August 25,2009 - Campbell Field Fly-In

Today the plan was to fly down to Campbell Field Airport  (9VG), way down near the southern tip of the Eastern Shore, for their Sunday "Roll on the Grass". 

I passed St. Michaels on the way there. 

 
And here's a good shot of Horn Point airfield.  It's a private field but they open it up for an annual fly-in in the spring. 
 
After a quick 45 minute flight -- a flight that would take 1.5 hours in the Citabria -- here I am at Campbell Field.  I havn't been here in a couple of years.  The Pilot's Pub building is new to me. 
 
Inside this building there were hot dogs, chili, donuts and drinks to be had. 
 
Campbell Field is just a nice place to hang out and talk airplanes. 
 
The weather was nice and there was a pretty good turnout: 35 or so airplanes. 
 
Including this Coast Guard helicopter based out of CGAS Elizabeth City.  That's a HH-60J Jayhawk.  It flew in for a few minutes for "Soup-on-Sunday" before continuing their patrol of the coastline.

 
I had told my hangar neighbor Tom that I was going to Campbell Field.  It sounded so good he decided to go too.  This is his Maule. 
 
Bill R. is based out of York;  this is his newly painted RV-7. 
 
I followed this big twin Baron in for landing.
 
Richard S. flew his RV-8 in from Easton. 
 
 
A well-traveled CGS Hawk. 
 
Eveyrone liked the big Cessna 195. 
 
And of course I always like the Citabrias.
 
A very nice Huskey. 
 
This Great Lakes Biplane is based at Ennis field near Salisbury and is a frequent visistor to Campbell Field.
 
This Cub is also based at Ennis Field. 
 
 
Nice looking Cessna 140. 
 
One reason I always like to go to Campbell Field is that I get to fly the nearby Barrier Islands.   After leaving Campbell Field, I headed east for the barrier islands. 
 
It's fun to fly down the wide, deserted beaches. 
 
I guess there used to be a house between those two chimneys. 
 
I wonder what happened to these trees?
 

 

 

 
 
A houseboat tied up in an inland side river.
 
Another house that didn't work out. 
 
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