It was another beautiful Saturday morning when ten of us in four planes flew in to Cambridge, MD for breakfast at Kay's. The owner, Kay herself, stopped by our table and enjoyed reading what I wrote about a visit we made a few weeks ago.
I called from the plane to make reservations since we knew there was a Wings 'N' Wheels 2008 event going on. It was fun to meet and talk with several of the other pilots. While enjoying a wonderful meal and wonderful conversations, I asked Carlo about taking a ride in his Air Cam. From the smile on his face it was clear he was delighted, and the next thing I knew we were out on the grass and I was climbing into this open aircraft, putting on my headset, and buckling the seat and shoulder harness.
We took off waving to our group on the ground. The wind in my face was exhilarating! This aircraft can be flown from the front or rear seat, and I had a set of instruments and a joystick, but was too engrossed with the excitement to even think of trying to fly the plane. Uh oh, look at this...it says Experimental! Down below I could see other experimental design along with ultra lights, biplanes, and even a B25 bomber.
Now this was flying – the other trips were just transportation from Point A to Point B. At only a few hundred feet above the ground, the views were awesome. Can you see how close we were to the hotel? Wheeee what fun!
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