We held our second annual summer fly-in today at the Plymouth, NH Municipal Airport (1P1). 1P1 is a beautiful 2,400 foot grass strip on the edge of the White Mountains; my mother- and father-in-law live a few miles away and we’ve been flying into the airport since the days of the Mighty Archer. So when we went looking for a nice grass strip to share with our RV friends, 1P1 was a shoo-in.
We’ve had a lot of rain in the last week and I was slightly concerned that the field might be too damp for RVs, especially the nosedraggers. But there was enough wind and sun today to dry everything nicely, and the field was in good shape.
In total we had seven RVs….
Ellen and I were too busy flinging burgers to get pictures of everyone as they arrived, but we did catch a few folks. Here’s Andy and Allison from Hartford CT/Springfield MA…
Here’s Steve from Nashua, NH in his flawless RV-7…
Mike and Steve from Plymouth, MA in Mike’s soon-to-be-painted RV-8…
…and Vlad and friend Jeff, all the way from New Jersey via Delaware…
We also had Noah in his RV-7A and Dan and his wife in their RV-6A, both from Rhode Island, and Turbo Eddie joined us from Westfield, MA in his RV-6A. We had a lot of folks from the local Plymouth area as well, including my mother- and father-in-law, who graciously lent us their cooler and grill stuff for the fly-in.
Andy has a GoPro HD camera, and mounted it on his RV for the return trip. I’m looking forward to seeing the video.
And since we’ve just received the finish kit, we decided that this would be the official first fly-in for N701ED…
…just imagine that wheel pant being attached to a shiny new RV.
And last but certainly not least, huge thanks to Colin McIver, the Plymouth Municipal Airport manager, for letting us invade his airport for the day and mowing the runway just for us. Thanks Colin!
In the end, the fly-in was exactly what we hoped it would be – the chance to catch up with old friends and make new ones, share one of our favorite airports, and keep the motivational juices flowing on the Mighty RV. It was an awesome day…
Hi Dave, I`m the guy that flew in last year with the Cub—-that was GOOD chili—I`m glad you had great wx compared to 2 weeks ago when i flew in for the Delta pilots annual gathering—My RV-8(SKY GODDESS) is still in FL.(Spruce Creek)—-John
Hi John, we’re sorry you couldn’t make it last weekend and enjoy the nice wx with us. My wife missed the flowers from your last visit! We’re planning on doing another fall fly-in, we hope you can join us then. Best regards, Dave