My first ride of the day was with Dan, a big man of 280 lbs! He sat in the rear seat closer to the center of gravity as we can accommodate up to 350 lbs, usually two people there. I left the control stick attached so he could fly a little on our Hollister Hop but I had forgotten my camera and don't have a picture. He was very enthused and said this would give him impetus to loose weight so he could take lessons!
Sebastian had his wife and two children to cheer him on for a Silver Hawk gift ride:
Nice view from 4500' over the hills:
Pete took a Hollister Hop and then walked through Bikel's Museum to see the Stearman, New Standard, Beechy, "Little Looper", P-51 Mustang and hanging from the overhead, Paul Bikel's record-setting Schweizer glider.
[two world soaring records on February 25, 1961 while flying his Schweizer SGS 1-23E[1] near Lancaster, California, achieving an altitude of 46,267 feet and a total-altitude-gained mark of 42,300 feet.]
The first record has recently been broken but the second record still stands!
Nancy and Mary Jo went for a Hollister Hop. Mary Jo said she had been a Stewardess(before flight attendant) on a DC-3&4, Viscount and Constellation. Her husband, Lee, had been a USMC fighter pilot and retired from UAL. That is a lot of aviation!
You can tell we all enjoyed the ride!
Here Lee has the ceremonial scarf of his father's "Flying Tigers" 75th Fighter Squadron around his shoulders:
Teresa and Ricky took a late Monterey Bay scenic ride and saw that our area is much different from their homestate of Mississippi:
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