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Here is a quick summary of a few new things that are in the works.  When confirmed, we’ll add these to the daily flight log.

1.  AOPA is considering sending an editor/photographer to join us on the flight.

2. The Ohio State Highway Patrol is planning to send one of its pilots/aircraft to join us for a send-off from Kent, 1G3.

3. Pilots of several RVs, a Cub and a Trinidad are planning to join us for some legs and our landing at Medina, 1G5.

4. The folks at Wright-B Flyer Museum are discussing plans for a pancake fly-in for our arrival at Wright Brothers Airport.

5. EAA chapters are planning fly-ins and events at Coshocton and New Philadelphia.

6. Ohio Bush Planes is planning a fly-in and event with us at Graham Field.

Thanks to Paul Koziol and members of Columbia Station’s EAA Chapter 1252.  Thanks to Gary Baker and members of Wadsworth EAA Chapter 846.  We had presentations at both places recently, met some terrific folks and made some new friends at each event.   EAA support has been amazing!  Will look forward to seeing you all again.

The Flight Sponsor  T-shirts  will arrive on Feb. 6th.  They are starting to fly out of here–thanks to all who have ordered and entered the drawing!   We’ll start shipping on the 7th.  Watch the blog for an update.

Check out our newest sponsor: 360 Mobility Solutions, LLC.  We will be doing a little in-flight testing of their amazing Sleeve 360 –a wearable rotating iPad 2 case.  It gets pretty windy in the J3 cockpit with the door and window open–so we are hoping this innovative holder will prevent the iPad 2 from taking an unplanned EVA (Extra Vehicular Activity) along the route.  Watch the blog for a review and some video of the pilots using it on the flight.

For every T-shirt order  you will receive two free entries into the drawing to win a $395 B-15 Flight Jacket from U.S. Wings!  Click here for more details.

I’ll be trying out some interesting new Superfocus glasses for pilots on the flight.  Will let you know how well they work.  Stay tuned…

One scholarship contributor from each county will be invited to join Murray in the J3 for a flight at their local airport.  Click here for additional details.

What could be better than one antique J3 in the sky flying to all of Ohio’s counties this spring for the 75th Anniversary of the Piper Cub?  Two Cubs!  We are very pleased to announce that pilot Ron Siwik expects to join Joe Murray on the flight this spring in a second Piper Cub.  Siwik is a former U.S. military flight surgeon who served in Vietnam.  He has been flying for more than 43 years and holds an Airline Transport Pilot (ATP) certificate and also Flight Instructor (CFII) ratings in single- and multi-engine airplanes, seaplanes and helicopters.  He is an accomplished aerobatics pilot who flies a Pitts Special S1 single-seat biplane.  In 2008, Siwik flew a Beechcraft Bonanza on a remarkable, 24,604-mile, around-the-world solo flight.    Stay tuned for more in coming weeks.

Online Raffle

You now can support the flight online using PayPal or any major credit card.

Make a donation of $5 or more and be entered in the drawing to win an authentic vintage leather B-15 Flight Jacket from U.S. Wings.  The jacket is valued at $395 and will be awarded after the flight arrives at Wright Brothers Airport in Dayton, Ohio.

You do not have to be a pilot to wear the jacket, and it is not necessary to be present to win.  Every donation increases your chances.   Enter often, your donation will help to make this historic flight in the 75th Anniversary Year of the Piper Cub possible!

You can also now get a T-shirt + Win!

When we land in each county, we’ll  need a representative to verify our arrival.  We’ll ask someone present at the airfield to sign and date a section of aircraft fabric that we’ll  be carrying on board during the flight.

Flight sponsors and scholarship contributors will also be asked to sign.  When the flight is complete, the signatures will become part of the J3’s historical record and the fabric will be used to recover the airplane to keep it flying for another generation.