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I had looked for it but could never find it. The expiration date in my Extra 300 that is. Yep that’s right it expired on July 25th at the Upper Canada Zone Fun Fly.

I performed a snap roll on my first flight of the second day of the event and the starboard side wing panel blew apart. Nothing I could do about it the plane was going in. The result…….well the pictures speak for themselves.

The crash aside it was a great weekend at the Fun Fly. Stephane, Josee, Emanuel and I all spent the weekend at the Smith Falls airport and had a great time flying, watching and socializing. This event has grown to be one of the premier events of the summer flying season drawing in pilots from across the zone as well as out of towners.

The Quebec Air Force once again showed up with a nice array of jet models. They’re always thrilling to watch.

Emanuel got to fly off of pavement and in front of a large crowd for the first time and he did a great job of it. No mishaps on his part.

The event is held at a full size airport and some of the members put on a show for us. A father and son team wowed us in their Pitts Specials and we were also treated to some close in and very low high speed fly pasts from an L39 Albatross. Nice toy for the rich.

Don’t worry about me and my Extra 300. I’ll miss it for sure, it was one of the best flying airplanes I have owned but I have found a replacement that I hope will fly just as well and will provide me with just as much pleasure. My new Aeroworks Extra 260 should arrive on Friday. I’ll try and post some pics of the build.

Happy Landings

Scott

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