Look what I found!! Just hanging out at a hangar cookout at MQJ last night and somebody says "Did you see what's sitting on the ramp?" 2 Minutes later I'm in a golf cart heading for the ramp and couldn't believe what I saw - this...
If I have any regrets about AirVenture 2012 its that I never made it over to the Seaplane base. I kept bumping into people all week long who'd taken the EAA bus over and they were raving about the picturesque seaplane base, the aircraft and...
The last few days friends Amy & Charlie Laird have been visiting me from California and will soon be on their way to London for a family wedding. They are Aviation people (with a capital "A") and taildragger people to boot! It just so happens...
I'm back home in good old Indiana after a WAY too short trip to Maine for the Rockland Lobster Festival. It was a fun, quick get-away to a place 718 n.m. from Indiana and twice as far as the trip I'd been planning for several...
Tina Thomas snapped this picture of some spectacular hangar mates keeping her Waco company for a few days. "Fun shot of the OSH award winning “Laird,†a Staggerwing, a Howard and our Waco..all friends from California hangaring with us from OSH till Blakesburg..985 power!" Poplar Grove Airport Tina...
Luscombe, FOR SALE TO GOOD HOME [caption id="attachment_20824" align="aligncenter" width="425"] Sharon Tinkler & her first Luscombe[/caption] No, LadiesLoveTaildraggers isn't selling airplanes! Â Sharon Tinkler isn't selling them either! But ...
Sometimes you just wanna dream happy thoughts...
I shot the following video moments after I took cover from the storm on Thursday afternoon at AirVenture. I was standing under the covered patio on the east side of the Homebuilders Headquarters building trying to keep from blowing away. The two closest aircraft you...
I flew back home to Indy yesterday from Oshkosh and my Rans spent her first night hangared in a week. She rode out one hell of a storm there but my Claw tiedowns kept her planted firmly. Before departing I got a weather briefing at the...
It was such an incredible week at AirVenture it's hard to say goodbye but guess it can't go on forever. Wx looks good and this lovely lady gave me my departure briefing. It's going to be a 36 left departure which means a turn to...
