Shelton Scale Fun Fly

We were up this morning at 5:30 and headed for Shelton at about 6:30 for a Scale Fun Fly.  It was held on an abandoned runway at the Shelton Airport.  I was looking forward to flying the B-36 on pavement.  The new cargo net held the fuselage pretty well, so I was able to take several other scale planes.

They had 27 pilots sign up to fly, the biggest turnout they have ever had.  They had everyone line their planes up just before flying started.  I ended up making the first flight of the day, I signed up to be the second person, then his plane would not steer, so I ended up having to go first with the B-36.  It was sure easy to make a scale like takeoff on the pavement, I only used about half throttle and let it pick up speed really slow and climb out slowly like the real one did.  On the second flight of the day, I made one touch and go using full throttle, it will climb at about 45 degrees.

This the five planes I flew today, they had a barbecue at noon, which I was ready for after our early breakfast.

 Vera took most of the pictures today and did a great job getting front and rear views of almost every plane.  When the fun fly was over, we stopped and had a nice visit with Barry and Mona.  Barry told us how to get out of town without having to go downtown, and it worked!  We stopped to see Marie, but she was at dinner, so we ran up and visited our friend Bob, he enjoyed seeing the pictures from the fun fly.  Marie was back at her room when we left, she was in a good mood and told us how tickled she was that Jackie, John and John Patrick stopped and visited her on there way home after the 4th.  We had a bite to eat on the way home, and took Jackson Hwy from Chehalis to home.  It ended up being a 14 hour day, but we had a great time.