Orval Fairbairn[_2_]
March 18th 09, 05:42 AM
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That is Don "Beetle" Bailey's L-29.
Note the beetle insignia on the tail. Several years ago, some friends 
and I purchased some stick-on dots in bright colors and put them on the 
tail Beetle. Don didn't see them until several flights after we made 
"ladybugs" of his Beetles.
He also flies a Zlin 242 and led "Beetle Flight" on our Saturday AM 
breakfasts. One day at TIX, he called the tower with "Beetle Flight at 
Dunn, overhead break."
Twr: "Is that Eagle Flight?"
I keyed my mike, as I was turning final and said, "No, that is Beetle 
Flight, like a potato bug."
When Don's flight called to leave, Tower asked if he was part of that 
"potato bug" bunch.
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