Larry N.
Well-known member
Howard Rawley, Mary Ann and I got together starting about 10 this morning at our house in Westminster. We'd been exchanging emails on heating-related things, and then I found out he's staying at St. Vrain State Park, just 15-20 minutes north of here, so we arranged this meeting.
Coincidence is almost beyond what you'd think chance would do, but we are both pilots, former flight instructors, both into photography, and he used to live just up the street from us until he went almost full time in the RV, which is a Southwind, cousin to our Bounder.
So we had a very good visit, talking about RVs, aviation, piloting/teaching experiences (hangar flying, in other words), and many other things. After a while I got him on the flight simulator on my computer, and we had a good time with that program, and with refreshing a few of his piloting skills.
So although I'm not sure this quite qualifies as a mini-rally, it's at least reportable to the framily, and there are even pictures below to make it official (or as official as it can be). The first pic is the three of us with coffee and pastry, while the second one is Howard on the flight simulator. The hat has a device that controls viewing angle in the sim, so view changes are hands free.
Coincidence is almost beyond what you'd think chance would do, but we are both pilots, former flight instructors, both into photography, and he used to live just up the street from us until he went almost full time in the RV, which is a Southwind, cousin to our Bounder.
So we had a very good visit, talking about RVs, aviation, piloting/teaching experiences (hangar flying, in other words), and many other things. After a while I got him on the flight simulator on my computer, and we had a good time with that program, and with refreshing a few of his piloting skills.
So although I'm not sure this quite qualifies as a mini-rally, it's at least reportable to the framily, and there are even pictures below to make it official (or as official as it can be). The first pic is the three of us with coffee and pastry, while the second one is Howard on the flight simulator. The hat has a device that controls viewing angle in the sim, so view changes are hands free.
