Southern Cross at Reno

mr patterson have you put the bells on your plane to know when your comming over yet hehe

Yes he even bought it over here for Legends to ruin our otherwise perfect Summer 😉

Looks like you had fun Steve glad to see the Fury back in the air.

Note how Steve always manages to find cold weather at airshows…? 😉

More pics of Mr patterson and friend

Hello all,
I also got back monday and took some pics of steve and his plane also met Mr.Hairyplane and his Mrs.(girlfriend?)also got a few of Capt Eddies Firefly which was parked next to Southern Cross.Races ended in the rain and snow!Dago reg crossed line first but cut a pylon so Rare Bear won!John Penny said he could have passed Dago red but held back when he saw Mr.Skip Holm cut the pylon.no need to risk the engine!
heres the pics .The gentleman with steve is Mr.Hairyman(I hope you dont mind my posting your picture steve!)

Cracking stuff Mr P. Good to hear Hairy enjoyed himself, he was really looking forward to it when I last saw him.

Now, Morris Dancing. We though you could tell us 😉

😀 Brilliant pictures as always Steve 😉 Anna 😀 😀

Wow – marvellous photos

Absolutely first class photos Steve. It is a rare opportunity for many of us to see what it is like in the drivers seat of a fury especially in formation with other classic aircraft.

Did you say Reno? For some reason we thought you were in blightey. 😀

A Sea Fury and Firefly with droptanks? – Nice 🙂

Eddie’s Firefly

Great Shots 😀 , And very nice scenery as well, Thank’s for sharing, I think Eddie’s Firefly is the one I used to sit in and fly at the back of a hangar at Essendon Airport 23/24 years ago 😮 , As a teen I was helping restore two N.Z. T-6s at the time and when ever I got the chance :rolleyes: , I would jump in to the Firefly, A REAL MANS PLANE :p , Thank’s for the memories Chaps 🙂 , Cheers lads, Tally Ho! 😉 Phil. :dev2:

” There’s nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so.”(Shakes,Baby)

Here’s a couple of “self portraits” by my GIB, a nice shot of the Bearcat, and some shots of Captain Eddie’s Firefly that was parked next to Southern Cross last week.

Six hours in the Sea Fury today…I’m off to bed.

Steve

Just home from a very long 10 days in Reno. Here are some shots of the trip out and back that I thought you might enjoy. The outbound leg was Howard Pardue in the Bearcat, and Nelson Ezell in Howard’s Fury, with Stew Dawson in his Sea Fury, Spirit of Texas and me. My backseater today, Steve Dickey of Ezell Aviation gets credit for his stuff (anything not blurry), and the rest of the snaps are mine.

The trip from Texas to Reno covers some amazing country, and we were fortunate to see Bryce Canyon and Zion National Park, as well as the area just north of the Grand Canyon.

Now, what the hell is Morris dancing? What have you guys been doing while I was away? 😎

Cheers,

Steve

PS Had a wonderful time with Mr. Hairyplane, who will have to give his own impressions of his first visit to Reno. He’s welcome anytime, as long as he brings Nicky. 😉

Nice

Nice Kangaroo 🙂 , Oh and the planes not bad either :p , Cheers Chaps, Tally Ho! Phil. :diablo: ( p.s. when you said southern cross I thought you meant the replica of Smithys had flown to Reno :rolleyes: )

Droptanks!!!

Thats just to carry the Scotch 😀

Someone stole a propellor blade……