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Ahh, that was our annual Pumpkin Drop. You can put that on your
calendar, too. 1st Saturday in November each year. Come on down for
some great Cajun food & lots of fun re-destroying the a/c you
can see on the other side of the runway.
Shame Google didn't pull images the previous year; we had a P-51
& Corsair parked where the two Beech 18's are parked.
Try Youtube: 'Slobovia Pumpkin Toss', or just 'Slobovia
Outernational' for a few videos of prior years.
Sorry; I've forgotten what you fly, but anything other than a large
bizjet or one of the original Eze's should be fine. The brown in the
google earth image is just dying grass (early November); the field
is actually in great shape. Official length is 3540', but it was
extended about a decade ago to around 4800'. Width is 80'. For a
handle on the range of a/c that have been here, we've had a
Mitsubishi MU-2 land for an airshow (and leave, safely), & the
Blockbuster Blimp has done a touch & go on the runway. A
Swearingen SX-300 visits often. There was a Beech Baron based here
for years. A Velocity sheltered here during one of the hurricanes
that hit New Orleans (pre-Katrina). So find someone local with turf
time & get them to fly with you on a local grass strip to get
comfortable, & you'll be fine. Grass is much more forgiving than
pavement. Just keep the stick back while taxiing if you fly a nose
dragger to keep the weight off the nose gear (not really needed
here, but good policy anytime when pushing a nose wheel around).
On 06/12/2012 10:27 PM, Bill Bradburry wrote:
Charlie,
What was
going on there last Nov 4?? The Google
earth view shows over 30 aircraft parked on the
ramp! AirNav says only 13 are
based there!
What shape
is the turf runway in? I am
somewhat concerned about landing on turf. Talk
to me guys!
Bill B
From: Rotary motors in aircraft
[mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On
Behalf Of Mark Steitle
Sent:
Tuesday, June 12, 2012 10:21
PM
To:
Rotary motors in
aircraft
Subject:
[FlyRotary] Re: Official
Invite: Alt. Engine Seminar @ Slobovia
Outernational
Airport
Charlie,
I'll see if I can get Bobby, and
Dennis, and possibly Chris to attend.
Can you imagine the sound of a flight of 4
rotaries buzzing along in
formation? Awesome!
Mark
On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 6:59 PM,
Charlie England <ceengland@bellsouth.net>
wrote:
OK, I've added Ken (2), Mark,
Tracy (2), Richard, and one or two who
emailed me direct.
Richard, thanks & you're on the
presenters list.
Mark, can you motivate your buddies out
there in central TX? & talk about
your 3 rotor experiences?
Sorry to be a day late in responding; it
took the power company over 20 hrs to
get us back on line after the storm last
night.
Thanks,
Charlie
On 06/11/2012 09:05 AM, Richard Sohn
wrote:
I will be there
tent camping.
Can give a
single rotor update covering some
technical
issues, not necessarily rotary
specific.
Sent:
Saturday,
June 09, 2012 8:45 PM
Subject:
[FlyRotary] Official Invite:
Alt. Engine Seminar @ Slobovia
Outernational
Airport
OK boys &
girls, here's your official
invitation to our
rotary/alternative engine seminar
here at Slobovia Outernational (2nd
hosting
of the Millennium and the first this
decade :-) ).
I'll be working up a cheat sheet
with driving directions for those
who haven't
visited in the past. For flying
info, just plug 'MS71' into Airnav's
airport
search function. You can also find
us using Google Maps.
For those who don't know, we live
just north of Jackson MS on highway
49 N at
an airport community known as Slobovia
Outernational
Airport.
Slobovia is a private ('restricted'
on the Memphis
sectional) airport, so typical 'land
at your own risk' cautions apply.
Most of our bedrooms in the house
are
already spoken for by 'early
adopters', but we have lots of floor
space
in the den and hangar with air beds
& air mattresses (bring a
bedroll &
towel/wash cloth, if you can).
You're welcome to tent-camp or park
your
(earth-bound) RV in the yard, or if
you prefer, there's a private
campground
with hookups about 2 miles away.
Hotels are about 20 minutes away in
Madison,
Ridgeland, and Jackson. Feel free to
call (1:00PM-9:00 PM if calling on a
weekday) or email for more info on
hotels, etc.
If you're willing to do a
presentation, *please* give me a
call or drop me a
line. We all love to get together
for fun/fellowship, but we also want
to soak
up as much new info as possible when
we get together. I'll have a sound
system,
computer, video projector and
overhead projector available for
presentations.
Tentative schedule is arrivals any
time on Friday Sept. 28 (Thursday's
fine if
weather dictates) with supper at a
local restaurant,
presentations/discussions/plane
rides on Saturday with meals here at
the
airport, and supper Saturday night
an another local restaurant. Sunday
we'll
keep open for discussions, rides,
etc, and departures, for those who
must
go home (or want to party
elsewhere).
After getting your collective 'ok'
to open it up for all alternative
engines, I
spoke with Patrick Panzera from
Contact Magazine about promoting it,
& he
thought we might get up to 200
people if he promoted it as such in
the mag.
Since it's just my wife & I
managing the logistics, that would
be more than
we could handle. So, I'm sending the
1st invitation to the rotary list.
If
there's still some capacity left
after your RSVP's, I'll let Patrick
promote it
through his magazine with an open
invitation to all alternative engine
groups.
Looking forward to seeing y'all in
September,
Charlie & Tupper
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