Saber25
Well Known Member
A year ago in September, the EAA chapter and the 1V6 airport committee planned a pancake breakfast and fly in. Often these events brought out a small group of local pilots; some even flew to the airport, had breakfast and shortly thereafter they departed. It seemed to me that the activities that we participated in decades ago such as toilet paper cuts, balloon busts, various take off and landing contests have disappeared from the fly in agenda. Since a primary objective of these gatherings is to draw enthusiasm for airplanes and airports I did not feel we were meeting that goal. I suggested volunteering my team mates from the Renegade Formation team to do flyovers well above Canon City with smoke and then do several passes over our runway in different formation configurations. High above the town six trails of smoke in the direction of the airport less than five miles away brought out a crowd eager to see what was going on. The EAA chapter was not quite prepared for what followed that morning and made several trips to the store for more eggs and pancake mix. This year our airport manager and committee procured a waiver for aerobatic and formation flight displays and we had our first real air show here at Canon City. By all accounts it was a resounding success and had coverage in three different newspapers complete with pictures. Our first pass with a flight of eight coincided with a dedication of our Vietnam War Memorial at the entrance to the airport and the council member making the dedication could not have been more pleased as were the spectators.
In this day and age of declining interest in aviation, I?m proud to be associated with a group that promotes our RV?s in flight and the spirit of what an individual can build and ultimately fly. Despite sequestration and cut backs by the big name aerial stars, the little towns and counties enjoy these shows and more often are profuse in their appreciation. It doesn?t get better than that.
This is my solo demo,warts and all on our final show of the year, but I had a ball and the audience had a chance to see what an initial investment of 23,500 in 1989 dollars can do.
Hans "Cobra" Miesler
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8uJYaJFst4&feature=em-upload_owner#action=share
In this day and age of declining interest in aviation, I?m proud to be associated with a group that promotes our RV?s in flight and the spirit of what an individual can build and ultimately fly. Despite sequestration and cut backs by the big name aerial stars, the little towns and counties enjoy these shows and more often are profuse in their appreciation. It doesn?t get better than that.
This is my solo demo,warts and all on our final show of the year, but I had a ball and the audience had a chance to see what an initial investment of 23,500 in 1989 dollars can do.
Hans "Cobra" Miesler
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8uJYaJFst4&feature=em-upload_owner#action=share