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    Team Melrose and the Spirit of Adventure

    Post here your "Team Melrose" legs. This is our tribute to young Jimmy Melrose and his wonderful spirit of adventure.

    Thanks to Milton Shupe, Tom Falley, and Damien Radice for their splendid creation. The leadoff flight will be taken by Milton when he is ready.
    -Mike

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    Working Guidelines for Team Melrose.

    Here are a few suggestions:

    • The idea is to have fun and honor Jimmy Melrose. The team is not committed to winning the race or, even, making the very best time possible.
    • The team route should more-or-less follow the Melrose route. Through Rome, Athens, and so forth.
    • The first leg will be flown by Milton Shupe at a time of his choosing. Another leg, perhaps the second leg, is reserved for Tom Falley. Otherwise, every team member is encouraged to take the stick.
    • Pilots should limit their legs to manageable lengths. There is no need to restrict landings to the official "prepared airports" though those might serve as a good guideline. Short legs, no more than two or three hours, are better for everyone concerned.
    • The team organization will intentionally be loose. Pilots may "grab the baton" whenever it is not held by another pilot.
    • Pilots may reserve the baton for the next leg to follow immediately after the current pilot lands. Accordingly, pilots should state their destination clearly when they take off or when they change course. If the reserving pilot does not take the baton within 15 minutes of the previous pilot's landing, then the baton is free.
    • The pilot who has just completed a leg should encourage another pilot to take the next leg. If there is no one around, and the current pilot is just itching to do another leg, he should go ahead—after waiting at least a half hour for another pilot to show up.

    Until our "senior pilot" Moses gets back from the computer hospital, we'll try to get by without any visible leadership...

    Let's have some fun and salute a great aviation hero.
    -Mike

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    Good morning World! This is Milton Shupe, flying from EGUN to LFPB for Team Melrose. I have the Baton. Salute!
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    Landed at LFPB safely. The baton is free.
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    Fliger_747 will be along shortly to fly the second leg to LFLY.
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    Have to do a preflight test to make sure Duenn'a etc are working.

    Cheers: T

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    If it's not one thing it's another... Mainframe doesn't want to recognice whatever my outhouse p-word is... So will run on that one and report via this one and bring the duenna over for DL. Have the baton,, LFPB-LFLY Puss Moth....

    Back later.... T

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    Avec plus'ca uncertainie! Map, we do'n need no stn'kn map.... Over the hill and follow the river?

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    A waypoint... across a river by some funny lakes. On course so far.... T

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    dang Duenna went red for unknow reasons... have to restart....

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    You'd think that with all those oil royalties you and the state would be totally interactive with an IT person in every home

    Fly well Tom ( and check the gas)

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    A little higher with not such adverse winds so far, at least now I recognize the landmarks on this part!

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    Back to where I was, and wind has blown me about a mile to the east. Slight course correction. Got to love those funny shaped lakes....

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    Still putt'n along with a green Duenna, a little east of course at the moment.

    T

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    I'm pulling for ya, son!
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    Yup. "Kids" nowadays...
    -Mike

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    Quote Originally Posted by fliger747 View Post
    Guessing about 60 NM out?
    Heck, that's the better part of an hour with the wind! :d

    Great job on the aircraft guys, gonna try to steal a leg tomorrow myself.

    Full speed ahead!
    -John-

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    I can see where it should be, but still no visual on the flugplatz.....

    T

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    I can see the cathedral, do I have to come in on a wing and a prayer....?

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    Baton Free LFLY Puss moth, stuff to follow!

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