Reklaw Texas Flyin

[Richard Boyer]

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Hello all!

If you go to the link below, you can click on the link "Reklaw Fly-in Pictures" to see pictures of aircraft that were there. If you click on the link right below that, you can see a video made by the young man that goes to fly-ins with us (actually he plans most of them!). He is 16 and solo'd on his birthday. You might even see a really pretty yellow Tcraft!

enjoy!

http://slick.grizzlyworks.com

[Richard Boyer]

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Yep!! That the super cub!!!! LOL!

Jason, thanks for the opening. It's always fun to give cub guys a good ribbing! :tup:

[crispy critter]

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Here is Jason's t-craft.The fellow pictured with it is the previous owner.

[Richard Boyer]

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Post a pic, you might be the "SuperCub".

[jgerard]

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I was the first one to take off sunday morning. Couldn't see much through the windshield with all the condensation and morning dew still on it. I wiped it down 3 times but the moisture kept coming back. It all disappeared after a few minutes of flying around the local area.

I still have to change my avatar over to the new plane since I sold the orange and white BC12D to Mark Huntwork in Oregon.

[crispy critter]

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Hey guys,
We didn't make it.. had some other family stuff come up. Sounds like a great fly-in.

COWL FASTENERS
I have a question off topic. In the Red/White airplane photo Tim provided, I see that airplane has the same cowl fasteners as my airplane. They look like they're off an old trunk or heavy-duty suitcase. Not the most aerodynamic fasteners. I had always assumed they were added to my airplane sometime as a one-only mod. But now, seeing this picture, I am wondering if they could have been a factory installation. Does anyone know?

Those trunk latches are original equipment. This is what taylorcraft used for many years.Ya don't see many of them anymore because when the become worn beyond repair most people replace them with a more modern type of fastener. My mother-in-law has an old trunk that's been in her family since the early 1900's and it has the EXACT same latchs on it.

[Richard Boyer]

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One thing about Reklaw is that it is a bit like the wild west so you have to be real careful!

Attached is a picture of an ultralite that doesn't look like this anymore. He was making a pass at tree top level when a real plane took off just in front of him. He got caught in the wingtip vorticies that turned him 90 degress to the left where he caught the tree tops. It happened almost directly over our campsite! We sprinted through the (thorn filled, ouch!) woods to find the pilot sitting in his cocoon in fine condition. That was one LUCKY MAN!!! I'm sure we have some after pics that I will post when I get them.

[M Jones]

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Heres a pic of my cowl fasteners. They are drilled for a safety clip (pin)

Mine are the same as yours Terry....

[Richard Boyer]

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I don't think it was that plane, but very close. I think I met Jesse.....he was having a problem with the engine missing saturday morning and figured out that he had a sparkplug go bad.

[barnstmr]

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Heres a pic of my cowl fasteners. They are drilled for a safety clip (pin)

[TimHicks]

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My '46 BC-12 has the same "Trunk Latches".

[barnstmr]

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Hey guys,
We didn't make it.. had some other family stuff come up. Sounds like a great fly-in.

COWL FASTENERS
I have a question off topic. In the Red/White airplane photo Tim provided, I see that airplane has the same cowl fasteners as my airplane. They look like they're off an old trunk or heavy-duty suitcase. Not the most aerodynamic fasteners. I had always assumed they were added to my airplane sometime as a one-only mod. But now, seeing this picture, I am wondering if they could have been a factory installation. Does anyone know?

[TimHicks]

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That might have been my friend, Jesse, who I see there every year. I talked to him this weekend and took this picture of his TCraft (N96473).

I believe he is from Texas.

I'm sorry I missed meeting you guys. I really felt that I was leaving too early. Especially as I sat on the approach end of the runway waiting to depart. I'll bet that a dozen airplanes landed over me as I waited for a gap so I could depart. It sure is fun to go though.

[Richard Boyer]

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I was standing in line for breakfast Sunday morning (real early) when a Pretty White with a red stripe Tcraft taxied out and took off (I think it was the first takeoff that morning). There was an older gentleman standing behind me with a cub hat on. He was looking amazed and asked, "was that a super cub??". I replied, "No, supercubs don't perform as well as that!" :dance:

[Len Petterson]

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An 2 man are they UGLY and they are in need of aero dynaic clean up!
the do performthere task as buch plane well never the less.
One landed at the neighbores strip.They tok of and turn around rigth after take of and never exeded 45 mph.
Lightly loaded but it is load in just the plane.
Len