Celebrated with two beautiful spring flying days - the temperature was a balmy 55 degrees, the sky was blue, and the winds were light. On Saturday Linda flew a lesson, and I got some solo time in the C182. On Sunday Linda flew the C182 down to Chester County to meet Rich and I in the Cherokee. To explain: I have owned a 1971 Piper Cherokee for about nine years now with two partners (one of whom is Rich). However in 2009 I relocated, and instead of being 5 miles from home the Cherokee was an hour's drive away at N10 (Collegeville). So Linda and I decided to form a partnership and buy a plane together at DYL (Doylestown). I was expecting it to take us quite a while to find and buy the right plane for us, giving me plenty of time to sell the Cherokee. Instead, our C182 N222VW was only the second plane we looked at - things moved with lightening speed - and before we knew it we were owners! The Cherokee share is for sale of course, but no takers yet. So as a result, I managed to get the cool picture below. The plane in the front is our Cherokee. Two planes beyond that there is a rare sight - one of our sister airplanes, a 1971 180F with the exact same paint scheme and a very similar tail number. And beyond that, barely visible at the end of the row, our race plane C182 222VW.
We also found out that our Baby Bird team is Classic Racer # 30 Kansas State University (Megan Henderson and Nicole Lordemann), so we are excited to be able to help them out with some advice and what small amount of knowledge and wisdom we possess!
