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Post by gaston on Sept 3, 2011 21:47:51 GMT -5
 a few months ago,I took my friend Benoit for a few flight in my S2L as a preparation for him to fly his recently acquired S1.then after I flew his S1 in order to make sure all was well for him, he flew this great little plane by himself,and he really liked the feelings he got... last Thursday, I came to Mont Joli to help my friend Bruno with his engine. I built this engine for him in 1999 but it wasn't flown for the last 10 years so the start up was pretty laborious,and the culprit was found to be a leaky intake gasket. There will soon be 3 flying Sonerai in Rimouski Benoit's S1 , Michel's S2L,and Bruno's S2 as Rimouski is only 1:15 Hr flight from my base, my goal is to have these four birds in flight at the same time. with a little luck we should be able to achieve this goal,within the next few weeks,and with a very good briefing,and serious preparation ,a loose formation flight could be feasible... looking forward to this fantastic flight I've been dreaming about for over 10 years now... I'm really doing my best to make it happen... Gaston
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Post by n3480h on Sept 3, 2011 22:01:17 GMT -5
That's a worthy goal, Gaston. Sounds like a lot of fun. Of course, we will need pictures!
Tom
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Post by pttim on Sept 6, 2011 8:22:30 GMT -5
Brother Gaston,
Glad to see your still here! Yes please keep us posted about this.
Good Luck and happy flying!
Pttim
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Post by peterzabriskie on Sept 6, 2011 9:55:19 GMT -5
Brother Gaston, Glad to see your still here! Yes please keep us posted about this. Good Luck and happy flying! Pttim DITTO....Blue Skys Gaston ! ! |
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Post by schines on Sept 6, 2011 13:12:52 GMT -5
Good luck with that! It would be a great thing to see. My sister-in-law lives in Rimouski- it is beautiful up there. Maybe I can try to visit you and the others next time I am up that way.
Scott
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Post by gaston on Sept 11, 2011 21:52:26 GMT -5
yesterday I flew to Rimouski,and was able to fly in formation with a friend in his S1...the biggest problem was for me to find my friend's bright yellow S1 in the clear sky...
we came pretty close to have a third Sonerai in the sky with us today but a bad mag ruined our day...
next try later this week , weather permitting...
a little luck with the timing of weather and 4 pilots and it will happen
Gaston
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Post by gaston on Oct 11, 2011 21:17:51 GMT -5
and the flying season is gettin near the end...
However,we had 3 sonerai in the Rimouski sky at the same time,and that was great.
one S1 and 2 S2L
can't find how to attatch a photo of the birds...
sorry...
Gaston
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Post by peterzabriskie on Oct 16, 2011 13:31:50 GMT -5
Very Cool....a Sonerai Squadron! !
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Post by gaston on Nov 2, 2011 19:50:44 GMT -5
let's give it a try   here are pictures of the sonerai in Rimouski a few weeks ago... note that I failed to have all four sonerai in the air at the same time... the one without wheel pants didn't fly with the group... Gaston thank you Chuck and others for your help with this issue... |
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Post by hans on Nov 3, 2011 17:16:31 GMT -5
Birds of a feather.... ;D
This is so cool, thank you for posting.
Hans
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Post by peterzabriskie on Nov 17, 2011 8:48:12 GMT -5
Great picture Gaston! Excellent for us to see SI next to SII. Are yours and the red/white stretch SII? Imagine a Sonerai formation over Oshkosh to rival the VANs' or Bonanza's.
-Pete going back to chewing the elephant.
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Post by gaston on Nov 21, 2011 18:35:47 GMT -5
Hi Pete
no they both are Sonerai 2L
Gaston
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Post by stinsonpilot on Jan 10, 2012 18:04:46 GMT -5
Nice looking group of Sonerai's!
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Post by dayflyer47 on Jan 11, 2012 17:59:24 GMT -5
very sharp guys
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Post by pttim on Jan 12, 2012 7:27:08 GMT -5
Very nice photo,s. Gaston could you, would you email me those pictures? I would like to frame them.
Tim
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