"Robert Reynolds" <robbie@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Six_O'Clock_High wrote:
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>> I don't know anything about the Bell brothers site, but I have one of
>> Art's biplane wrecks and I am going to put a red circle with a slash on
>> in over his bell logo when I repair it. Then I will take it down there
>> for the spring fly in and see what kind of noises he makes.
>
> You're talking about Art Brock? He must be a million years old by now.
Is
> he still around? Do you remember the Bell brothers? If I remember
> correctly, they were big fat guys with a welding service and a catering
> company. I thought it was really good of them to offer the flying site,
> but it was a real dust bowl. I didn't know them at all....
>
Art Bell.
>>
>> Weslaco offered them a site almost immediately, but I have been too
>> overwhelmed by local and family events to return. My plans do include
>> frequent returns as those guys are my friends.
>>
>> Jim Branaum
>> AMA 1428
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> The best flying site I ever flew at down there was a paved strip in the
> middle of a sugar cane field near the river, south of Pharr or San Juan
> somewhere. Ever been to that one? A friend and I used to fly gliders
at
> the Rowe High School grounds on Ware Road. The parking lot, school
roof,
> and tennis courts all right next to each other create some unbelievable
> thermals.
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> I haven't been around those parts in a long time. McAllen is a LONG way
> from just about anywhere. You're probably right about corrupt money. If
> you look up the word corrupt in the dictionary it will probably say
> something about the Lower Rio Grande Valley.
With a reference or six to Duval county . . .
No, I haven't flown much down south of George West except for the Edinburg
site.
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