Hugh Hunton's adventures in the Thorpedo T211

I'm looking for aviation related things to do when I retire from the FAA.  So far I've been a banner pilot, a radio station traffic watch pilot, and now I'm a factory demonstration and test pilot for the Thorpedo T211.  Check out the home page for the Thorpedo here

Below are photos of my recent flight to the Downtown airport in Shreveport, Louisiana for an EAA fly-in.

The Thorpedo nestles safely in the Hunton hangar at Blue Bird Hill airport (5F5) the day prior to the fly-in

Another photo inside the Hunton hangar

The morning of the mission to DTN, the Thorpedo is absorbing some morning sunlight

The Thorpedo is warming up for the mission

Another angle of the Thorpedo warming up

This is my nephew, Hunter.  He was my copilot and photographer for the short hop from Blue Bird Hill to Downtown Airport

Hugh #1 (I'm the second) takes the lead in our 3 ship formation flight in his Bellanca Citabria.  I'm #2 in the formation (as well as Hugh II)

This is Brady.  He's flying the #3 position in his beautifully restored Taylorcraft.  Brady is an A10 Warthog pilot at Barksdale AFB.
Hunter takes good pictures doesn't he?

The Thorpedo has arrived at DTN.  I initially parked it in a less than optimal location for showing off the airplane.

Here is another shot of the 3 aircraft that just arrived in tight formation.

After a suggestion from dad to move closer to the action, this is where I ended up.  It paid off; look at the crowd that quickly gathered around.
You can't get any closer to show center than right in front of the terminal building where everybody was gathering for lunch.

More people checking out the pretty yellow airplane

They kept on coming and asking questions

I had to keep one eye on that Westwind in the background to make sure it didn't fire up for departure and blow me away.

Nice shot of a pretty Navion

People can't help but look her over

This is one of the high speed passes that I flew when the crowd started to wander away.  Once they heard that smooth running
Jabiru engine humming overheard, they came back to ask more questions.

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