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October 8 I flew an early patrol from Liberty Municipal (T78 ) to Hawthorne Field in Kountze, TX. My purpose was to clear the sky of Huns so the East Texas Flyers could carry out our Young Eagles event.

Although the Huns held me back and the 30 min. trip took an hour, I was successful and they (I did not give any rides) gave 65 Young Eagle rides, plus at least 1 kid that was only 5 yr. old. There were also about a million   aunts, uncles, parents and grand parents that rode with their respective kids, but they were not counted. Well, maybe not a million, but there must have been thousands and thousands.   O.K. Maybe there were only a few hundred.   The Kitfox, Cessna 170, Cessna 172 and J3 were busy from 8 AM till 1 PM, stopping only to fill or to empty tanks.

The trip east took so much longer than planned that I was about to turn around and head home when I saw what I thought was probably the airport. I really need to create a better seat for the Bike. Of all things, I hit the target dead center in spite of the strong wind.

On the return trip an Albatross surprised me from out of the sun and he managed to shoot out my sensitive altimeter. i was able to take him out, but the gun camera failed and I have no video of that. Perhaps next time.


https://youtu.be/2WmI2pZRqWo

Enjoyed your video and thanks for taking out some Huns so the Young Eagles could have a safe flight. Older folks (18+) can take an Eagle Flight, the purpose being to expose adults to aviation and perhaps have them become EAA members. The video showing your shadow reconnecting with your AirBike is neat. Thanks for positing Sterling            

Paul Fiebich

I enjoyed your footage also. A request of a preflight walk around of the flag next video if OK.  Keep them coming .

Quoted from RogAusAirbiker I enjoyed your footage also. A request of a preflight walk around of the flag next video if OK.  Keep them coming .

I will try to remember to do that.

Thank ya'll (Texan for youse guys).