That is pretty, Jim, and pretty good shots from the Samsung.
I do enjoy practising circuits on grass strips, but we don't have many. Every
year I have to visit RAF Cranwell for 3 or 4 trips with the Central Flying
School Standards flight and most of the landings there are on the grass beside
the main runway: this leaves the main runway clear for the heavier aircraft to
use, almost simultaneously.
Near my airfield, RAF Wyton, is a grass field called RAF Henlow and I use that
occasionally, but it takes around 20 minutes to get to it, not time I normally
have to spare.
I wouldn't mind flying one of those Stinsons, that's for sure.
Chris
On 30 Sep 2011, at 19:24, Jim Nichols wrote:
> Dropped in at the local airport for a few minutes this morning, and spotted a
> lucky pilot tying down his recently fully restored 1948 Stinson 108-3. I
> could see that the outside was perfect. When asked if I wanted to see the
> inside, I was amazed to see that the full instrument panel was also original.
> The whole airplane was a step back in time to the days when flying was much
> simpler and one was free to go almost anywhere he desired.
>
> I have never flown a Stinson, but felt a connection because Eddie Stinson's
> father was City Engineer at one time in the little Mississippi town where I
> grew up, and the now gone grass airport was named Stinson Field. In the 50s
> I flew into it when it was all grass, and later when the local crop dusters
> put in an 1800ft narrow blacktop runway.
>
> The Stinson was parked with the old DC-3 in the background.
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Fully+Restored+1948+Stinson+108.jpg.html
>
> The nose carries the popular name:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Flying+Station+Wagon.jpg.html
>
> And the tail carries the famous Stinson trademark:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Original+Stinson+Trademark+on+Tail.jpg.html
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