REFLECTOR:SWRFI - Texas

[mike deeter]

Scott.....I know Dean Norris stopped by with his V
(Elite RG, 1st flight on Xmas Eve '03).  I don't know
if he's on the Reflector all the time so I thought I'd
inform.  Work prevented me from being there even
though I'm just down the road in Austin, darn
it.....Mike Deeter.


--- Robin Ream <robinream@earthlink.net> wrote:
>     I was at SWRFI Scott.  The weather was ghastly
> all week long and scarred
> a lot of people away, but it broke up by mid-day on
> Friday and was pretty
> nice on Saturday.  --  Very unusual weather for this
> time of year, it's
> typically blue skies and gentle breezes about now. 
> It was good to see
> Brendan and Nathan, and they made a friendly and
> positive impression on
> everyone stopping by.  I hear through the grapevine
> that a better system for
> traffic control is being worked on for next season,
> but no details for now.
>     Although the weather was a fluke this year, they
> are projecting for
> about 1500 aircraft next year (thus the need for
> better traffic control) so
> send at least two airplanes next time.  That way one
> can be for show while
> one flies.  Nathan had to stand around twiddling his
> thumbs hoping somebody
> would stick around to talk to while Brendan was
> doing demo rides.  Velocity
> was right by Lancair and even though they had about
> half a dozen aircraft to
> show, Velocity  pulled a lot of prospects away from
> them while the airplane
> was there to look at.
>     Hopefully a bunch of us will have ours finished
> by next year and it
> would look real good to park a whole bunch of V's
> right across the taxiway
> from the Velocity's vendors space!  That would be
> impressive...
> 
> Robin
> SUV
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Scott Baker" <sbakr@comcast.net>
> To: <reflector@tvbf.org>
> Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 5:27 PM
> Subject: REFLECTOR:SWRFI - Texas
> 
> 
> > Just wondering who might have attended the
> Southwest Regional Fly-In in
> New
> > Braunfels, Texas last weekend.  The wx picture
> looks like y'all got
> flushed!
> > Brendan said that a few builders dropped by to say
> "Hi" and that he
> > appreciated everyone's support!
> > Thanks,
> > Scott Baker
> >
> >
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