Hodges Hobbies All Electric Fly In aka HHAEFI 2011

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The Chipmunk wanted to return to the field at Hodges Hobbies. Fortunately an event was nearing, the annual fall fly in known as HHAEFI. So, I put in a request for some time off from work, we packed up the truck, and we made the 5 hour journey.

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As we drove into Americus, the threat of rain became a reality.

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But we finally made it to the field, and there was the official greeter.

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We arrived!

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It was cooling off, late, and the Chipmunk is always hungry, so an offer to go get something warm to eat was welcome!
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The Chipmunk and I made a run to Walmart, for some essential last minute supplies.
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Then it was time for bed.
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A few hours later, and it was time for breakfast!
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A few touches to make the tent home...
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After that, things were a bit of a blur. We fell into a comfortable cycle. The first few days were damp, with rain at night. At one point we were hard hit with a storm that I collapsed our tent for, so the wind wouldn't take it away. Our bedding got soaked, and we made our way to a laundromat to get them dry again. Normally I would recount the entire tale using the order of the pictures to help keep it chronological but I used too many formats. Cell phone cam, DSLR, point and shoot, gopro... I'll just go forth with a break down of the events.


Mornings were for flying...
 

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and breakfast...
 

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Then it was time to get out and meet some folks.
 

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And check out some planes...
 

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Then it was time for lunch.
 

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And of course with lunch, comes mid day demos, and the B-29 show!
 

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After lunch, and an exciting show, it can wear a guy out...
 

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Then there was time for COMBAT! At least one combat session was filmed by Al from HoverFly, using a GoPro mounted on his quad.
 

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There was some rivalry between team Florida, and the Georgia boys. It seemed every round, it was the GA boys who were being knocked out of the air first.
 

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With combat comes carnage!
 

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And carnage means repairs... Odd, the planes of Team Florida don't seem to have as much damage.
 

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The rivalry between GA and Fl got so hot, that it was determined to have a all or nothing combat session, between the two sides. Man to man, one on one, a fair fight to determine who was the best... or that was the plan. Them Florida guys aren't very good at counting.
 

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Giant Combat!
 

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Then it was time to eat dinner, which oddly enough, I didn't capture any images of other than the first night. The guys cooked an excellent meal of chicken for the group on the first official night of HHAEFI, and it was awesome. I missed out on the Saturday night meal of Boston Butt.

After dinner, it was time to enjoy one of the benefits of darkness. Night flying!
 

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Night time also meant time by the campfire, movies, and an adult beverage or two. Pass the jar!
 

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Then we'd get to sleep for a couple hours, wake up, and do it all over again!
 

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There was some variation. One evening Mac brought his new Cub by to give folks some rides.
 

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