Vintage Piper Fly In

[The Original GF]

[N-Jacko]

GF,
Is the date set in stone? Famous last words, but WX looks OK for the preceding weekend - not that I have a Cub, but could paint a Maule yellow and see if anyone notices.
PJ

[Sir George Cayley]

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BUMP

SGC

ps I was thinking of attending, then I realised I don't own a Piper

[India Four Two]

but could paint a Maule yellow and see if anyone notices.

N-J,
Probably not. Last Friday, I went for a flight to Camarillo with piperboy84 in his lovely Maule No. 2:



After lunch at The Waypoint Cafe, we were taxying out and ATC gave some avoidance instructions to a just-landed aircraft:

Ground: Cessna 1234, taxi behind the yellow Cub.
Cessna 1234: Taxi behind the, er, little yellow plane

Of course, what do you expect if you are flying a bright-yellow taildragger!

[piperboy84]

And on the same theme, the ATC controller at Santa Monica asked if I would take him for a ride in the Maule which I did, he in turn invited me to a going away party for one of his control tower colleagues at the restaurant on the field, a gathering of about 40 pilots and controllers. I was introduced to a group of people as "the scottish guy who flies the yellow Maule". One of the folks name tag said "Harrison". I thought better of asking how his yellow plane was doing. Seemed like a down to earth type of bloke.

[N-Jacko]

PB, are you taking your, er..., little white airplane to GF?
Hopefully it'll change again for the better, but according to the GFS it might be prudent to throw a brolly on the back seat...

[piperboy84]

NJ, yes I will be taking the " M model" Piper Cub MX7 J3 180A with modified -7 flaps, will come prepared for the monsoon.