Wow... what a crazy fall! After recovering from some unanticipated down time, I'm happy to report that the club has put planes in the air almost every weekend over the last month. The weather has blessed us and the rains that swept through did soften the runways, but 28 stayed open.

One of the nice things about the late fall that compensates for the early sunset is just how pretty those sunsets can be. As we were putting the Blanik away last Sunday this is what we saw:




Don't be scarce! When the

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Happy to report that on Sunday, the rebuilt engine Scout was tested again, and some adjustments made. Jeff made a brief pattern flight in the morning after which final adjustments were made. Jeff took a second flight in mid-afternoon that demonstrated the aircraft was ready to put into service.

Jeff and Jack took a 30 minute flight and turned the Scout over to Ray and Doug who made a longer flight that afternoon.

We need to put about 21 to 22 additional hours on the engine before the Scout can

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