Cruising the neighborhood

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Re: Cruising the neighborhood

Postby Bryan Cotton » Sun Mar 20, 2016 2:18 pm

The sky around C77 has been thick with Sonexes lately. Robbie stopped by today. Here he is on departure:
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Waiex 191 N191YX
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dual sticks with sport trainer controls
Prebuilt spars and machined angle kit
Year 2 flying and approaching 200 hours December 23
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Postby Sonex1517 » Sun Mar 20, 2016 7:45 pm

Today was one of those days you dream about all winter. I flew three times in my Sonex and twice with a friend in his Remos.

Bryan - great to meet you and your family! Your project is INCREDIBLE! Can't wait to see it fly.


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Re: Cruising the neighborhood

Postby Bryan Cotton » Tue May 24, 2016 7:03 pm

Adam posted this R/C vid on youtube.
https://youtu.be/nZQFR_-aCR4
For someone who has not had much training, or flown R/C in 4 years, he shows some real talent. It is sort of like Luke Skywalker between "The Empire Strikes Back" and "Return of the Jedi."
Bryan Cotton
Poplar Grove, IL C77
Waiex 191 N191YX
Taildragger, Aerovee, acro ailerons
dual sticks with sport trainer controls
Prebuilt spars and machined angle kit
Year 2 flying and approaching 200 hours December 23
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Re: Cruising the neighborhood

Postby Bryan Cotton » Sun Jun 12, 2016 3:51 pm

Sort of off topic, but if you are into this sort of thing here is Adam's first Tae Kwon Do tournament match:
https://youtu.be/-8NL0zWw-wY

Sort of back on topic, we were helping a friend pick up a ping pong table in Genoa, IL. Drove past a farm strip and Adam spotted a Onex tail.
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Poplar Grove, IL C77
Waiex 191 N191YX
Taildragger, Aerovee, acro ailerons
dual sticks with sport trainer controls
Prebuilt spars and machined angle kit
Year 2 flying and approaching 200 hours December 23
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Re: Cruising the neighborhood

Postby Bryan Cotton » Fri Jun 17, 2016 11:06 pm

The airport owners are a husband and wife team. Here they are doing a loose formation pass, Steve in the Waco and Tina in the 180.
https://youtu.be/830U5t2teyU
Everybody was flying this evening.
Bryan Cotton
Poplar Grove, IL C77
Waiex 191 N191YX
Taildragger, Aerovee, acro ailerons
dual sticks with sport trainer controls
Prebuilt spars and machined angle kit
Year 2 flying and approaching 200 hours December 23
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Re: Cruising the neighborhood

Postby Bryan Cotton » Mon Jul 04, 2016 4:40 pm

Happy Independence Day folks! Here in the neighborhood you can always count on people to lend a hand lifting large parts, to loan you clecoes, turn parts on a lathe, or any aviation themed need. The neighbors have more to offer than that though. Adam is headed to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area this summer during Oshkosh week. He just completed the Canoeing merit badge at summer camp and is pretty fired up about canoes. One set of neighbors saw him on the pond and offered the use of their canoe if we ever needed it. The church group planning the BWCA outing has a meeting at the local park for both food and canoeing as not all the kids have earned the merit badge. So, we have our neighbor's canoe tucked away for the meeting. Today the boys were out on the pond and I was offered a third canoe to borrow!
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What great neighbors I have. I truly believe aviation attracts the best people.
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Poplar Grove, IL C77
Waiex 191 N191YX
Taildragger, Aerovee, acro ailerons
dual sticks with sport trainer controls
Prebuilt spars and machined angle kit
Year 2 flying and approaching 200 hours December 23
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Re: Cruising the neighborhood

Postby Bryan Cotton » Sun Jul 10, 2016 12:46 pm

EAA1414 has breakfasts on the second Sunday of the month. Jim and Monica flew out. Good to see them and good to see some Sonex representation.
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I need to figure out how to transport 3 canoes.
Bryan Cotton
Poplar Grove, IL C77
Waiex 191 N191YX
Taildragger, Aerovee, acro ailerons
dual sticks with sport trainer controls
Prebuilt spars and machined angle kit
Year 2 flying and approaching 200 hours December 23
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Cruising the neighborhood

Postby Sonex1517 » Sun Jul 10, 2016 12:48 pm

I stopped in also with my son Josh. We were parked a couple rows behind Jim and Monica.


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Re: Cruising the neighborhood

Postby Bryan Cotton » Sun Jul 10, 2016 7:26 pm

Sorry we missed you Robbie. Adam and I both have a cold and we got up late. Very cool that you got your son out flying.
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Poplar Grove, IL C77
Waiex 191 N191YX
Taildragger, Aerovee, acro ailerons
dual sticks with sport trainer controls
Prebuilt spars and machined angle kit
Year 2 flying and approaching 200 hours December 23
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Re: Cruising the neighborhood

Postby Bryan Cotton » Sat Jul 23, 2016 1:21 pm

A flock of Interstate Cadets camped overnight. There were a few more out of the frame of the picture.
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It would be cool to host a mass Sonex flyout of C77 to KOSH some year. We are 101 NM south of there.
Bryan Cotton
Poplar Grove, IL C77
Waiex 191 N191YX
Taildragger, Aerovee, acro ailerons
dual sticks with sport trainer controls
Prebuilt spars and machined angle kit
Year 2 flying and approaching 200 hours December 23
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