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yourtcfg(at)aol.com
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Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2011 9:14 pm Post subject: NICE FLIGHT

HI KIDS.....had a really nice flight in triple 2 last week.  A good friend and long time Commander owner, Jody Madox's father passed away and I was asked to fly over the ceremony in the Commander.  But with me would be another 680E, N8448C (I think) and a Fuga jet as well.  The 680E used to belong to TCFG member Al Thalhiemer.   It is a great airplane with nice paint in the original factory scheme and colors that it left the factory with.  We met up a couple miles from the ceremony and made a great formation fly-by, at least the Commanders did.  The jet was a bit ahead of us.  Jody has a private strip and I landed back there after the ceremony for lunch with the Jody and about 150 of his friends.  Since it is a private strip 20 miles from the nearest town, I was able to, well, have a little Commander fun!!  Then an great trip back down the Columbia river stopping at Cascade Locks airport just for fun.  The Commander ran great and I had forgotten how much fun it is to fly her "just for fun".  I made a promise to fly her more this year!!!!!

 

   In another note, a 500B has been safely flown to Fiji via Hawaii pango-pango.  The airplane was prepped for the trip by Morris Kernik, Commander Services and performed perfect, never missing a single beat, according to the pilot.

    

   Barry, I have some pix of 680-322-16 currently  registered as N981RA and never to fly again.  The FAA has removed her A/W certificate and wont even issue a ferry permit.  I will try to send them??  jb

 

   

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aquadiver99(at)yahoo.com
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Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2011 9:35 pm Post subject: NICE FLIGHT

Which air filter gives the best power, I use the "Bracket" element in my 500B. Did the new, higher performance filter come out?

 

 Donnie Rose 

205/492-8444

  

 



 

   From: "yourtcfg(at)aol.com" <yourtcfg(at)aol.com>

To: commander-list(at)matronics.com

Sent: Tue, March 8, 2011 11:12:07 PM

Subject: NICE FLIGHT



 HI KIDS.....had a really nice flight in triple 2 last week.  A good friend and long time Commander owner, Jody Madox's father passed away and I was asked to fly over the ceremony in the Commander.  But with me would be another 680E, N8448C (I think) and a Fuga jet as well.  The 680E used to belong to TCFG member Al Thalhiemer.   It is a great airplane with nice paint in the original factory scheme and colors that it left the factory with.  We met up a couple miles from the ceremony and made a great formation fly-by, at least the Commanders did.  The jet was a bit ahead of us.  Jody has a private strip and I landed back there after the ceremony for lunch with the Jody and about 150 of his friends.  Since it is a private strip 20 miles from the nearest town, I was able to, well, have a little Commander fun!!  Then an great trip back down the Columbia river stopping at Cascade  Locks airport just for fun.  The Commander ran great and I had forgotten how much fun it is to fly her "just for fun".  I made a promise to fly her more this year!!!!!



 In another note, a 500B has been safely flown to Fiji via Hawaii pango-pango.  The airplane was prepped for the trip by Morris Kernik, Commander Services and performed perfect, never missing a single beat, according to the pilot.

  

 Barry, I have some pix of 680-322-16 currently  registered as N981RA and never to fly again.  The FAA has removed her A/W certificate and wont even issue a ferry permit.  I will try to send them??  jb



 

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stratobee

Joined: 28 Dec 2010
Posts: 159
Location: Los Angeles

Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2011 6:12 pm Post subject: Re: NICE FLIGHT

Now, that wouldn't be N620DR that went to Fiji, by any chance? If so, check out this formation arrival shot from a Baron when they came into Fiji:



http://www.youtube.com/user/BonanzaG36?email=comment_reply_received

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tfisher(at)commandergroup
Guest

Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2011 7:56 pm Post subject: NICE FLIGHT

Very nice.

Tom

former 680FLP (Mr.RPM)

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nico(at)cybersuperstore.c
Guest

Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2011 9:03 pm Post subject: NICE FLIGHT

That was great! 



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blorber(at)southwestcirru
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Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2011 8:13 pm Post subject: NICE FLIGHT

great is one way put it.  Filled with fail is how I would say it, but,

whatever.



cybersuperstore wrote:

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 That was great! 

 

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John Vormbaum

Joined: 21 Aug 2006
Posts: 273
Location: SF Bay Area, CA

Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2011 8:38 pm Post subject: NICE FLIGHT

Hey Brock, where did they board the Failboat? Was it the very loose

"formation" they were flying? Just curious....I didn't watch all 9 min. of

it, just clicked through and watched a little footage of the Commander.



/J



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blorber(at)southwestcirru
Guest

Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2011 9:13 pm Post subject: NICE FLIGHT

I don't know whether they were formation or not.



Formation would indicate a mutual acceptance of proximity.  Based on the

radio chatter, the commander pilot was grudgingly accepting it, but not

willing to join a flight.  As in, I'm on a charter, here, and that's

outside my op specs.



I took that as no pre-brief, and therefore incursion on the part of the

beech driver.  Couple that with the confusion thus generated with ATC

(multiple A/C in close proximity and not a flight), and I read fail.



I'm open to other interpretations.



Brock

John Vormbaum wrote:

[quote] 

 

 Hey Brock, where did they board the Failboat? Was it the very loose

 "formation" they were flying? Just curious....I didn't watch all 9 min. of

 it, just clicked through and watched a little footage of the Commander.

 

 /J

 

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nico(at)cybersuperstore.c
Guest

Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2011 11:10 pm Post subject: NICE FLIGHT

I was questioning the impromptu nature of that formation, too. Maybe it was

a good thing that they were not in a formal formation because it was a poor

demonstration of skills if that were the case. However, I still appreciated

the Commander in its natural environment. 



I'd be pissed if someone tail-gated me while I was carrying paying

customers. Just a thought.



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nico(at)cybersuperstore.c
Guest

Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2011 8:04 am Post subject: NICE FLIGHT

It was pointed out to me that these guys were flying together for 30 hours

on an ocean-crossing when this video was shot. 

I didn't know that. 

That explains their camaraderie. 

Thanks.

 



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