Halloween 2010 - Pumpkin Drop at Caracole, again

CindyB

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Oct 28, 2010, 8:49:28 PM10/28/10

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Folks:

I realize I may have not roused you quite early enough this week.
For those who want an airport friendly social event to promote
their little home aerodrome,
consider having a pumpkin drop on Sunday.

We are having our second one, newspapers planning to attend,
and hopefully we will get a flock of youngsters airborne
and enjoying their view from four minutes in the air. We are
using our towplane ( C-182 ) for a bomber, and asking
for tiny donations to the local animal shelter for the effort
of a bomb run.

Double duty for city political good credits!
Even pretty impromptu -- go for it!

It doesn't take a lot.... just some motivation and a two-seat
airplane to make some fun and some PR to your credit. It may not
be a glider flown, but it is outreach to the town around you.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_h-c8pbJu2s

That'll show you how we did it last year.

Good haunting,

Cindy B
www.caracole-soaring.com

Tony

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Oct 28, 2010, 11:56:04 PM10/28/10

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this is one mission that the 2-22 and 2-33 perform much better than an
ASK-21. You can't fit a very big pumpkin out that puny sliding
window. :)

Should be fun Cindy my flying (airplane) club in eastern iowa does a
pumpkin drop, as does the antique airplane association in Blakesburg,
IA. Rumor has it that the only thing on the airport that has not been
hit by a pumpkin is the old sailboat that is the target.

Darryl Ramm

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Oct 29, 2010, 12:03:19 AM10/29/10

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You all might be going about this the wrong way.

Look at the crowd on this pumpkin drop... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEbyrSvxf7U

Maybe that is something that could be done with those unflyable L-13s
or maybe a PW-5 or two or three.

Darryl

Tony

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Oct 29, 2010, 12:35:26 AM10/29/10

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Probably the ultimate Pumpkin Bomber:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wL8x_piDOhs

Darryl Ramm

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Oct 29, 2010, 12:54:53 AM10/29/10

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On Oct 28, 9:35 pm, Tony <abcon...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Probably the ultimate Pumpkin Bomber:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wL8x_piDOhs

Yes! Now I'm thinking of a long row of PW5 and a B-25 full of
pumpkins.

Darryl

Andy

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Oct 29, 2010, 1:03:40 AM10/29/10

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> Look at the crowd on this pumpkin drop...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEbyrSvxf7U

>
> Maybe that is something that could be done with those unflyable L-13s
> or maybe a PW-5 or two or three.
>
> Darryl

LMAO - Awsome!

9B

Tony

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Oct 29, 2010, 9:59:29 AM10/29/10

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The CAF has the B-29 "Fifi" flying again. That could be the only
thing that would be better

GARY BOGGS

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Oct 29, 2010, 12:15:04 PM10/29/10

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Do they use the Norton Pumpkin sight? That was amazingly accurate.

Boggs

5Z

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Nov 1, 2010, 1:05:38 AM11/1/10

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A few photos from the event:

https://www.me.com/gallery/#100039

-Tom

5Z

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Nov 1, 2010, 9:51:12 AM11/1/10

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On Oct 31, 10:05 pm, 5Z <tserkow...@gmail.com> wrote:
> A few photos from the event:

OOPS! Wrong URL posted previously, try this: http://gallery.me.com/tomserkowski/100039