A Real Fly-In Experience

The annual Kelly Airpark fly-in was this morning, but because of the wind and heat we decided to just drive over. Dad made some yummy cinnamon rolls last night that we took with us and they were devoured in like 15 seconds! It was fun to walk around and see all the great and different airplanes, this was the favorite, a Howard. There are only 6-8 of these left in the world, this is a $2mm airplane, YIKES!

This beautiful yellow machine is a T-6 (at least I think) We watched him take off and it was thrilling to hear and feel the rumble of the big engines.

And one more, you Hurricane Tigers will love the black and red. I loved this plane just because of the paint job, it was beautiful!

And a shot down the flight line just so you get an idea of how many people show up. Guess I should have taken a picture of the 100 people eating pancakes in the hangar...

Notable was that we saw 3, count em' 3 planes land a foot or two short of the paved runway, what's so hard about making that last foot with a strong cross wind and a bazillion people watching? Pretty astonishing, something I've never seen before at one of these, lucky there were any mishaps...

As soon as we got back, some of us decided a nap was in order. Hannah, ever the joiner was happy to have napping buddies. Tonight - Mexican food!