Skycatcher over Katama

Got my first hour in a Cessna Skycatcher earlier in the month.  John Miles from Maine Aviation flew down for a customer demo.  Unfortunately I had to meet them at KMVY as it's a demo airplane and didn't want to muddy the wheel pants. (He wasn't aware that 1B2 is hard pack and well drained... but does now).  I can tell you it's more powerful than it looks, love the "stick" and feels much more stable than the 1320lbs.  A rare aircraft, orders now expect delivery in a year. We'll keep you posted. 

July 21 2011- Yak attack at Katama!

The BIG surprise so far is the number of teenagers learning to fly at Katama this summer! At last count we had 6 and one had her First Solo yesterday!  The weather has been good and the crowds at Right Fork Diner, located directly in front of the biplane loading area, have been ample and steady. 

A Fly-To-The-Beach event hosted by the regional Piper Tri-Pacer club drew a nice collection, and the beach parking lot has been filled just about every day.

We had a visit from a Nanchang CJ-6A, a Chinese aircraft with many similar systems as the Yakovlev Yak-18, who wowed the lucky visitors of Oak Bluffs and Edgartown with a flurry of tactical evasive maneuvers and stomach testing flying.  Don't know how it looked from the beach, but I can tell you it's was a fantastic view from where I was sitting- in the back seat! (Watch for video to be posted soon).