Hi Guys,

  The 11/18 Fly-In to Brackett Field was done by a mixture of seven

different planes and thirteen people. Bret & Lisa Strain and Gary Kauffmann

in a 172; Mike Gretton and Andy Silver in a 172; Chris Claborne (our

webmaster) in a 172RG; Larry & George Rothrock in a Great Lakes; Dennis

Cullum in a RV3; Paul Hanson in an Offshoot; and Gary Ghio, Manny Ambrosio

and me in an Arrow. Now that's a gaggle of different geese.

   The weather was excellent. Montgomery was 7 mile vis and clear and

Brackett Field 20 and clear. Although later the vis did deteriorate to 7

miles with smog in the LA Basin.

  The LA Basin had lots of traffic and some planes used flight following

with SoCal Approach, so we didn't do much talking on 123.45, but we all did

meet at the restaurant. The food was okay, but the service left something to

be desired. However, to be fair, the ONE waitress handling all 13 hangar

flying pilots at one table did have her hands full. It was fun to hangar fly

on the restaurant patio near the runway with all that good airplane noise

from taking offs, landings and taxiing near us.

  After breakfast, we walked around and eyeballed a variety of planes and

classic cars that were on on display there. On departure, everyone sort of

went there own way. Some returned to San Diego via the route West of the

rocks over the coast line and others did Easterly route by Lake Elsinore.

  It was a great day to fly and link up with fellow aviators.

  Take a look at the pictures on the Fly-In website that Chris Claborne has

set up for us.

http://www.cyberthought.com/tonytex/

  CHRIS, here are the names of people in the pictures;

  2nd row, 3rd from left is Dennis Cullum, Mike Gretton and Andy Silver;

  2nd row, 4th from left is Paul Hanson and Tony Tex;

  3rd row, 1st on left is Bret & Lisa Strain, Chris Claborne, Dennis Cullum,

Mike Gretton, Andy Silver, Paul Hanson, Tony Tex and Manny Ambrosio.

  NEXT FLY-IN... DEC 9TH...  SANTA PAULA (SZP). The alternate will be either

Chiriaco Summut (L77) or Calexico (CXL). L77 has a decent restaurant and the

General Patton Museum, and CXL has EXCELLENT MEXICAN food. Do you have any

alternate preferences?

 

  Best of clear skies and tailwinds,

TONY TEX