A New Way of Flight Training⦠- American Bonanza Society
A New Way of Flight Training⦠- American Bonanza Society
A New Way of Flight Training⦠- American Bonanza Society
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Regional <strong>New</strong>s:<br />
Ashland Fly-In, July 21-24, 2011 Continued<br />
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The group split up for dinner at three<br />
restaurants in downtown Ashland<br />
before returning to the Oregon<br />
Shakespeare Festival for an outdoor<br />
production <strong>of</strong> Shakespeare’s “Love’s<br />
Labor’s Lost,” a typical Shakespeare<br />
romance <strong>of</strong> confusion. Although the<br />
acting was excellent, the interpretation<br />
was very unusual with costuming<br />
that mixed traditional and contemporary<br />
clothing. The purpose <strong>of</strong> this<br />
unique approach was not clear to<br />
a group <strong>of</strong> pilots. Maybe we need<br />
some additional training through the<br />
WINGS program.<br />
Saturday morning was free to allow<br />
plenty <strong>of</strong> time for investigating<br />
downtown Ashland and Lithia Park.<br />
The brave tasted the “Lithia Water,”<br />
which, in the early 1900s, was a commercial<br />
attraction in Ashland. Now<br />
the water is free with few takers. On<br />
impulse over breakfast, some <strong>of</strong> the<br />
men decided on a trip to the airport<br />
to check out the <strong>Bonanza</strong>s on the<br />
ramp. While there, we met a Baron<br />
pilot who had read about the fly-in<br />
and flown from nearby Medford to<br />
see if he could find any <strong>of</strong> us hanging<br />
around the airport. He was not<br />
disappointed.<br />
In mid-afternoon the group boarded<br />
our motor coach for a drive to<br />
Grants Pass, about an hour north and<br />
home to the Hellgate Jetboat tours.<br />
We were treated with a spirited ride<br />
down the Rogue River to Hellgate<br />
Canyon, including 360-degree spins<br />
and plenty <strong>of</strong> spray on a hot, sunny<br />
day. We stopped along the river for<br />
an excellent group dinner and then<br />
returned to the Bard’s Inn, still a bit<br />
wet and bedraggled.<br />
After breakfast Sunday morning,<br />
the group departed for home (or for<br />
Oshkosh). We had a great time in this<br />
interesting southern Oregon town. It<br />
was enjoyable to renew acquaintances<br />
and to meet so many new PBS participants.<br />
We hope to see them again at<br />
another PBS fly-in.<br />
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48 AMERICAN BONANZA SOCIETY JANUARY 2012
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