Bay Area Recreational Flyers
The Barf Club meeting for January will be at the “Homes For Our Troops” event. Corinne will be on site by Thursday, Jan 26th and present until Sunday, Jan 29th. At George Bush Park – American Shooting Center area the Barf Club will find a camp site and grass strip for flying – [...]
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I created a calendar for 2012. This one is just PPCs in general, but I’m working on one for BARF members. It will take a little more work to try to squeeze as many members as possible into 12 months! I will let everyone know when that one is done. For now, here’s the one [...]
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Turkey Trot is Nov 24 to 27th at the airport in Port Mansfield, http://www.airnav.com/airport/T05 . There is an RV Park next to the airport: R & R Campground (956) 944-2253 Mansfield Dr, Port Mansfield, TX 78598 This is where the toy haulers will be. If you need a hotel, there are hotels in Port Mansfield. [...]
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The long hot, dry summer is cooling down and it’s time to fly. The Vanderpool Fly-In is scheduled for October 13th thru the 16th. Bob Casperis has graciously allowed us to fly from his open pasture about 2 miles north of Vanderpool, TX. The field is also about 3 miles south of “Lost Maples State [...]
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The September BARF meeting will be at the Chambers County Airport, TOO, in Anahuac TX, September 17 th at 11 AM. http://www.airnav.com/airport/T00 The Anahuac Gatorfest is that weekend, September 16 – 18th. http://www.texasgatorfest.com/ This is a great place to fly, lots of interesting waterways, landscape, and of course, GATORS. The festival is held during gator [...]
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I’ve added a lot of new posts to my blog. Go the “Blogs” tab at the top of this page.
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In some discussions on the forums, I keep seeing people refer to minimum altitudes of 500’ or 1000’ depending on if you’re in a congested area. I’m not sure that most people know the FAA changed the rules for us over a year ago. I recommend printing this and keeping it in your PPC: Sec. [...]
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Our next meeting will be held at the Wharton Airport, Corrine Bailey’s hangar on August 20, 2011. This is next door to Skytrails LSA, Wharton Airport Hangar #31, 882 Robert Vonderau Dr., Wharton, Texas 77488
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A lot of BARF members made it out to the Redneck Fly-In. Check out some of my photos on my blog: http://blog.barfclub.com/jack/ Jack
Safety: The Smithville Fly In will forever be the Fly Your Wheels Off Fly-In. Pilots are reminded to preflight their wheels and axle nuts in the check of their plane prior to takeoff. No one was injured when the rear wheel came off of a plane while landing and the plane was not damaged. However, [...]
