GLPalinkas
Well Known Member
PART 1
First, as a former aerial photographer, one would think I would have brought a better camera than my iPhone. Alas, I did not…sorry
Well, It all started Oct 12 when family/life issues came up and I needed to wing my way West again from Venice, FL to Albuquerque. My lovely wife and I loaded up and I decided to RON in the Dallas area as a 10 hour flying day wasn’t in her cards…(neither were the very high winds forecast for central Texas) but we did get an early start
Landed KLUL Laurel, MS for fuel and then pushed on to KOSA Mt Pleasant, TX where we had about 6 hours in and decided to RON. Sorry, DR, I would have preferred Northwest 52F and the Van Cave but my bride wanted something more….. Oh, well, next time.
The next day, winds over West Texas had subsided so off we were to Tucumcari, NM (fuel) and our final stop at 0E0 Moriarty, NM where my friend and F-111 jock Tom Bender welcomed me to his hangar, again . Don’t know who the guy on the right is…. SkyKing somebody
So, I spent about 6 weeks in Albuquerque doing my family duties and watching the weather windows deteriorate. The mountain pass for I-40 was closing at times because of weather and I didn’t want my RV-6 stranded in New Mexico until next spring. Yeah, I know, these airplanes fly in snow but this Florida pilot doesn’t….anymore. Besides, Tom’s hangar doors don’t open with a foot of snow against them.
I did get to visit and see a number of old friends and the last run of another homebuilt at Moriarty. Nemesis broke more records and retired to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. 405.9mph …. hmmmm, gotta reduce the drag on my -6.
Link to Nemisis NXT website and records info: http://www.nemesisnxt.com/kit/index.php
First, as a former aerial photographer, one would think I would have brought a better camera than my iPhone. Alas, I did not…sorry
Well, It all started Oct 12 when family/life issues came up and I needed to wing my way West again from Venice, FL to Albuquerque. My lovely wife and I loaded up and I decided to RON in the Dallas area as a 10 hour flying day wasn’t in her cards…(neither were the very high winds forecast for central Texas) but we did get an early start
Landed KLUL Laurel, MS for fuel and then pushed on to KOSA Mt Pleasant, TX where we had about 6 hours in and decided to RON. Sorry, DR, I would have preferred Northwest 52F and the Van Cave but my bride wanted something more….. Oh, well, next time.
The next day, winds over West Texas had subsided so off we were to Tucumcari, NM (fuel) and our final stop at 0E0 Moriarty, NM where my friend and F-111 jock Tom Bender welcomed me to his hangar, again . Don’t know who the guy on the right is…. SkyKing somebody
So, I spent about 6 weeks in Albuquerque doing my family duties and watching the weather windows deteriorate. The mountain pass for I-40 was closing at times because of weather and I didn’t want my RV-6 stranded in New Mexico until next spring. Yeah, I know, these airplanes fly in snow but this Florida pilot doesn’t….anymore. Besides, Tom’s hangar doors don’t open with a foot of snow against them.
I did get to visit and see a number of old friends and the last run of another homebuilt at Moriarty. Nemesis broke more records and retired to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. 405.9mph …. hmmmm, gotta reduce the drag on my -6.
Link to Nemisis NXT website and records info: http://www.nemesisnxt.com/kit/index.php
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