Jun 2009 Midwest Aeronca Festival, Kewanee, IL 2009
By Judy Birchler, host of LadiesLoveTaildraggers.com
Champ N7569E flew from Indianapolis to Kewanee, IL Saturday morning against a strong headwind and over a broken layer a short part of the way.  I snapped a few pictures and thought I’d share with anyone interested in Aeroncas, slow flight and a good time.
Clear above broken layer near Indy
Flight time to Kewanee on Saturday was 3 hours 40 minutes which was slow, but fine with me because I love to fly her, even at 63 mph! Â Luckily that headwind turned into a tailwind the next morning which got us home in 2 hours, 20 minutes. Â My husband loved flying that leg of the trip because it’s not often you see 126 mph on the GPS.
On top turned into severe clear
Saturday morning line up
Owner unknown
Dave Griffith's beautiful 7AC
Dave's Champ
Owner unknown
We met some nice folks at Kewanee including fun & helpful FBO owners Dale & Debra Lindstrom, pilots Sarah & Dave Allen, aviation photographer extraordinaire David Frye, and 7AC Champ pilot/owner Dave Griffith.
Sarah Allen w/Judy after evening fun flight
Also got reacquainted with event organizer and brand new daddy, Jody Wittmeyer.
Saturday evening, Judy, Jody & Sarah
Monocoupe on short hop to Galesburg on Saturday
Sorry to say the weather didn’t cooperate on Sunday morning. With rain and thunderstorms moving in we decided to pass on the fly out breakfast and get on the way while we still could. Thanks, Jody, for organizing your event, putting on a spread of food, providing cars and making it all possible!
Dave Griffith
Posted at 19:13h, 27 JuneJudy, You showed me the error of my ways ! The more I looked at my red and white Champ, the more I thought, ‘yeah,that IS a nice-lookin’ airplane’.I removed the For Sale signs.Sell the Champ and buy a (heavens !) Cub ??? What was I thinking ? Thanks for saving me from making that mistake. Dave Griffith