Picton Fly Out June 16 & 17 2001
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Saturday June 16th saw the weather closing in so an early departure from
Smiths Falls was called for. Don and Ivy along with Gary and Connie left
first in NZF. They were followed by Floyd and Dianne in NUK plus Douglas and
Barbara in LIN twenty minutes later. Gary and Don gave updated weather
enroute, as LIN tracked inbehind NUK. Very little rain was encountered but we
did have some turbulence.
The weather improved past Kingston with the sun coming out on arrival at Picton.
Our group was met by Mr. Stokes, president of the Picton Flying Club and driven
to the Tip Of The Bay Hotel. Lunch at the hotel was first on the to-do list.
Afterwards an afternoon walk down main street Picton with the sun shining
called for
icecream at Superscoops. We had dinner at Currah's Cafe and Restaurant which
was excellent and if
you get out to Picton you should try a meal there.
Sunday morning saw the group checked out and ready to head back to the Picton
airport at 9:00 AM. A word of warning, when calling for a taxi to the airport,
make sure they understand that it is the Picton Airport and not Toronto
International, which is where they tried to take us. After a hearty breakfast
at
the airport and visiting with the members from Smiths Falls that came on
Sunday, our small group left Picton near noon. The flight back was nice with
just a little turbulence at 2000 ft. We had a very nice trip and
eveing at Picton with Floyd & Dianne, Don & Ivy, Gary & Connie and Iook
forward
to doing something similar next year.
Douglas and Barbara Therrien
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Dianne and Floyd in NUK and Don, Ivy, Gary and Connie in NZF after
arrival at Picton.
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Barb, happy to be down after a bumpy flight, only her second time up with
husband Douglas.
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Dianne, Floyd, Connie, Gary & Don waiting on Dot's Taxi to take them to the
Picton Airport for breakfast, via Toronto International!!
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Very nice paint job on this little Renegade Spirit.
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At one time you would have seen many airplanes similar to this one calling
Picton home.
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Dale and Cathy in CGLRV taxi to leave Picton, first of many from Smiths Falls
to arrive Sunday morning. In the background you can see one of the WWII
hangars.
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