Stearman Field Fly-In - Rained out!

Very disappointing! My wife took off work and we had planned to attend this all-day event. The Stearman Field fly-in is an annual event that I normally miss because of work - I never do plan ahead very well with my work schedule. They have a concert, fireworks, and a barbecue at night, and have flying events all day. Anyway, it got rained out...

The same day as this event I was scheduled to talk about my Sonex project in Saturdays local EAA Chapt 88 meeting. This all went very well... even had a decent crowd. Next, is the local EAA Chapter's annual Fly-In - scheduled for July 4... lets hope this doesn't get rained out!

3rd Annual Ultralight fly-in at High Point Airpark

Today we went to the 3rd annual ultralight fly-in at High Point Airpark. It was a lot of fun - displayed was several Part 103 ultralights and a few Light-Sport category aircraft.

This plane was new to me... I believe it is called an Ikarus. Seemed pretty cool. Had a composite-type shell for the fuselage with fabric on the wings and tail.

Here goes a Mini Max!

Onlookers watch Doug Moler in his Airebike.

Larry H with one of his high performance climb-outs.

This was cool... at the field they were interviewing Lawerance Alley for a little glimpse of his experiences in aviation. I believe he flew Corsairs during the war - probably along with other planes as well. The EAA website has a section under "Media" that has numerous clips of similar interviews with people called "Timeless Voices in Aviation," definitely worth checking out!

Ponca City Fly-in Breakfast

Made it to the famous Ponca City, OK Breakfast fly-in! This is only my second time driving down to this event (can't wait to fly down) but only the first time I was able to take my wife along. As I remembered, the breakfast was top-notch, and the friendliest people were there.

People were starting to leave when we got there around 0940 - time we ate breakfast most were gone....

A group of Pitts flew in later than the rest of the planes, so after filling our belly's we got a family picture next to my wife's favorite.