The combination of the arrival of spring and daylight savings time seems to have a way of luring pilots back to their airports from months of hibernation. Here at the virtual airport, the pilot's lounge is getting more crowded. From where I sit, I hear plans being made by a group to fly out for breakfast; other pilots are scheduling some recurrent training to clean off the rust from winter and one is scanning Trade-A-Plane because he is determined to finally buy the airplane of his dreams - or at least one he thinks he can afford. In general, pilots seem to be doing something so they can do more flying. I found myself experiencing the itchy-feet syndrome as well and thinking I should wander off somewhere. I thought about it a bit and decided to accept a long-standing invitation from good friend Bill Hatfield to stop by his airport. It had been over a year since I'd been there, so it was high time to go marvel at the latest products of his creative genius.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.avweb.com/features/the-pilots-lounge-34of-ag-planes-fire-bombers-and-inventions