Victor Valley Airshow, redux

So, I survived. More than that, I had a pretty good time. I went up in airport manager Garry Abbott’s restored 1952 Beechcraft Bonanza C-35 (it was the cool silver one with blue flames painted all over its nose).

The world’s largest American flag attempt didn’t go off as planned — “that’s why they call it an ‘attempt,'” as Abbott said — but that meant a lot of time flying over the High Desert.

The thermals off of the sand, asphalt and so on made for a somewhat choppy ride, especially as the day wore on, but it was an interesting way to start off a Saturday. There’s talk of possibly trying the world’s biggest American flag this weekend during the Hesperia Days parade. We’ll see if that happens and how it goes.

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