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From: Barry Hancock <sportform@cox.net>
Subject: Quick story

Well the bullet plane made it's way around Cali yesterday.  
CNO-MCE-SCK-WVI and then WVI-CNO this morning.  I'll have to download 
the pics of 122LL inverted at 12.5 chasing cumulous critters and post 
'em.

Besides doing 260 knots over the ground on the way home this morning 
(saw 278 for a few minutes!) the highlight of the trip came yesterday, 
a bit after rolling around in the "pillows"...

Shortly after checking on with Lemoore Approach near Lemoore NAS I got 
a call for 3 Hornets at my 10 and 4 miles, 4500, turning towards me.  
Told approach I was looking but they were in the clouds.  Heard him 
tell them to stop their climb at 8000 and identified me to the flight 
as cruising at 8.5.  I scanned my left front quarter looking for the 
grey "single seat, big meat" fighters and after about 15 seconds of "no 
joy" I called again for range and bearing.  "You targets are at one 
o'clock, less than a mile"....I looked to my right and just then they 
passed 500 ft. beneath me in tight formation.  Crap!  It happened so 
fast I didn't even have time to get my camera out!  As they went 
through my 5 o'clock I realized I missed the big chance...to call 
"right-right, fights on!" and slice back to their six....followed by 
"Lemoore approach, splash 3 Hornets, 2 are in the silk at Bullseye 110 
for 8 miles, launch CSAR!"  <sigh>  sorry to let the brotherhood 
down...  :)-

Will share the story of the asymmetrical speed break deployment in 
another post....

278 knots ground speed, straight and level.....what a beautiful thing!


Barry
LEG2 N122LL