour of two-ship work- holding station, change-overs, leading and being #2.
That formation bidness isn't as easy as folks make it look.

You know don, if you were using your endorsment on a certin OTHER yellow airplane, you could have gave those boys a run for their money!! But its probably a good thing you diddent as you did not hear the tower call you a stearman flight of 5 :axe:

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