Bag Lunch & Homebuilt Aircraft Viewing

 August 14 2020  We were off in the morning to meet up with a few flyers in Medicine Hat Alberta.  I had a errand to deliver something to my wife's brother there and thought we could make it another bag lunch flyin affair.  I made contact with a flyer who lives there and he agreed, he and another homebuilt aircraft owner would show us their airplanes and hangars.  Melvin Reister  has a RV7 and a Glasair and  Allen Rose has a RV7.  These two fellows were amazing to talk with and hear all about their amateur built aircraft.  The details of importing from the USA and having them signed off for Canada was very interesting and quite a simple and inexpensive process.  We had three planes from Springbank head out at various departures to meet in Medicine Hat at around 1130.  Weather was totally clear and temperature was forecast to be about 24c.  Winds were forecast to be light but that was not what we received.  The NW wind came up in the morning and was about 15-20 knots which gave us a nice push on the way SE but was slower on the homeward heading. Brian in his Cardinal, Ralph in his RV7 and myself.  Mel and Allen were kind enough to also offer us the very nice COPA flight club house to eat our lunches and talk aviation.  Here is a peek.

Another Bag Lunch Flight (Rocky Mountain House AB)

 August 4 2020  I emailed out a new invite to local flyers to go to Rocky Mountain House Alberta for another bag lunch gathering.  From Springbank airport it would be a 45 minute flight for me and it sounded like there might be a couple of others joining me.  The view from the plane as I headed NW was of colorful farm fields  in shades of green to the pleasing bright yellow of canola fields scattered across the horizon.  Nearing Rocky Mountain House the farm fields reduced in numbers to more forested lands along the foothills.  We had seven airplanes and nine people attending.  The airport has a very nice terminal building and we met the nicest people while there.  Some were aerobatic pilots, fuel service personnel, airport management and locals.  We have been invited back for two events, a BBQ lunch and a Aerobatic competition later this summer.  A special treat for me was to meet one of my flight instructors who I had not seen in 30 years and now fly's professionally and fly's aerobatics.  It was a wonderful day with fantastic people.  Thanks to all who attended and to those we were lucky enough to meet.