Fri, Dec 12, 2003
By ANN Correspondent Rob Milford
Rick Harris got a last minute call
to drop what he was doing in Houston, and head north on Interstate
45. Bob Collings and most of his foundation staff were snowed in
during the weekend blizzard, and someone would have to run the
booth at ICAS. Rick was the man.
The good news was, the display and brochures had all been
shipped days earlier, and the booth was ready for set-up. So, after
a couple of days of catching his breath, he was all smiles and
handshakes when we stopped by for sit-rep on where things now fly
for the folks from Stowe, Mass.
“There’s plenty of good news for the 2004
season”, Harris says, The Corsair is up, and at American Aero
in New Smyrna Beach, Florida, in flight test.” Earlier this
year, a malfunctioning landing gear meant a belly landing and all
that entails. The B-17 is also there for extended maintenance, so
the early Florida tour? “The B-24 and B-25 will be flying
that. That will come to six engines and four tails… and
should be a lot of fun.”
As for the rest of the fleet: “The S-2 and TBM are now
being based at Ellington Field (EFD) Houston, along with the B-25
and the F-4 Phantom, and our newest jet the TA-4J.” I asked
where that “Scooter” came from? “It spent 30
years with the Navy at NAS Pax River, part of the student flight
syllabus. It will be getting a new paint job, but the pilots all
love it.”
As far as ICAS?” We had a great show…lot’s of
contacts, but the deals will be signed after the first of the
year.”
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