2008 Central Alabama Helicopter Fly-In

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[jsanders79]

I knew I should've stayed out there tonight. Oh well, maybe the wifey will let me play late tomorrow night!!

[joco]

If you arent here... you are missing the event to open the season.

Joco

[jpolidore]

Am I correct in assuming that this is a cash only event or do vendors take plastic? When I get there on Saturday , I don't want to have to leave to get money....

[fireup]

Dam weather! Got delayed and stuck in-between flights at the airport and now I need to wait 8hrs.:arggg:
Anyone see Bob Friday morning, tell him I'll be late and won't come in until about 6:00PM Friday night.:mad:

At lease I have an internet connection here and not board to death.

[DavidH]

Well there is about 60 pilots at the field on Thursday evening. 30 of them have already registered. It is going to be a great event.
As for the Vendors, I would think they would be cash only or check. As they have no way of running a credit or debit card at the field.

Here is todays Weather forecast for Friday. Hour by Hour
7am T-Showers
53°F
50°F 50% 49°F 86% From S 8 mph

8am T-Showers
53°F
50°F 50% 50°F 90% From S 9 mph

9am T-Showers
55°F
52°F 40% 51°F 86% From SSW 10 mph

10am T-Showers
57°F
54°F 40% 52°F 83% From SSW 11 mph

11am T-Showers
59°F
57°F 40% 53°F 80% From SSW 11 mph

12pm Scattered T-Storms
61°F
61°F 40% 54°F 78% From SSW 12 mph

1pm Scattered T-Storms
62°F
62°F 40% 54°F 75% From SSW 12 mph

2pm Scattered T-Storms
63°F
63°F 40% 54°F 72% From SSW 12 mph

3pm Isolated T-Storms
64°F
64°F 30% 55°F 72% From SSW 12 mph


But here at home as I type this. It has not really rained. It is overcast as I get ready to leave for the field. If it does rain, I believe it will only by for maybe a few minutes at a time.

Forecast for Saturday. Wind is suppose to blow some on Saturday. Chance of Showers in the AM hours. Temps in the high 70's
Sat
Mar 15 Scattered T-Storms / Wind
76°/45° 60%
76°F

Sun
Mar 16 Sunny
69°/48° 10%
69°F

Billigan is here and has the event T shirts ready for sale. They really look great. Bill has done excellent work on them again and made a nice shirt .
We should get probably 100 more pilots by Friday sunset.

David

[Laddy]

Sounds like Kevin is "Fireup" now! :)

[beeflyer2]

I don't know how you guys can ignore the forecast...looks pretty nasty today and tomorrow. See you on Sunday.

[Wilder]

I will be leaving Atlanta and traveling to Birmingham Friday afternoon. Will their be much going on Friday night? Will their be any pilots doing some night flying? The weather looks to be pretty good tonight. This is my first event and I am really excited about the flying and fellowship. See y'all soon!!!!!!!!!!

Wilder

[jsanders79]

According to radar, looks to be a pretty strong system coming up on the field in next half hour or so. But hopefully it should pass quickly. After that system, maybe it'll be just overcast the rest of the day...

[wren1702]

According to radar, looks to be a pretty strong system coming up on the field in next half hour or so. But hopefully it should pass quickly. After that system, maybe it'll be just overcast the rest of the day...

Yep, it came through North East Mississippi this morning, partly cloudy now....just right! We're leaving for Birmingham about noon.

[joco]

At the field, right now... weather is raining... has been on and off for the last hours, but peeps have been out flying whenever the weather breaks.

BTW, I know of at least one vendor that can process CC#s on site, gotta love internet cards.

Oh yea... as I sit here in my camper I am pulling in a 3G internet connection with my ATT card and I am getting awesome performance.... 1.5mbps download... T1 baby!!

[HighNear90]

At the field, right now... weather is raining... has been on and off for the last hours, but peeps have been out flying whenever the weather breaks.

BTW, I know of at least one vendor that can process CC#s on site, gotta love internet cards.

Oh yea... as I sit here in my camper I am pulling in a 3G internet connection with my ATT card and I am getting awesome performance.... 1.5mbps download... T1 baby!!

How cool would it be if we could have a WiFi hotspot at the field! I'm bringing my laptop, but only for ESC programming.

We're leaving from Gulf Shores in about an hour.

[WayneBrown]

See me if you need internet access from the field..
I have two connected laptops.

[WayneBrown]

A few pics of LithiumStatic and the Helifreak crew..

[DavidH]

Well todays report. It rained off and on from about 7AM till noon. Really never rained for more than 30 mins a couple of times. Then about 1PM the skies cleared and temps were in the high 60's. Every one was shedding there jackets and putting on shorts and t shirts.
There is 125 registered pilots as of 5PM on Friday. We normally will have another 50-60 pilots register on Saturday. We have a pilot from Bulgaria, and Colin Bell is here from Nova Scotia, along with plenty of other pilots that are letting there flying show they have been waiting to have some fun.
Helifreak gang is here in full force. We have Finless, ClayK, Debian Dog, Wayne Brown, Will James in the house. Dog smoked some great pork today and fed several people, Rodney has his normal pot of wings frying and topping them with his killer wing sauce.

Here is the forecast for Saturday. Is nearly the same forecast as Friday. But Friday turned out to be a great day.
Might be a little breezy tomorrow.
Saturday: Scattered showers and thunderstorms before 3pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 77. Breezy, with a south wind 15 to 20 mph becoming west. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 41. Breezy, with a north wind 15 to 20 mph decreasing to between 5 and 10 mph.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 67. North wind between 5 and 10 mph.

David

[Jim T]

Well todays report. It rained off and on from about 7AM till noon. Really never rained for more than 30 mins a couple of times. Then about 1PM the skies cleared and temps were in the high 60's. Every one was shedding there jackets and putting on shorts and t shirts.
There is 125 registered pilots as of 5PM on Friday. We normally will have another 50-60 pilots register on Saturday. We have a pilot from Bulgaria, and Colin Bell is here from Nova Scotia, along with plenty of other pilots that are letting there flying show they have been waiting to have some fun.
Helifreak gang is here in full force. We have Finless, ClayK, Debian Dog, Wayne Brown, Will James in the house. Dog smoked some great pork today and fed several people, Rodney has his normal pot of wings frying and topping them with his killer wing sauce.

Here is the forecast for Saturday. Is nearly the same forecast as Friday. But Friday turned out to be a great day.
Might be a little breezy tomorrow.
Saturday: Scattered showers and thunderstorms before 3pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 77. Breezy, with a south wind 15 to 20 mph becoming west. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 41. Breezy, with a north wind 15 to 20 mph decreasing to between 5 and 10 mph.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 67. North wind between 5 and 10 mph.

David

Pictures, David, pictures!! :clappp

Jim

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[Jim T]

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Looks like lots of fun. Thanks. :thumbup: I'm hoping to get to my first fun fly this June at Brooks, Oregon.

Jim

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What fun today

[PG 378]

A great time.

[PG 378]

A big time.