39-J3
FRIEND
Maine
Just Wanted to share a story from this weekends Fly-in at Bowman Field in Maine.......
Saturday Night I was approached by one of the founding members of Bowman Field. He told me about this lady who makes a substantial monetary donation to our flying club every year just because she has fond memories of her and her Dad when she was a little girl flying his J-3 cub out of that airfield. The Bowman member then told me that he had invited her to go for a flight and photo sight seeing plane ride in his Cessna 150. But he then thought how special it would be for her to go up in a J-3 cub and asked me if I would be willing to take her up. Of coarse I said absolutely, tell her to come by on Sunday afternoon. Well the Bowman member told her to show up around 1:00 with her camera for her plane ride (she still thought she was going up in the 150). 1:00 on Sunday I did the candy drop for our fly-in, once on the ground I was told that this lady was here. I walked up to her and introduced myself and asked her if her name was Vicky, She said yes and I then asked her if she would like to go for a ride in a J-3 Cub. Well, Vicky Broke down crying and asked me "is this for real" and then started sharing with me stories about her dad restoring his Cub in the living room of their house and how she loved the rides in his plane. I asked her where she would like to go and she said to fly over the family farm if I didn't mind. I put her in the back seat of the cub thinking it would be more comfortable for her and easier to get in and out. Once I jumped in the front seat she asked me if we could fly with the doors open because that how her Dad always flew his plane when she went for a ride. I told her that just made my day her asking to fly with the doors open. We took off and headed for the family farm. I had made a couple of complete turns around the farm and notice she wasn't taking pictures. I looked back and could see she was getting a little emotional and think she had totally forgotten about the camera she had with her. I then told her that I think I will set up to fly on this side of the farm because that would make a great photo. She then started snapping away with the pictures. After a couple of more turns around the farm and a turn around her house we headed back to Bowman. After landing she gave me a big hug and told me that I would never know how much that flight meant to her.
I have given lots of rides in the cub to people of all ages but this one certainly made the top of my list of all time favorites .
Please share your favorite cub rides.
Larry
Saturday Night I was approached by one of the founding members of Bowman Field. He told me about this lady who makes a substantial monetary donation to our flying club every year just because she has fond memories of her and her Dad when she was a little girl flying his J-3 cub out of that airfield. The Bowman member then told me that he had invited her to go for a flight and photo sight seeing plane ride in his Cessna 150. But he then thought how special it would be for her to go up in a J-3 cub and asked me if I would be willing to take her up. Of coarse I said absolutely, tell her to come by on Sunday afternoon. Well the Bowman member told her to show up around 1:00 with her camera for her plane ride (she still thought she was going up in the 150). 1:00 on Sunday I did the candy drop for our fly-in, once on the ground I was told that this lady was here. I walked up to her and introduced myself and asked her if her name was Vicky, She said yes and I then asked her if she would like to go for a ride in a J-3 Cub. Well, Vicky Broke down crying and asked me "is this for real" and then started sharing with me stories about her dad restoring his Cub in the living room of their house and how she loved the rides in his plane. I asked her where she would like to go and she said to fly over the family farm if I didn't mind. I put her in the back seat of the cub thinking it would be more comfortable for her and easier to get in and out. Once I jumped in the front seat she asked me if we could fly with the doors open because that how her Dad always flew his plane when she went for a ride. I told her that just made my day her asking to fly with the doors open. We took off and headed for the family farm. I had made a couple of complete turns around the farm and notice she wasn't taking pictures. I looked back and could see she was getting a little emotional and think she had totally forgotten about the camera she had with her. I then told her that I think I will set up to fly on this side of the farm because that would make a great photo. She then started snapping away with the pictures. After a couple of more turns around the farm and a turn around her house we headed back to Bowman. After landing she gave me a big hug and told me that I would never know how much that flight meant to her.
I have given lots of rides in the cub to people of all ages but this one certainly made the top of my list of all time favorites .
Please share your favorite cub rides.
Larry