The Flabob Flying Circus

Had a lot of fun there today. There were two Trikes there when we showed up around 11AM but they took off as soon as we had parked on the ramp. Other than the Trikes we appeared to be the only Ultralights there today. The little planes were real popular. Matt and I probably spent more time talking about our birds than out walking around looking at other people's birds.

Total round trip time was about 4.8 hours on the Hobbs meter. And wayyyyy too much fuel burned.

One thing I really liked about this event was they were welcoming to EVERYONE. We had e-mailed to make sure up front that Ultralights were welcome to the event. They not only invited us in they encourage even insisted we make the fly-in. Big thanks to Ambar Mote for the invite and the welcoming upon our arrival. And to all the ramp workers and young volunteers from the (jr?)ROTC there directing ramp traffic and getting everyone parking spots.

At Hemet-Ryan getting fuel. CDF sent out a OV-10 Bronco two tankers and a UH-1 while we were there fueling up.
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Gotta love the sound of a big radial.
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The Flabob Express
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A recently completed full restoration
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OOOOOOO CANNNNNADAAAAA!!!!
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More pictures and hopefully video coming soon.

Cool photos! I was one of the trike pilots that left around 11. We popped in from the Ken Brock gyrocopter fly in at El Mirage, via Big Bear City earlier in the morning. Decided flabob was a must see. You are right about the hospitality there. We had an amazing welcome, and they could't have been nicer about accommodating us there. We had a great time, and plan to come and stay longer - perhaps at next years fly in. Just an amazing morning to be around all of those fantastic aircraft. Even taxied out following a wright flyer replica!
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I did my initial flights in my hurricane at El Mirage. Picked it up from a guy named Bob.

Cool, I met Bob up at El Mirage that day as well. He told me about the Hurricane, sounds like a great plane. Yours is sharp looking too!