Most of the pilots I talk to in the club agree this sport is best when shared. I flew a good number of hours last year in spite of my health issues and many of the hours were next to a nice little yellow savage cub. I usually have to push the Buzzard to almost full throttle to keep up with the 912 powered Cub and he has to slow down some to stay with me. Our club has more planes that fly at over the 100mph mark and less that fly at the 60mph speed of past ultralights. That said there is nothing better than flying slow, a few hundred feet AGL, in my humble opinion.

Well maybe. One of the things I truly enjoy is the right seat of Brian Byl’s Cessna 195. Recently it was one of those days where the call went out from Stu to fly to points unknown. Brian asked if I would like to join him and while I initially thought I had too much to do for the day, I decided it was time for a flight in the 195. We headed to Red Deer via Chestemere Kirkby’s and enjoyed lunch at the Circuit Café. There were eight of us at the table.

Wade Miller flew into RDR in his Kitfox, Gerry in his 182, Past President Bashar piloted his Merlin, Stu his Cavalier and Bob Kirkby flew in with his Cherokee. Six airplanes showed up on the ramp at RDR.

By the way if you fly to Red Deer it is best to park by the Circuit Café. There was a rumor at one time that parking in front of the terminal could generate a bill from the airport authority.