With the graciousness of Bob offering his very nice hangar, chairs, tables and everything else you could need for a party, it was a huge success. I bounced around all evening talking to lots and lots of good people, what a great time.
During the Rocky Mountain Airshow this past summer I seen Stephanie Wells, the only female member of the Renegades (see link on my site) fly. I finally met her at the party and really enjoyed talking to her about flying while we ate dinner. Paint this picture...Stephanie has 13,500 hrs...so this isn't her first rodeo by any stretch.
What surprised me about our conversation is the fact that she recently sold her fixed pitch RV6 to buy a constant speed RV7, her eyes lit up like a little girl as she described the difference between the two as "eye watering". Two things amazed me about that phrase, which she repeated several times...#1, a pilot with 13,500+ hrs in all types of airplanes and flies formation aerobatics could still have an "eye watering" experience in an airplane...and #2, it really strengthened my belief in a CS prop for my plane. Is it "worth" the money?...probably not in dollars and cents, but not much is in aviation...the $$ are usually out of whack so you might as well buy what makes your eyes water.
The group having dinner...as viewed from the upstairs "loft"
Kristen Beatty trying out her new camera...
The incomparable Mr. Gary Zilik, no doubt speaking words of humorous wisdom as he always does.
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