EAA's Chapter 88 Fly-out Lunch

Today our local EAA chapter 88 had a fly-out lunch and meeting. This took place at High Point in Valley Center, KS. This is a residential airpark with a nice grass strip. The only problem was that a cold front had plowed through the night before with strong winds and rain. The temperature went from 84 degrees and muggy the night before, to the 50's and windy the next morning - the morning of the fly-in. Regardless, I was determined to go, and since the wife was working I loaded up my mom, dad, and my two kids for a trip to the airpark. Our first stop was for breakfast at Stearman Field in Benton, KS. The Boy Scouts cooked up some delicious pancakes and sausage. We ate our food and headed out to High Point. Only a couple airplanes were at Stearman Field and they took off as soon as we got there.

Once at High Point I quicky ran into Yens - A Sonex pilot who is based off this field. He had just finished his annual so his plane was still in the hangar with the cowling off. Perfect for me because I am working on the firewall forward components right now my plane! This allowed me to see how someone else did it - and ask questions that I had still floating around in my head. Our airplane chatter was quicky interupted with a call from my dad. Isaac was out of control crying! It is tuff taking a one year old to these events!

We were making our way back to the hangar where the food was, and this mooney came zooming by!

People in line waiting to get their grub!

At this time Grace, dad, and myself had ate and was heading back out to the van. Isaac and my mom did not eat. Isaac was sleepy so he would not stop crying - mom took him out to the van before they could eat. Here is Grace... good times!