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IOWA. <4791 JEFF 21:01- 03"THIS IS OUR ALTIMITER TO TELL US HOW HIGH WE ARE"> JEFF JORGENSON IS TAKING US UP... <4791 JEFF 24:46- 48"LOVE YOU, LOVE YOU TWO, áKISSá HAVE A GOOD TIME, áHUGá"> FOR A RIDE. <4791 JEFF 22:46- 53"THE ONLY TIME YOU HAVE TOO MUCH FUEL IN AN AIRPLANE IS WHEN YOU'RE ON FIRE, AND WE'RE NOT PLANNING ON BEING ON FIRE TODAY SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PLENTY OF FUEL AND A GREAT TIME."> <GH014913 NAT OF THE PLANE STARTING UP> <GH014916 0:17-19"YOU GUYS ARE READY? SEAT BELTS ARE ON?"> <GH014917 TAKE OFF FROM PELLA> LEAVING THE PELLA AIRPORT IN THE REAR VIEW... SOON.. SOARING OVER THE MAJESTIC IOWA LANDSCAPES IN A 1956 CESSNA. <4804 PAIRED WITH IMGó0209 36:40-46"SO MY FAVORITE THING ABOUT FLYING IS SHARING AVIATION WITH PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEVER FLOWN BEFORE"> THE WINDOW BECOMES THE PILOT'S PERSONAL FRAME TO THE HEART OF OUR STATE... WHERE YOU CAN WATCH THE THE SUNLIGHT DANCE ACROSS EACH AND EVERY SMALL TOWN SOMEONE CALLS HOME. RIVERS, LAKES, EVEN A RATHER FAMOUS BALLPARK, ALL SLIDE BENEATH OUR WINGS, 5500 FEET BELOW EN ROUTE TO A PLACE THE THREE OF US HAVE NEVER BEEN... <GH014921 REVEAL OF THE MISSISSIPPI> THE MIGHTY MISSISSIPPI... OUR LANDING SPOT! <IMGó0215 0:08-11"ABEL ISLAND THIS IS SKYHAWK 72 ALPHA "> A LITTLE GRASS AIR STRIP FLOATING NEAR THE TOWN OF GUTTENBURG.. ON ABEL ISLAND. <JUST USE THE AUDIO FROM THIS 4820 10:48- 50"SCANNER: 1-7 ABEL ISLAND TRAFFIC"> <IMGó0220 LANDING AT ABEL ISLAND.. YOU CAN LET THIS PLAY OUT AS LONG AS IT NEEDS TO, THEN END IT WITH: 0:44- 45"WELL WE ARE ON THE GROUND"> A SMOOTH LANDING... JEFF NERVES PUT AT EASE. <IMGó0221 0:03-07"SO COMING OVER THOSE TREES ON THE RUNWAY MADE ME A LITTLE NERVOUS. TREES AND AIRPLANES ARE NOT FRIENDS."> JEFF ISN'T THE ONLY PILOT TODAY, IT'S THE ANNUAL ABEL ISLAND FLY-IN. ATTRACTING AVIATORS FROM ALL OVER THE CONTINENT, EAGER TO SHOW OFF THEIR AIRCRAFT, <4820 10:58-00"I HAVE A 1956 CESSNA 172"> AND PIG OUT ON BARBEQUE. <4857 GARY FISHER 54:57-02"A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE COME BACK YEAR AFTER YEAR, BEING OUR 23RD ONE, SO WE GET TO KNOW THEM ON A FIRST NAME BASIS."> GARY FISHER LIVES ON THE ISLAND AIR PARK AND CREATED THE EVENT BACK IN THE YEAR 2000 TO GET TOGETHER WITH OTHER AIRPLANE ENTHUSIASTS.. <SOME NAT, HAVENT FIGURED IT OUT YET.> BREAK BREAD ON THE RIVER BANKS <4824 14:40-42"I SHOULD LOOK INTO THAT, THAT'D BE NEAT!"> AND ADMIRE EACH OTHER'S SHINY NEW TOYS. <4868 BEN MACK- LAPLANT 31:29-32"WE JUST LIKE TO SEE ALL THE PLANES AND MEET THE PEOPLE WHO FLY THEM"> <4858 GARY 5:05- 09"THIS IS JUST A REALLY REALLY COOL PLANE, IT HAS A ROTAX ENGINE IN IT."> NOW, MANY OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE 95 HOUSES AROUND THE ISLAND JOIN IN... GAWKING AS DOZENS AND DOZENS OF AIRPLANE LAND áLITERALLYá IN THEIR FRONT YARD. <4868 SAMUEL GARMESS 27:32-35"I LIKE TO WATCH THE PLANES GO FAST. I LIKE GOING FAST."> PILOTS COME FROM ALL OVER TO GAZE AT THE PERFECTLY MANICURED GRASS STRIP... <4850 TIM BINDER 47:47- 49"YOU DON'T SEE MANY THAT ARE THIS NICE."> ANOTHER CHECK OFF THE BUCKET LIST FOR THOSE WHO HAD ONLY EVER DREAMED OF LANDING IN THE MISSISSIPPI. <4867 PETE MARSO 24:59-08"NOT TOO MANY PLACES YOU CAN GO LAND AND HAVE THE RUNWAY ON ONE SIDE OF YOUR CABIN AND THE WATER AND ALL OF THAT STUFF ON THE OTHER SIDE OF YOUR CABIN "> THE BEST PART... MIGHT JUST BE WHEN IT'S OVER. YOU'LL UNDERSTAND WHAT I MEAN AS YOU WATCH THESE PILOTS DO THEIR BEST MAVERICK IMPRESSIONS.. <SHOT OF A PLANE BLOWING SMOKE AS IT TAKES OFF> <4857 GARY FISHER 1:35-38"I'VE NEVER SEEN A BONANZA THROW SMOKE BEFORE"> SHOWING OFF FOR GARY AND THE REST OF ABEL ISLAND. <IMGó0223 NAT FROM OUR TAKE OFF FROM ABEL ISLAND> THE VIEW ON TAKE OFF.. MAKES ALL OF THIS WORTH IT. <4876 JEFF PAIRED WITH IMGó0223 4:14- 15"THAT IS SPECTACULAR."> ONE LAST WAVE FROM GARY AND THE REST OF THE ABEL ISLAND CREW.. UNTIL THE PLANES RETURN NEXT YEAR. <4857 GARY FISHER 53:48-50"PLANE ZOOMS BY GARY AS HE'S WAVING"> <4876 JEFF PAIRED WITH IMGó0223 6:51- 54"WE'RE STILL CLIMBING AT 2500 IS THAT CORRECT?"> FLYING IN FORMATION WITH A NEW WINGMAN.. <4876 JEFF PAIRED WITH IMGó0223 7:57-00"I WILL TAKE A GRADUAL RIGHT TURN TO PELLA"> A NEW FRIEND JEFF SAYS HE HOPES TO SEE AGAIN AS HE ROLLS OUT... <IMGó0227 ROLLOUT FROM FORMATION> A FINAL VIEW OF THE RIVER AS OUR SHADOW RACES THROUGH ITS WATERS. A REMINDER THAT IOWA'S BEAUTY ISN'T HIDDEN... IT'S JUST WAITING FOR YOU TO TAKE FLIGHT AND DISCOV