Second Annual Memorial Day Fly-in and Pancake Breakfast to Reed Field (1CD1), Wellington, Colorado, 05/31/2010.

 
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  Ah! It was a beautiful day to fly at the Fort Collins - Loveland Airport (FNL), Colorado. The hills have snow on the Mummy Range. Long's Peak (14,259 MSL on 2002 survey). The FNL airport has excellent signage. Keep going! Do not be distracted by Horsetooth Rock in the background.

 
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  FNL Airport view over the "big hangar" to Long's Peak. FNL Fire Station, with the FBO left and beyond. Follow the yellow lined road to the parking lot. FNL new "T" hangars (2009), looking SW. FNL Parking lot. Ah, shade trees.

 
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  FNL looking SW across the "big hangar", left to A, D1, D2 and D hangars. FNL. Keep left for the good stuff! FNL Jet Center FBO sells BP fuel. FNL AWOS, winds 310 at 3, clear. #1. FNL AWOS, winds 310 at 3, clear. #2.

 
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  FNL AWOS, winds 310 at 3, clear. #3. FNL AWOS, winds 310 at 3, clear. #4. FNL looking out the FBO door W to the mountains. FNL ramp, helicopter running up, Long's Peak on the horizon. FNL ramp, jets parked, Indian Peaks on the horizon.

 
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  FNL ramp, Aero Commander and jet. FNL ramp, looking SW. FNL ramp, jets to twins to single engine aircraft. FNL ramp, "B1RD" overflying the ramp, looking SSW. FNL ramp, Fort Collins - Loveland jetCenter.

 
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  FNL ramp, wind sock, looking NW to Horsetooth Rock. FNL ramp, Andy Pawlish, in the Cardinal, departing for Bakersfield, CA, taxiing to RWY 33. #1. FNL ramp, Andy Pawlish, in the Cardinal, departing for Bakersfield, CA, taxiing to RWY 33. #2. FNL Flying School, recent CFII John Coelho (blue shirt) being congratulated by his instructor. #1. FNL Flying School, recent CFII John Coelho (blue shirt) being congratulated by his instructor. #2.

 
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  Reed International (1CD1) 2nd Annual Memorial Day Fly-in flyer, coat, Vern's cinnamon rolls in bags, headset, ready to load into the airplane. FNL ramp, looking NW over the parked airplanes to Horsetooth Rock. FNL Front Range Helicopters training near RWY 33. Loveland sugar refinery silos in the background. FNL hangars. Every girl should: be a ham radio operator... note license plate and antenna on car, have a cute Prius, and a Cessna 182 in a hangar! Pilot preflighting. Note blue tarp sheeting.

 
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  Pilot grinning during taxi. FNL, departing RWY 24. #1 FNL, departing RWY 24. #2 FNL, departing RWY 24. #3 FNL, departing RWY 6. #1

 
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  FNL, departing RWY 6. #2 FNL, departing RWY 6. #3 FNL, departing RWY 6. #4 FNL, departing RWY 6. #5 Looking E down CO-392 toward Windsor, CO.

 
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  Reed International Airport (1CD1), Wellington, Colorado. Final approach, landing W. Reed (1CD1) final approach. #2. Reed (1CD1), C152 departing. #1. Reed (1CD1), C152 departing. #2. Reed (1CD1), C152 departing. #3.

 
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  Reed (1CD1), C152 departing. #4. Reed (1CD1), Airplanes in tiedowns, Husky, Cessna Hawk XP, C182. Reed (1CD1), looking SW to hangar and mountains. Reed (1CD1), tiedowns looking SE. #1. Reed (1CD1), tiedowns looking SE. #2.

 
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  Reed (1CD1), looking SE down the runway 2750' long. Reed (1CD1), looking NW thru the power lines. Reed (1CD1), looking SW, Long's Peak. Day is clear, picture is fuzzy.

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