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Thanks to the organizational efforts of MA wing leader Art, 5 Coupers found their way to North Adams, MA this last Saturday to admire each others' Ercoupes and to enjoy the best that the North Adams Stop-N-Shop had to offer. It was a dicey day weather-wise, but at 10AM it became clear that I could make it up there. Mad dash to the airport, quick pre-flight and fuel-up and I was off. Gee, but the hills of upstate New York and Massachusetts are pretty in the fall. We caught the colors just so. North Adams is an interesting venue, the airport being obstructed from the South by a great big mountain. No, a really big mountain. Fly up any of the four connecting valleys and there you be. Once there, you witness what looks like a 1955-vintage government grant airport, designed with some mad vision of connecting Boston to the hill country. It has way more runway than you'd expect in such a place. There is even a disused 'terminal' the architecture of which is best described as 'Anaheim Tomorrowland Chic.' The dire weather predictions caught me on the way home. I went to 8500' intending to put brain in neutral and enjoy a smooth ride. No such look. 4500 scattered went to 4500 broken at the Hudson. The Hudson was still an out, being clear. I jumped through one of the last holes just South of SWF and found soupy smoggy haze underneath. But over familiar territory with lots of alternates, so pressed on and found it ended just 20 miles from home, where it gave way to just 3500 overcast. 350 miles on the day was my longest ride in '387 since adopting her in June. About enough in a 'Coupe, especially when the last bit was MVFR. Any more might seem like work. Art has been faithfully putting together fly-outs on a monthly basis for the few months. He deserves lots of kudos for the efforts. ==^================================================================ EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aVxiLm.aVzvvT Or send an email To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
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