daveleonard@cox.net wrote:

Paul, this is really starting to sound like a lot of fun.  I wanted to add a couple of points.

Although its not going to happen anytime soon, I know things would look a lot better after I got my cowl done and plane painted.  I am hoping for this spring but that is a big maybe.  Perhaps we could repeat the shoot later, this can be a test shoot to see how things will work and plan something more comprehensive in the spring.

My only weekday available between now and sevenstock is wed. Sept. 1st.  And I only get that day off because I am working a >24 hr shift the day before.  If I am not busy overnight I can get a few hours sleep, but I usually get off at 0900 and need to go home and take a nap.  So the afternoon is the only real option.  Probably the plane will be ready by then.  The only other option is early in the a.m. on the 11th (the day of sevenstock).

Unless El Mirage is hard pack mud, we will probably only get one chance at it before we kick up a lot of dust.  Since I don?t have an air filter yet I would prefer to not fly around after the dust gets kicked up.  Anxious to hear what the surface is like.  If it is rough at all I will need to take off my wheel pants as they have less than an inch of ground clearance.

As an alternative to the dry lake bed there are some runways available that you would be able to drive a car on.  Near San Diego there is Borrego (a probably OK) and Agua Caliente (a definite OK).  Both are in the desert east of San Diego and would make for great sun rises although they would be a very long drive for you.  Maybe you know of something else in the greater LA area?  There is good camping and a hot springs and bath at Agua Caliente you might be interested in visiting.

Either way, sounds like a lot of fun and I?m looking forward to it.  Sorry my schedule is so restrictive between now and then.  After sevenstock it opens up a little more.

Speaking of sevenstock, I was looking at some of the picture from the past shows and saw that a lot of the show is just RX-cars lined up along the street.  Do you know which street they use?  I may be able to fly over the facility and make a couple turns over the street to correct my alignment with the runway.  J

Dave Leonard

OK I am all for Agua Calienta. Where exactly is it. I have been to Borrega springs
and they may not let us drive on the runway. Sept. 1st is OK with me.
I'll drive out the night before.

Paul Lamar
 
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