Good evening sports fans,
Last Friday in NY, dad and I flew with Mark Murphy in Mark and his dad, Dave, in their T-6's. I flew Mark's SNJ-5C, recently rebuilt by Midwest Texans, and Mark flew his Dad's T-6 because Dave wasn't available. My father climbed in back with me, and Mark's buddy Scott strapped in, and we went up for some fall flying! I handed my father the camera for a change, it was my turn to drive! He took all of the photo's in this post except for the first one.
I led the formation around high above the foothills of the mountains and lake Sacaganda. We practiced breaks and rejoins, and I focused on leading, which I had only done once a few years back. Mark peeled off to drop Scott off and pick up his wife Diane, so we could fly to lunch. While dad and I loitered, we tossed around the SNJ in some acro, and then I formed up on Mark and Diane and we flew to Mohawk Valley, a small 1800 foot grass strip.
We ended up flying for about 2 hours. And there was much rejoicing.
Here is the SNJ-5C. I like this shot because it almost looks like a model!
I got a little too excited with adding oil and got to watch my mess drain out of the vent...
Frequency time...
Mark and I...
Here are dad's Air-to-Air pics, I'm impressed, he got some cool shots!
I also tried my hand at flying trail/slot. I had never done this, so it was a neat new learning experience!
Loop time!
Lake Sacangada was a playground for us!
On our way to lunch.
Mark and Diane...
Dad took this shot in our overhead break. Final is flown right down the river and onto the turf. It's 1800 feet long, but fortunately I had it stopped in around 1500. I had never been in a runway short of 2100 feet, and definitely not in the T-6!
Taxying up to the drive-thru
Mark and Diane
And me after shutdown!
I hope you enjoyed the ride as much as I did!
Thank you Mark, Dave, and Diane!
Trey
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