[Elecraft] So you think your K3 got special treatment?

Doug Person doug at northroutt.net
Thu Jan 24 12:26:01 EST 2008


Eric,

Your Cessna looks pretty new.  Can you share some details on its vintage 
and options?  Fellow Cessna lovers would like to know these details...

73, Doug -- K0DXV

Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft wrote:
> The in-flight photo was taken by a pilot friend and professional 
> photographer, Dan Dawson, while we flew formation from Watsonville up 
> to Half Moon Bay for lunch on Sunday, Dec 30th. (He was a passenger in 
> the other plane.)
>
> A friend wanted pics of his plane, a recently refurbished 1970's 
> Cessna 172, so I was the photo plane on the way up. After a free lunch 
> from him, Dan moved to the 172 plane and they took pics of me on the 
> way back home.
>
> See http://flickr.com/photos/dandawson/tags/airtoair/
> for the complete picture set of both planes. If you look carefully at 
> the high resolution versions, you can see me peering back at the other 
> plane to maintain spacing.
>
> And to answer another frequent question - No, I do not make HF QSOs 
> while in flight as PIC :-)  (But when Lerma is PIC I might sneak in 
> one or two VHF QSO's. No HF in the plane yet..)
>
> 73, Eric  WA6HHQ
> ----
>
> Don Rasmussen wrote:
>> It would take a lot less than that to get Eric out of
>> the "office" and into the escape machine (Cessna). I'd
>> venture to say that if the company aircraft could fly
>> above the weather, he'd meet you at Cook just to
>> practice his IFR. Co-Pilot would be Lerma. ;-)
>>
>> Lerma must also be an expert photographer, how'd she
>> get that first photo while in the aircraft? ======
>>   [Elecraft] So you think your K3 got special treatment?
>> Mike B kw1nd at comcast.net Wed Jan 23 22:18:54 EST 2008
>> So you think your K3 got special treatment?  Check out
>> this delivery method:
>>
>> http://ducie2008.dl1mgb.com/news/index.php
>>
>> 73,
>> Mike
>> KW1ND
>>   
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