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The good old days

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Is it possible they could be back for a while? Thinking about the time that I was flying low over the tulip fields of Mount Vernon Washington; And I know - it was totally a no-no - but we sure were having fun and I was following a Robinson B1 RD and we were flying in formation and playing follow the leader. I had paid for a coworker to have a short introductory ride in ultralights. Arlington Washington is just down the road from Mount Vernon Washington where there are thousands of acres of tulip fields. Giant splashes of color from 1000 ft. in the air, as viewed from our ultralights. Following one of the head guys of the Robinson's B1 RD's and my coworker we headed out from Arlington Washington for a short flight to the coast and over the Mount Vernon tulip fields. The B1 banked and descended sharply and what fun that was to follow that move and in seconds we are in a low-flying formation only feet above the tulip fields. As we flew over the tulips on our right side were some l