Dunes 2001

Dunes 2001 The Food PAELLA (Spanish)

First the Fowl and Onions	Next the Secret Sauce	then Paul's Supervision
Next the Mussels	and some "American rice"	and lots of shrimp
and lemon	dish it up!	Boy! is this stuff GOOD!  I'll have another plate please, JEFF

Rainbow over Fleas at DUNES	2 hangers of enthusiasts eating French food. (photo Paul PONTOIS)

see my model? Ill write POU a story	La aussi

BALERIT rides Nils GISLASON visiting from ICELAND

Paul PONTOIS smiles, I did a what kind of LANDING?	ALAIN greets Paul back to earth. Is everything still straight?	Miss TARTRAT gets a ride in a BALERIT

Mrs. and Mr. CANDEUR and their CORDOUAN	Karl STICE POU and CAGE enthusiast			Yves TARTRAT

Mattieu BARREAU	Paul and Hans ENGELS	Guy FRANCOIS and Pierre MIGNET
Noel BASTTENS

Noel at GRUNBERG'S	Fiberglass 293 builder and originator
The GRUNBERGs	GRUNBERG and TALPINs

 

DUNES 2001 by Michel JACQUET, translated by Paul PONTOIS Everything started around 5:00 PM, on Friday June 14th, with the arrival of early birds Catherine and René CANDEUR in their Cordouan. They had left Namur in Belgium in the morning at 10:00 AM and made the trip in three flights of 2 hours. On Friday 15th, other forerunners arrived and we enjoyed a little barbecue to comfort and feed these nice fellows. On Saturday 16th, things started to become more active with the arrival of numerous participants. We could see new machines, some of them just out of the workshop, some still under construction. Saturday is the day I like best in the Dunes Fly-In. During this day I make time to meet up with good friends again, which is always so pleasant and also share the opportunity to welcome new faces and to help newcomers meeting other participants. Then, the Flying-Flea family does the rest. At lunch, on Saturday, we were 83 and 107 for dinner, that is 30% more than last year. Unfortunately, we again had a very strong wind. Aeolus was back to Dunes, maybe to show to those who do not believe it that a flying-flea can fly even if the wind is strong. Yves SEGOND’s demonstrated it. His acrobatic but perfectly controlled arrival attracted everyone’s attention. On Sunday June 17th, the same windy weather, but fortunately no rain. Other participants arrived. We discovered new machines, but several Poux could not come because of the uncertain weather forecast. After the traditional welcome drink, the 295 guests sat down to eat and enjoyed the gourmet’s menu of the day. All our talks and chats were, of course, about our birds. A wonderful time during which everyone shares his experience and gives his opinion. Others take advantage of the discussion to collect as much information as possible. In the afternoon, the wind was exceptionally strong (gusts of 50 mph). Alain MIGNET’s Balerit, accompanied by Yves SEGOND’s HM-293 showed skeptics that the Pou can fly under difficult atmospheric conditions. At the end of the afternoon many friends had to leave us to go home. But like every year at night, 95 persons who did not want to leave us so soon, shared a friendly meal, enjoying during a few more hours, the warm atmosphere which reigns over our Dunes Fly-Ins. List of the Flying-Fleas which were present on the airfield. Yves AUBIN HM 360 Pierre BORDAS HM 360 seul l'appareil était présent, Camille CAMBUS HM 293 en composite Philippe CAMUS HM 293 François COLLET HM 293 Laurent DEREUMAUX BIFLY Bernard DOMONT HM 293 "" "" HM 293 celui d'Eric son fils. Christian DUPIN Pouplume Didier ESTEYNE CORDOUAN de Pierre BORDAS Michel FRANC CORDOUAN Claudy GATEAU HM 293 Rodolphe GRUNBERG HM 293 Michel JACQUET HM 360 Alain JEGO Prototype Max MALLET HM 14 Alain MIGNET BALLERIT René MOULINE HM 293 Jean Claude RIVIERE LANDRAY Visa Pou Yves SEGOND HM 293 Yves TARTRAT HM 293 Gaston TILLEMENT CORDOUAN Hubert VIGNAUD HM 293 Those who came, but could not fly with their Poux due to the weather conditions: Joel BAXERES HM 293 Bernard BUSCHI BALLERIT Jean Jacques FIHOL HM 380 Patrick FRIGERI BALLERIT Guy ROERHIG HM 293 I think that, if the weather had been better, we would have had some more visitors with their Poux. Some Flea-lovers came without their aircraft: Guy BAUDOUX HM 14 Belgique Alain BLONDIAU HM 14 Belgique Bernard CADUSSEAU HM 293 Thibaut CAMMERMANS HM 14 Belgique Donald CAMPBELL POU RENEW USA Jeff CAMPBELL "" "" USA Alain CANOUET HM 293 Eddy DETROYER HM 14 Belgique Bernard DEVERNET HM 293 Willay Roger DRUELLE HM 293 Bernard DUVAL HM 360 Simôn Mario ELIZONDO Argentine Hans ENGEL HM 16 Belgique Guy FRANCOIS Butterfly Jean Pierre GACHET HM 293 Maurice GARSAULT HM 14 Pierre GRAUPNER HM 293 Bernard GERRAND BALLERIT Jean Michel KOEGLER HM 293 Raymond LASBAREILLES HM 293 Michel LEMALE HM 293 Jean LEPELTIER HM 360 Dominique MARCHAL HM 293 Belgique Pierre MIGNET HM etc... Bernard MORANY HM 293 Francois MOREAU HM 293 Jacques MULLEN Criquet Belgique André PERRIN HM 293 Paul PONTOIS HM 293 CANADA Pascal RECOUR HM 293 Philippe SOULAS HM 293 End DUNES 2001. See you next year!

Dunes 2001 Continued

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