Category Archives: Flying with New Guy Al

S Thanks Don for the update. I had some repairs to do on 3 planes, before I could come out. My goal was for 11 ish, ended up being 12:30 ish. Got there and the gate was open. YEE!HAW!, someone … Continue reading →

WELL! For once, I’m at a loss for words. Ya’ll just laughed. Today, by 10:00, Groundhog Day officially happened, 12 groundhogs had come out of hibernation to grace the field with their presence and see their shadows. That is a … Continue reading →

Todays players: Lonnie Hagadorn, Bill Holder, David Putnam, Alan Roberts, Wayne Windsor, Al Bleyenberg, and (are you sitting down) Randall Hendrick My morning was eaten up with some Craigslist selling. Last minute, sorta, decided to go to the field. Lonnie … Continue reading →

CVRC 24 Mon. Feb 25, 2019 After a month of being cooped up in the house because of my hip recovery, Dick  was kind enough to pick me up to go to the field. At 10:15 the “accu” weather forecast … Continue reading →

Not a lot to report other than perfect weather after about 1:30PM. Shirtsleeve temps with wind at or below 2-3MPH. Yeah Al, it was a little muddy, but that beats cold and windy! Jim Bates showed up with a heavily … Continue reading →

Gents, The following members and guests showed up today at the field: Jim Bates, Dick Blackburn, Lonnie Hagadorn, Randall Hendrix, Bill Holder, Wayne Huffman, Don Jerch, Bill McCain, Mark McCellen, Alan Roberts and Billy West. I took still pictures of … Continue reading →

Gents, Too windy for me to fly today, but that didn’t stop Billy West and Steve Tisi! I got there a little late and missed seeing Steve fly his Cessna, but I have movies of him with his quad in … Continue reading →

CVRC 22 Feb 2, 2019 In the immortal words of one of North Carolina’s favorite son’s. WEELL GAAAAWWWWLLLY!! Jim Nabors if you haven’t guessed. Lonnie, for a “fill in” (I HOPE) you did a great job. The fact that the … Continue reading →

In Al Bleyenberg’s absence, our safety officer commanded me to write a morning report of activities at the CVRC field: We came, we flew, we crashed. (Well I did anyway!) Bill Holder got in a lot of stick time with … Continue reading →

Well today I got a late start to the field, I actually did not plan to go as I had sent my radio in to get worked on. Funny thing, I figured out it is quite difficult to fly when … Continue reading →