I loaded the motor home last night, so I was all ready for a day of flying this morning. I got started for the field shortly after 8, a quick stop at Subway and I was at Toledo at 8:45. I was unloaded and had several flights in before anyone else showed up.
About 1:30 someone noticed a jet coming in low, everyone was scrambling for camera's and a place to see it.
It turned out to be a NASA DC-8 Airborne Lab from Dryden Flight Research Center.
We had a good turn out today, I counted 12 club members flying. Steve showed up on his scooter to watch for a while, that was a pleasant surprise. I had a good day of flying and flew a couple that have not been out for a while. There were 3 crashes today, one unexplained, the plane just rolled over and dove straight into the ground. Another was lost when the pilot lost sight of it, he was looking for it up in the sky and someone pointed out the wreck way out in the field. The third one a new flyer turned the wrong way coming in for a landing, over corrected and ended up behind a tree. You can't control them when you can't see them.
Our final excitement was a Sky Diver having a fouled chute and having to release it. The chute with it's pack and harness sure looked like a person until it got lower. It was a good day, I got lots of flying in, test flew a couple of planes for other flyers and gave a couple of lessons.
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