of most Mid Western Farming communities. Streets lined with older trees and big houses. The Town surrounded by some of the countries best farm land.
Like most County Seats (
We will be heading to the County airport for the JR Aero Tow 2005.
Karen and I arrived late Thursday evening, to awake and have a cheap but rather large breakfast next door at the Red Wheel Resturant. I think that the hotel rate was a little much, for the area, but the rooms were clean and that is what counts.
After breakfast we are guided with the event maps and signs conviently located thru town out to the High School and the left on the way to the Airport. Karen comments on the new wheat growing to our right.
We arrive on sight at the airport, do the check in process. I find that I am sharing my frequency, and at the same time notice a vacant Frequency that I can move to.
I make the necessary arrangements and change frequencies, so that I could fly anytime that I chose. The move was appreciated by the JR employee doing the check in.
Karen and I put up our EZ-up and unload the truck. The weather is warm, the sky overcast at about 1500 agl, the winds 5 to 8 variable at 8:30 am and most of the day.
I get my Ventus 2Ax assembled, Gonzo the pilot at its side, and decide to relax for a few, in anticipation of the Pilots briefing.
The announcement comes for the briefing, which is full of introductions and common sense requests. The flight line is laid out to the participants, and a short discussion about the full scale glider club giving up the 4 days for the JR event and that full scale glider rides were being raffled. Sweet !!
I Look Around and notice faces present that I have not seen in years. Stan Cotch (sp) comes to mind first, Howard Keller and Bernie Coleman, who actually introduced me to "Scale" Aero Tow.
Skip is there, Jim Frickey and his crew, the boyz from
Jim Porter who has been out of the country is recognized immediately and is greeted with a friendly handshake, and there were many others as well.
There is a Japanese filming crew covering the event for a major magazine in
After a couple of ceiling checks, by contest bud and Jr Team Member John Dinz
I decide that its time to get my plane.
By the way, this link http://home.comcast.net/~strotherbj/JrAt05Web/index.htm , will direct you to some pix that Karen took.
Skip is up front in the line. He and rusty Rude (sp?) have been flying the Cross country course, Skip ended the day with some 26 miles on the course.
Jack Strother
Granger, IN
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