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Dale;
The detailed itinerary will be coming out later this week. Stay tuned it is going to be a whopper...seriously, we are working to finalize a few things and then will get it all posted soon. We are working hard to make it fun and also keep the costs reasonable. In the meantime, I suggest you book your hotel directly with the Inn per the information in the leading post to this thread. The arrival should be for Wednesday as the meeting and activities will begin bright and early on Thursday morning, followed by stuff on Friday and Saturday, with departures for home any time Saturday PM at your discretion. Will be back to you soon with the final details. Bill and Ken. 
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08-08-12, 10:14 AM
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Finally -- The Details!!!
Fellow SOAPA members;
Please accept this apology in getting the final details for our New England Fly-In published and posted. Ken and I hope that despite the delay, you will be pleased with the activities we have set up and be able to join us all in New England for our late summer/early fall rendezvous. Please refer to the itinerary below and also the EARLIER POSTING with details for booking the hotel accomodations that have been set aside at the Inn at Mystic. We have attempted to keep the registration costs to a minimum and will not be renting a SOAPA van. Much stuff is walkable from the Inn and when we go for our fly out adventures and other excursions we can hire local cabs which we feel will be easier and likely cheaper overall. Cost per head will be $75 each. This will include the boat tour, Danbury cookout, and miscellaneous expenses for SOAPA. Your room rate (which includes breakfast and afternoon tea to the extent we are around), cabs, airport parking fee (if any....still under discussion) and outside meals at restaurants etc will be at your expense. Please note that the specific details on the boat excursion are still being finalized along with the Danbury cookout, so these items may be subject to modification depending on a few factors. Any questions about the event please post and also please send your registration via email confirmation to Larry or post here in reply and Larry will help keep a count. We will take registration money upon arrival, so please don't be SOAPA deadbeats and say you will come and then don't show -- or the opposite -- ie wait till the day of the event and then show up!!! It will make it hard on us trying to plan some of the events without a reasonably clear headcount. Once again. we appreciate the short notice here and Ken and I are really sorry for the delay in getting this out, but life has gotten in the way of SOAPA for both of us and this has just taken more time to get organized than we would have liked. We look forward to seeing you!!! SOAPA New England EVENT ITINERARY Wed September 5th PM folks arrive at Groton Airport KGON (Columbia Air) Wed PM -- come as you are, SOAPA “shoot the bull” session at the Inn at Mystic Thursday September 6th - EVENT OFFICIALLY STARTS 7:30 – 8:30 AM - Breakfast provided with room rate Inn at Mystic 8:30 – 10:00 AM – SOAPA Business Meeting 10:00 –10:15 AM – mid morning break 10:15 – 11:30 AM – Paul Rooy and Mary Lightfine, South America Skymaster Tour Noon – Lunch at Floodtide Restaurant, Inn at Mystic (self paid) 1:30PM -- Ditching Discussion at Survival Systems Inc, Groton, CT 3:00PM – 3:30 PM -- Hudson River “Laby Liberty Tour” Briefing Session 3:30PM – Walking and Sightseeing tour of Mystic area. 5:00PM – Refreshments at an establishment of our choosing followed by select seafood dinner feast (…or whatever you want). Friday September 7th 7:30 – 8:30 AM – Breakfast (provided with room rate) 9:00 – 9:30 AM – taxi shuttle to Groton Airport (self/shared payment) 10:00 AM – Departure from Groton land KPOU (for regroup) 10:45 AM – Depart for Hudson River Corridor "Lady Liberty" fly-out 11:30 AM – Heading north out of Corridor 12:15 PM – Land at Danbury Airport KDXR for Lunch New England Style “Pilot’s Cookout” 2:30 PM – Depart for Groton KGON…landing 3:30 or so (taxis back to Inn at Mystic) 5:45 PM – “Popeye” boat tour out of Mystic Harbor area c/w refreshments 6:30ish PM -- Dinner at "Skipper's Dock", Stonington, CT 8:00 PM -- Boat Cruise back to Mystic Saturday September 8th 7:30 AM – 8:30 AM – Breakfast (provided with room rate) 8:30 AM – 9:00 AM – check out/taxis to Groton Airport 10:30 AM -- Visit Red Tails exhibit at Groton Airport Lunch (to be determined) Saturday PM activities at your discretion: Groton Naval Sub Base Mohegan Sun Casino Other ideas? Depart for home at your discretion Saturday PM or Sunday AM (book your room accordingly!) Last edited by billsheila : 08-08-12 at 03:15 PM. Reason: updated information
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08-15-12, 02:12 PM
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Passing through
I will not be able to attend the fly-in but would like to drop in if I can. I am in the process of selling a C172 SP in the hopes of moving up to a skymaster. As you can imagine I get a fair amount of skeptical looks from other pilots (and my wife) when I talk of wanting a skymaster. This is compounded by the fact that I have never actually been in a skymaster much less flown in one. I have been following your website for many years trying to educate myself with regard to skymaster operation and ownership. As I am in northern NJ and a short hop from Groton I was hoping that I might be able to drop in to at least see a few skymasters up-close and talk with some owners. I do not want to be pest but was hoping that someone would be kind enough give me a few minutes of their time to let me see their aricraft (sit-in) and pick their brain a little.
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08-15-12, 02:36 PM
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Bring the wife, let her talk to some of the owners about 2 engines, 2 vacuum pumps, 2 alternators. The redundancy that is there. Maybe someone will give you both a ride. Also, they are a little bit faster than a 172P.
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08-24-12, 08:40 AM
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SOAP Meeting
How many are coming so far. I can not find the list anywhere. Dale Campbell
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08-25-12, 09:30 AM
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My wife informs me that we now have a room reservation although she is somewhat concerned about the accommodations. There does not appear to be a choice of rooms, you take what you get and the room rate seems to be a moving target with no firm commitment from the proprietors. Those issues not withstanding, we're signed up for something. Hope to see you all soon.
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11-02-12, 02:35 PM
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1. Are you asking for SOAPA to organize an event in Europe like we have in the USA?
2. Are you asking how to organize an event like we have in the USA?
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Herb R Harney 1968 337C Flying the same Skymaster for 47 years
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11-02-12, 02:54 PM
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Dunsfold
Lets have it at Dunsfold Aerodrome!!! EGTD 07-25 runway 1836 Meters long (6,023 feet).
The dates are 24th and 25th of August, 2013. It coincides with the Wings and Wheels event at Dunsfold. I'm excited!! I did note that Dunsfold is also the home of Top Gear. Maybe The Stig will fly in.
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11-03-12, 04:53 AM
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Dunsdolf were ideal for a rally Skymaster, Buddy asked politely about it or you organize such rallies in Europe, except in the U.S.
 If you were to carefully organized rallies such as Dunsdolf it certainly would be an interesting event in August  Sam I chose my Skymaster at the rally Especially since the TOP GEAR it could be published Surely Richard Hamound and James May, possess licensed pilots.
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12-17-12, 08:53 PM
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Facebook Pix
If anyone is having problems getting to Mary's Facebook pix, try this link:
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?s...1&l=405707ca59
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