Loading the first two 330SC.
27 июня 2018 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ⛅ 84 °F
Look out competition, bringing big guns this time. 330SC . Disassembled and created ready for loading. Lots of stress too pack airplanes for overseas adventures, with a little luck and creek don’tЧитать далее
Loading day
28 июня 2018 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ⛅ 77 °F
Loaded the two extras into container today, now they are in route to Savannah and on to the Czech Republic for training camp.
N919GM in Vidalia
5 июля 2018 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ⛅ 88 °F
The yellow bird is in vidalia. A great flight across Georgia swamps circling rainstorms enjoying cool crisp moist air, what a privilege to fly such a great airplane. When u hit throttle a big grinЧитать далее
Disassemble under way
6 июля 2018 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ⛅ 88 °F
Going well so far, I haven’t seen any of the other folks yet but able to get tail feathers off and prepping wing for removal in the morning.
Heading across the pond
28 июля 2018 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ 🌙 79 °F
Marty and Richard in Columbus , we are car pooling to Atlanta airport tomorrow and arrive in Prague 9:46 Am Sunday.
Atlanta security
28 июля 2018 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 90 °F
Chris and Richard breeze thru security, Marty is diverted to search table, the culprit is M&M candy in his carry on.
Most in czech republic
29 июля 2018 г., Чехия ⋅ ⛅ 84 °F
We have made it to training ground. Seems to start off on right foot. A memorial too Americans out front . B-17 the pursuit of happiness that went down nearby . And other one is for two otherЧитать далее
More pictures
29 июля 2018 г., Чехия ⋅ ⛅ 86 °F
The countryside and a few planes.
First two planes arrive
31 июля 2018 г., Чехия ⋅ ⛅ 88 °F
Today we received first 2 extras and got a good lick in on putting them together. Dave the wrecker driver was great. Tomorrow we hope to finish and get in a few flights.
Practice has begun
1 августа 2018 г., Чехия ⋅ ⛅ 73 °F
Finished assembly of Johnny and Aj extra 330, got test flights completed and put in two practice flights, had alternator give up on Aj extra but we pulled out pit crew and had it resolved and back inЧитать далее
Prague
1 августа 2018 г., Чехия ⋅ ⛅ 73 °F
Me and Marty went to pick up nick and his plane was delayed so we visited the city center for few hours.
The yellow bird is back in action
2 августа 2018 г., Чехия ⋅ ☁️ 82 °F
N919GM arrived today and was put together and I was lucky enough to take her up and look around the most area. What a cool plane.
The pilots
3 августа 2018 г., Чехия ⋅ ☀️ 86 °F
Matt , Aj , Stan , Johnny and Marty . They are whipping ole extras this morning. The g meters are pegged in all directions, huge thunderstorms last night made barracks cool for a change and actuallyЧитать далее
The beatings will continue
3 августа 2018 г., Чехия ⋅ ☀️ 86 °F
Here is a picture of the meeting room were each flight is debriefed, nick the coach videos each flight and individual figures and they all review before the next round of practice.
At the extra factory in germany
5 августа 2018 г., Германия ⋅ 🌙 73 °F
7 hour drive to visit the extra factory and pick up some parts. Really pretty country , very nice hotel , the aero club bunks will b even harder when we get back and this air conditioning will spoilЧитать далее
Drive back across germany
6 августа 2018 г., Чехия ⋅ 🌙 72 °F
Me and Richard acquired our parts at the extra factory, got our tour, and were able to talk with Mr. Walter Extra himself. Another item that can be removed from my bucket list “visit extra factoryЧитать далее
Heading to romania
9 августа 2018 г., Чехия ⋅ 🌧 73 °F
We are bound for Romania tomorrow the pilots fly off and Richard and I take the van and drive the 18 hours toward Romania. We have been told to plan for trouble crossing from Hungary into Romania byЧитать далее
The planes are departing
10 августа 2018 г., Чехия ⋅ ⛅ 66 °F
The two extras and the panzl depart for Romania , the yellow bird sulking in corner waiting for her departure via truck back to extra for repairs, also a pic of landing light before being run over andЧитать далее
Family hotel hungary
11 августа 2018 г., Венгрия ⋅ ⛅ 77 °F
Drove 10 hours today in the van made it to 20 miles from Romania border we had elected to not drive at night so we rounded up a room for the night. Just acquiring this van was interesting no normalЧитать далее
Hungarian motel room
11 августа 2018 г., Венгрия ⋅ 🌙 73 °F
Here is pictures of our room tonight, no ac but opening skylights I also took pictures of water closet so my folks can see what bathroom looks like in Hungary, my hint of the day is the lever on leftЧитать далее
Across the border
12 августа 2018 г., Румыния ⋅ ⛅ 82 °F
By our superior smarts or blind luck , we left the major highway just before border and wound back thru small towns to a small border crossing with one guard, he sent us off the side and went into hisЧитать далее
btgog we made it
12 августа 2018 г., Румыния ⋅ 🌙 68 °F
We made it to the contest site and locked the van inside the secure area, if it ain’t nailed down it will grow legs and vanish. The first goat trail was a warm up for many more” I had asked StanЧитать далее
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Traffic so bad u can get snack”bread with honey” at stands along road
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These “whatever they are” are in ever village and spaced out along roads
Pictures
12 августа 2018 г., Румыния ⋅ 🌙 68 °F
Pictures 2
12 августа 2018 г., Румыния ⋅ 🌙 68 °F
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We passed the us military heading towards Hungary with police escort
Practice day
14 августа 2018 г., Румыния ⋅ ☀️ 64 °F
Yesterday all the pilots got in couple really good practice flights, the Russian team lost brake caliper off of their 330SC in flight and ground looped a su-26 sukhoi in a dramatic fashion, also hadЧитать далее
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Hope this one isn't going overseas!
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No it’s not, had to put in a pic of the original aerobatic mount