337 fly in NH Sept 17-19, 2021?

[Jerry De Santis]

I'm interested! From Battle Creek, Mi.

[Timcote1960]

Up here in NH this week at the lake house and have checked in with Lee Avery who runs SkyBright FBO at KLCI. He is excited to host us for the Sept 17-19 2021 Skymaster Fly in.

Making myself a little list of organizing tasks you can expect me to follow up on:

Next month I will share some lodging options. The dates are selected specifically to hit peak leaf-peeping season.

Will make some reservations at the famous Harts Turkey Farm banquet house.

There are meeting rooms if we can get some technical sessions going.

My wife is organizing lists of spas, shops, etc for those not aircraft obsessed. Likewise, I’m happy to lead a troop up The lofty local peaks.

Mark your calendars. Dave W is at my home airport KVKX (actually, he OWNS my home airport) and he at least is joining the journey. (Why not there? It’s in the DC FRZ). So if it’s 2 skymasters or 20, we are definitely doing this!!!!

Tim

[Jerry De Santis]

How far is NASWA RESORT from Flyin airport?

[Timcote1960]

Very very close, 4mi, 8 min drive. Likely a perfect spot for lodging!? Since I have a home there, I rarely stay in hotels. Looks grand!

[Robert S]

Can I fly up in my RV7? Who knows, I might buy myself a 337 while I'm there.

Robert

[Timcote1960]

Well, the vaccinations are happening and I just wanted to ping the group as about 10 folk had said they'd try to make it up to KLCI for a fly-in. A few links of note:

1. The area is dominated by lake Winnepasaukee, the largest lake in NH. One event we simply must do is take the Mt Washington dinner cruise. I've never done it myself and want to rectify that; it's supposed to be a great event:

https://cruisenh.com/

2. The lake is surrounded by low mountains, actually the foothills of the White Mountains. Which means that those of us who haven't been as mindful of personal W/B will still be able to climb a summit for some fantastic views. One of the best set of trails from which to do this is at a nearby castle, Castle in the Clouds, see link below:

https://www.castleintheclouds.org/

This isn't far from my own lakehouse where we can plan on having a BBQ.

3. Lee Avery at Skybright owns the FBO at KLCI. He is arranging for some conference space for us so we can have a technical session on our little machines. Skybright has been a wonderful partner in putting this together.

https://skybright.com/

4. I will leave it to each of you to find your own lodging; there are lots of resorts in the Laconia area but there is also lots of pent-up COVID cabin fever, so I'd advise doing this soon.

Enough for now,

Tim Cote MD
N639GC