I was at that Hicks fly in in 1999. Doug had me give his neighbors wife a ride in my RV6. Her husband later built his RV6 in my hanger, and he bought a lot at Hicks. Now. They are friends and I can see their hanger from mine.
Doug has done a lot of good for our flying hobby over the years. I would not know Rosie and Tupper Gal,, if. It were not for Doug Reeves .
Many Thanks Doug
Doug who....????!!!!!???? Thanks so much for the kind words Jay!!!! You are a true friend as is Doug....
ALL BECAUSE OF VAF!!!!
I remember meeting you at our first Texas fly-in at Scott's Ranch...then getting the
VERY COOL opportunity to fly from Addison, direct Love Field then over the
TOP of DFW at 4.5K then descending into Hicks (a two-ship formation flight with Eightball) to pick up my Koger shade that blew out at Scott's and you picked up off the grass runway.
We were ready to fly all the way around the Class B airspace when the lady on Ground freq at Addison asked if I wanted direct...."Can you do that?"....pause...she says, "Yes, I can work wonders!" Texas hospitality at it's best
I'd bet money that near half the contacts in my cell phone belong to my VAF family of friends
I just added Matt & Debbie Tucciarone (from Virginia) to the list as I just gave my 100th Young Eagle ride to a friend of theirs - Garrett Brooks: Matt found me via VAF!
We look forward to meeting many more of you in the years to come, and fly-in to our
skypark home at Rosamond (L00) if you are ever in SoCAL.
Long-live VAF
Rosie & Tuppergal